Level
1st
Casting Time
1 Action
Range/Area
Self
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
1 Hour
School
Necromancy
Attack/Save
None
Damage/Effect
Buff
Bolstering yourself with a necromantic facsimile of life, you gain 1d4 + 4 temporary hit points for the duration.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you gain 5 additional temporary hit points for each slot level above 1st.
* - (a small amount of alcohol or distilled spirits)






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Posted Mar 19, 2022But not upcast with their Pact Magic slots, which limits the utility of this spell beyond the first couple levels.
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Posted Mar 20, 2022yeah... but this doesnt upcast very well. personally if you are a warlock and want to up cast a spell better to go with armor of agathis. it scales better both in damage and temp hp.
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Posted May 29, 2022Honestly I think it would be okay if arcane casters could use cure wounds, but as transmutation instead of evocation. Just a little flesh-knitting spell.
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Posted Aug 18, 2022The fact that this spell uses alcohol / liquor for the material component is terribly amusing…I can’t believe I didn’t notice it sooner.
Almost as though; the character is so magically bolstered / inebriated, that they actually manage to shrug off damage.
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Posted Oct 18, 2022Imma use this fr my BBEG
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Posted Nov 15, 2022Be better
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Posted Jan 7, 2023what role is your current character?
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Posted Apr 12, 2023B-tier.
not bad, but nothing compared to Armor of Agathys, which has an additional effect (and a REALLY good one at that) and give basically the same hit points and scales the same (better considering that secondary effect)
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Posted Apr 20, 2023But you could recast it till you get the maximum possible result with false life. Basically giving you 8 for a hr until you are attacked.
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Posted May 13, 2023Definitely a lifesaver in some cases.
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Posted Aug 16, 2023No it isn't 🛑
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Posted Sep 27, 2023this is perfect for my necromancer
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Posted Nov 8, 2023Can I cast it on my Quasit familiar since I have the Pact of the chain, so in lore sense does the familiar also count as myself?
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Posted Dec 12, 2023Your quasit is a familiar, as per the spell, which allows you to share spells with it. Any Spell with a target of self can be applied to your familiar instead of you. Later, with the right evocations you can choose to affect your familiar and yourself with the same casting, or even use the quasit to deliver a touch spell that you cast.
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Posted Mar 8, 2024There is nothing in either the Pact of the Chain description or the Find Familiar spell description that says that spells with a target of Self can be applied to your familiar instead of you.
Find Familiar does allow the familiar to deliver spells with a range of touch, but not spells with a range of self. This doesn't require any invocations, it's just a standard part of the Find Familiar spell.
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Posted May 14, 2024Be cool 😎 for a monk of the drunken master.
* drinks beer * gets temporary hp.
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Posted Jul 8, 2024Or wizard
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Posted Jul 13, 2024This feels like a worse armor of agathys. The only difference is that at level 1 you have a chance of getting 3 more additional temporary hit points. Agathys just has more additional benefits.
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Posted Jul 26, 2024I think the benefits of this one over Armor of Agathys are:
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Posted Jan 5, 2025Can this be used on zombies and skeletons? I am a necromancer and would like to be able to heal my summons, but traditional healing methods don't work.