Torn from the pages of the Book of Vile Darkness, this spell returns a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 13 years. If the creature's soul is willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to life, unconscious but stable, closing all mortal wounds and restoring any missing body parts. If it is unwilling, have the creature make a Charisma saving throw against the caster's spell DC to resist being brought back to the world of the living.
This spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures diseases, magical or otherwise, and even removes curses that affected the creature at the time it died. The spell can even return an undead creature to life. If it is unwilling, have the creature make a Charisma saving throw against the caster's spell DC.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −8 penalty to all stats, saving throws, and ability checks. If the target has a negative number in any stat, it remains alive, but unconscious until it has a positive value. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
If the caster is attuned to either the Hand or Eye of Vecna, all saves are at disadvantage. If both are attuned, the spell automatically succeeds.
This spell will also work on a target that can only be brought back to life by a true resurrection or wish spell.
* - (a rare or greater magic item that was once attuned to the target, which the spell consumes)
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