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Spells
Player’s Handbook
With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with all its
Hit Points. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead
Monsters
Monster Manual
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using
raised from the dead until its soul is released.
Spellcasting. The hag casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You touch a creature or at least 1 cubic inch of its flesh. An inert duplicate of that creature forms inside the vessel used in the spell’s casting and finishes growing after 120 days; you
the clone finishes forming, the creature’s soul transfers to the clone if the soul is free and willing to return. The clone is physically identical to the original and has the same personality
Spells
Player’s Handbook
take a Magic action to return from the host body to the container if it is within 100 feet of you, returning the host creature’s soul to its body. If the host body dies while you’re in it
, the creature dies, and you make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the container if it is within 100 feet of you. Otherwise, you die.
If the
Monsters
Monster Manual
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using
). Otherwise, the hag drops to 1 Hit Point and teleports to a harmless demiplane, and it can’t return to the plane it left for 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spiteful
Spells
Player’s Handbook
) to conceal the glyph. The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If the surface or object is moved more than 10 feet from where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the
Thunder damage (your choice when you create the glyph) on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of level 3 or lower in the glyph by casting
Spells
Player’s Handbook
result of how you worded the wish. For example, wishing that a villain were dead might propel you forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the
for a moment; she shakes her head, and your wish fails.
The stress of casting Wish to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress, each time you
Resurrection
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removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its return to life.
This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal
You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its
Raise Dead
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You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to
, curses, or similar effects; if these aren't first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can't return an undead creature to life.
This spell
Magic Items
Tales from the Yawning Portal
is broken with remove curse or similar magic, you are unwilling to part with the cloak, keeping it within reach at all times.
The sixth time you use the cloak, and each time thereafter, you must
make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the transformation lasts until dispelled or until you drop to 0 hit points, and you can’t willingly return to normal form. If you ever remain
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
obsessive collectors, each believing that almost anything found—a piece of broken bone, a dead rodent, a handful of dust, or some other worthless item or substance—could be valuable or useful as a
attack.
Brothers and Sisters of Strahd. Barovian witches have no scruples. They will deal with anyone in return for power. They will also betray anyone for the same reason. The only thing they fear is
Arcane Lock
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can also set a password that, when spoken within 5 feet of the object, suppresses this spell for 1 minute. Otherwise, it is impassable until it is broken or the spell is dispelled or suppressed
. Casting knock on the object suppresses arcane lock for 10 minutes.
While affected by this spell, the object is more difficult to break or force open; the DC to break it or pick any locks on it increases by 10.
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
Oreioth dies, he can use an action on his next turn to cast animate dead on that humanoid’s corpse, instead of using the spell’s normal casting time.Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +3
(3 slots): crown of madness, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, vampiric touch
Swift Animation (Recharges after a Long Rest). When a living Medium or Small humanoid within 30 feet of
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
lantern and can’t be harmed, turned, or raised from the dead. Casting a dispel evil and good spell on the lantern releases the spirit to the afterlife and renders the lantern nonmagical.
Clone
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This spell grows an inert duplicate of a living creature as a safeguard against death. This clone forms inside the vessel used in the spell’s casting and grows to full size and maturity after
clone matures, if the original creature dies, its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and willing to return. The clone is physically identical to the original and has the same
Bugbear
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion
. Cunning Grankhul is the younger one, and in the stories bugbears tell, he gifted them with stealth but in return he sapped their vigor, so that bugbears sleep in his stead while he remains eternally alert
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
her divine spark vanishes. She is dead until the next winter solstice, when she reappears at full health in a cold, remote location of her choosing.
Frigid Aura. So long as Auril has at least 1 hit
until her concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell).Auril can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Voice from the Past (1/Day). The professor can cast the contact other plane spell to contact a long-dead spirit, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two
a creature the professor can see within 60 feet of it casts a spell, the professor can magically lock the casting in the moment before completion. The spellcaster must succeed on a DC 15 saving throw
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
teleport (3 charges).
Innate Spellcasting. Arkhan's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). He can cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
3/day each: animate dead
, branding smite (at 4th level), revivify
1/day each: geas, raise dead
Special Equipment. Arkhan wields Fane-Eater and wears a suit of Obsidian Flint Dragon Plate. The armor gives Arkhan advantage on
Magic Jar
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.
While possessing a body, you can use your action to return from the host body to the container if it is within 100 feet of you, returning the host creature's soul to its body. If the host body dies
while you're in it, the creature dies, and you must make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the container if it is within 100 feet of you. Otherwise
Astral Projection
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enter a new plane or return to the plane you were on when casting this spell, your body and possessions are transported along the silver cord, allowing you to re-enter your body as you enter the new
You and up to eight willing creatures within range project your astral bodies into the Astral Plane (the spell fails and the casting is wasted if you are already on that plane). The material body you
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
is to become as powerful a vampire as Strahd.
Kasimir Velikov's Traits
Ideal. “I failed my people and my sister, and now I must atone or be damned.”
Bond. “I seek to return my long-dead sister, Patrina
a return to the old ways.
Dreams of the Damned. Kasimir's sister, Patrina Velikovna, is sealed in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft. Convinced that she was the concubine of the devil Strahd
Blink
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and the casting is wasted if you were already on that plane). At the start of your next turn, and when the spell ends if you are on the Ethereal Plane, you return to an unoccupied space of your
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
: animate dead, blight, vampiric touch
Pack Tactics. The kraul has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the kraul's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally
quarterstaff and casts one of its spells with a casting time of 1 action.
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Quarterstaff"} to hit, reach 5 ft
Cadaver Collector
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Sweeping the Dead
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
his two surviving sons, and seven partially broken-off spires representing his seven dead children), a suit of chain mail, and a spiked gauntlet.
While in the Deep Duerra’s Temple (X29
);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Invisibility"}. Xardorok magically turns invisible until he attacks, he casts a spell, he uses his Enlarge, or his concentration is broken (as if
Guards and Wards
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tall, and shaped as you desire. You can ward several stories of a stronghold by dividing the area among them, as long as you can walk into each contiguous area while you are casting the spell.
When you
appear in the places you designate; they return within 10 minutes if dispersed by wind while guards and wards lasts.
Place a constant gust of wind in one corridor or room.
Place a suggestion in one
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Focused Conjuration. While Var is concentration on a conjuration spell, his concentration can't be broken as a result of taking damage.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Var fails a saving throw, he
next 24 hours.After failing in an earlier task for the Red Wizards, the lich Tarul Var is sequestered within the Doomvault (Dead in Thay), where he tries to avoid the attention of Szass Tam
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
level (4 slots): entangle, ray of sickness, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): Melf's acid arrow, ray of enfeeblement, spider climb, web
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, plant growth, vampiric touch
4th level
instead.Multiattack. Jarad makes two attacks: one with his Noxious Touch and one with his Staff of Svogthir. He can cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action in place of one of these attacks.
Noxious Touch
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
at his core, the seneschal didn’t return as a skeletal knight but rather as an intangible spirit. Caradoc’s Undead form suits him well, allowing him to possess the living and use unwilling
’s swiftly pulled back if caught beyond its walls without a host.
Personality Trait. “I might be dead, but there’s no reason I can’t live it up a little.”
Ideal. &ldquo
Imprisonment
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other creatures to see in), but nothing else can pass through, even by means of teleportation or planar travel. The gemstone can't be cut or broken while the spell remains in effect.
The special
version of the spell consists of rare soporific herbs.
Ending the Spell. During the casting of the spell, in any of its versions, you can specify a condition that will cause the spell to end and release
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since.
2
You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less
contradictions, fills your hours.
4
You tend to some part of the city’s forgotten history: the unmarked graves in Cliffside Cemetery, the crumbling remains of dead patriar families’ manors, or
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
dead (as an action), dispel magic, speak with dead
1/day each: finger of death, plane shift (self only), project imageSkall can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Baleful
Counterspell. Skall chatters his teeth to interrupt a creature he can see within 60 feet of himself that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as
, however, Halaster is alert and attentive to the activities and preparations of all beings near him. He never willingly enters combat without first casting mage armor and mind blank on himself.As the
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
, remove curse, or similar spell ends the curse on the target.
The Forgotten One. The bodiless life force of a dead archmage empowers the staff and is imprisoned within it. The rune carved into the
by magic such as a dispel evil and good spell, it becomes trapped in the staff once more. Once it takes control of another creature, the spirit of the dead archmage attempts to destroy the staff






