Cursed False Life

You prepare to cast the spell, channeling your energy to give you a buffer to your life pool.  After you cast the spell you feel sluggish, making it harder to dodge attacks. But you have gained extra life force in return.

Bolstering yourself with a necromantic facsimile of life, you gain 1d8 +4 temporary hit points for the duration.

After casting this spell, Your armor class is decreased by 2 for as long as you have the temporary hit points from the spell.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you gain 6 additional temporary hit points for each slot level above 1st.