Choose a spell of 5th level or lower that you can cast, that has a casting time of 1 action, and that can target you. You cast that spell--called the contingent spell--as part of casting delayed contingency, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn't come into effect. Instead, it takes effect a certain amount of time after a certain circumstance occurs. You describe that circumstance when you cast the two spells and choose how much time passes before the activation of the contingent (between 1 minute and 24h). For example, a delayed contingency cast with reincarnate might stipulate that reincarnate comes into effect 24h after you die.
The contingent spell takes effect between 1 minute and 24h after the circumstance is met for the first time, whether or not you want it to, and then delayed contingency ends, the time is decided during casting.
The contingent spell takes effect only on you, even if it can normally target others. You can use only one delayed contingency spell at a time.
If you cast this spell again or the spell contingency, the effect of another delayed contingency spell on you ends. Also, delayed contingency ends on you if its material component is ever not on your person.
* - (a statuette of yourself carved from ivory and decorated with gems worth at least 1,500 gp and tool used to tell time (clock, solar quadrant))
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