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 life with 1 hit point.
This spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures nonmagical diseases that affected the creature at the time it died. This spell doesn't, however, remove magical diseases, 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 closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn't restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral for its survival--its head, for instance--the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
* - (a diamond worth at least 500 gp, which the spell consumes)
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Posted May 20, 2021Does the penalty also apply to death saves?
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Posted May 26, 2021Yes, in the rules it is mentioned that the penalty applies to saving throws. Death saves are saving throws. A player brought back from the dead is in a recovery fase(penalty-4) and is therefore weakened overall
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Posted Oct 17, 2021Does this nullify being petrified as stone if the creature is dead while they turn to stone?
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Posted Oct 22, 2021Convert a number of wizard levels to cleric until you can cast Raise Dead.
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Posted Jan 3, 2022.
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Posted Feb 2, 2022What is your favorite spell?
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Posted Mar 10, 2022Celestial Warlock and Divine Sorcerer multiclass build here looking at this spell with heavy jelly.
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Posted Apr 19, 2022Could someone tell me when paladins can learn this spell and how? If it's from an Oath, which is what I'm currently assuming, which oath is it?
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Posted May 20, 2022joanys garcia hi
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Posted Sep 20, 2022It's a 5th level spell, so likely not until 17th level Paladin.
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Posted Oct 27, 2022Can this spell bring back people who died from old age?
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Posted May 22, 2023Late on this reply but if you were to go back to older editions and looked at what school of magic CURE WOUNDS is from... it would be Necromancy. Even back before 2nd edition came out it was necromancy. Remember a spell isn't considered good or evil unless it says as such. Would you consider fireball evil just because it can kill people? Necromancy is just a school of magic that deals with life and death.
Also I think you're very much thinking 1st to 3.5 edition rules when it comes to Paladin being LG only. Don't know what that edition after 3.5 and before 5e did...
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Posted Feb 4, 2024Even in real life, corpses are considered objects/property and you can do with them as you please. Until very recently in just a few select states, ANYTHING done to a corpse could at most only be punished with a misdemeanor as property damage.
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Posted Feb 16, 2024does it make them undead.
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Posted Jun 5, 2024Nope.