Dominant Possession is the ultimate reach of enchantment magic, allowing full domination of another individual in which you don't simply command them, but fully insert your own consciousness and will, turning them into a subservient copy of yourself in which your mind enters, while your own body becomes unconscious. This was an early prototype of Karsus's Avatar, which was deemed too dangerous in the event in which your body dies without you inside it.
You attempt to beguile a humanoid that you can see within range. It must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for the duration. If you or creatures that are friendly to you are fighting it, it has advantage on the saving throw. The Wisdom saving throw is equal to 5 plus your spell save DC. On a successful save, you take 14d8+20 psychic damage. On a failed save, the individual's mind is suppressed and your full consciousness enters the being, giving you full control over their abilities, However if their Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score are lower than yours, you keep your original score. You have full access to the full arrange of the individuals abilities. The suppressed consciousness can remake the save once a day, or whenever you take psychic damage in your new form, or original unconscious form. After possession, if the save is made then you take 14d8+ 20 psychic damage to your original form and you are jettisoned from the mind of the possessed and returned to your original form. However if your original form is to be killed while this spell is active, you remain alive within the possessed, however when/if you are removed from this individuals body, your soul dissipates rather than going to any after life or being taken by anyone who holds claim over it. This prevents all resurrections, including those provided by immortality, lichdom, phylacteries, or any other life extension magic. The soul or essence of the being is destroyed on a fundamental level. If you keep possession of this individual for 30 days, their consciousness is ejected from the body and your original form enters suspended animation and can be considered a Clone under the Clone spell.
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