Baelnorn Vitality [Viclan]

This spell is intended for the sole use of good-aligned Archliches. It cannot be used by a soul-devouring evil lich.

Baelnorns (Archliches) can only be healed through magical means. Since magical healing spells and potions are generally ineffective or damaging when cast upon the undead, this spell is tailored toward regenerating the body's vitality at the cost of using donor corpses to rebuild tissues that have degraded due to age, damage, and putrefaction. This spell rebuilds the caster's physical body. The target corpses must be medium or larger creatures within 24 hours of death. Undead creatures are ineffective. 

Casting this spell will consume any corpses within the cone of effect. This causes all tissue and bone of the bodies to immolate to ashes, leaving all clothing, possessions, and worn items unharmed. Each corpse consumed in this way will add 1d6 + your spellcasting modifier to the caster's Hit Points. Any points over the character's maximum HP are lost.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the die increases by 1 die for each slot level above 1st.

Ritual: Casting this spell as a ritual allows the caster to temporarily reverse their body's degradation. The caster must be at full HP before performing this 10-minute ritual. (If the caster is not at full HP, the ritual will not work and will instead function as the spell to heal the body). This ritual will allow the caster to visually pass as if they are a living being for a time. The rebuilt body will take on the physical attributes of the caster's skeleton that the Archlich is currently inhabiting. Each medium or larger corpse consumed within the cone of effect will add 1 day multiplied by the caster's spellcasting modifier, to the duration of this effect. This process does not bestow actual living attributes like pulse, blood flow, breathing, etc. The body holds up to visual and physical inspection, unlike the spell Disguise Self. Magical means that detect undead will reveal the undead nature of the target to the caster.

Extended Area: The cone area of effect extends by 10ft. every 3rd level after the 1st.