This spell grows an inert duplicate of a living creature as a safeguard against death. This clone forms inside the vessel used in the spell’s casting and grows to full size and maturity after 120 days; you can also choose to have the clone be a younger version of the same creature. It remains inert and endures indefinitely, as long as its vessel remains undisturbed.
At any time after the clone matures, if the original creature dies, its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and willing to return. The clone is physically identical to the original and has the same personality, memories, and abilities, but none of the original's equipment. The original creature's physical remains, if they still exist, become inert and can't thereafter be restored to life, since the creature's soul is elsewhere.
* - (a diamond worth at least 1,000 gp and at least 1 cubic inch of flesh of the creature that is to be cloned, which the spell consumes, and a vessel worth at least 2,000 gp that has a sealable lid and is large enough to hold the creature being cloned, such as a huge urn, coffin, mud- filled cyst in the ground, or crystal container filled with salt water)
Wait, so you need a vessel worth 2,000gp, but it includes a mud filled cyst in the ground???? That doesn't make sense to me.
You need to buy the mud from Gwyneth Paltro's Goop, just be thankful the spell doesn't require any jade eggs.
as a DM, you can most definitely allow small races to be cloned. that kobold gotta get his backup
If I could cast this spell, I would just spend all spell slots on it, take a long rest to restore spell slots on it, spend all spell slots on it, take a long rest to restore spell slots on it, repeat until I have a thousand vessels hanging in my basement. If I die, I'll just take a clone, and then spawn another thousand as a backup. As DiceFarmer wisely said,
Just get the Wish spell and cast Clone as many times as you want, no materials required!
Actually with gnomes and halfings it's a two for the price of one deal.
Sithenin, there is no expiration on the Clone. The full line states "At any time after the clone matures, if the original creature dies, its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and willing to return."
If I have multiple Clones which are matured when I die, then I have triggered both "at any time after the clone matures" and "if the original creature dies" - basically activating all Clones as possible hosts from then until forever.
This means I could move my soul into another of the activated Clones when the first Clone dies.
Wurutana, Sithenin was correct. The first part of the statement 'at any time after the clone matures' is the trigger, yes, but you must look at the wording used after that; 'it's soul transfers to the clone'. This states that you are picking a single clone to transfer your soul to. Once you have done this, the other clones, which were created when you had a different 'original body', can no longer trigger off of the same event. 'The original creature's physical remains, if they still exist, become inert and can't thereafter be restored to life, since the creature's soul is elsewhere.' You could potentially create an army of clones as backups in case someone finds and destroys a few of them, but each time you resurrected this way you would need to create another mountain of clones.
Honestly this spell could use a little polishing in its language, especially concerning the Medium creature thing.
I would still argue that the matured clones are active until the soul is free and willing to return. Each of the army of matured clones would have the "its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and willing to return" line and each would wait for its turn to host the free and willing soul. The fact that my soul is currently in Clone X does not turn off Clone Y from waiting for me.
Well you could also be a a wizard and use the wish spell over and over if they don’t have the gold since wish covers materials and doesn’t cause stress like the other stuff wish does if you replicate a spell of eighth level or lower.
Still want know about this.
No comma between them and both before consumption clause, both are consumed.
That implies Sanity is required to gain such power, and even that Sanity isn't expressly detrimental to acquiring it. And Lichdom brings power as well.
Try and think, if Liches were NOT immortal, why might someone still attempt to become one?
Cost of labour, cost of inscribing strange arcane markings, cost to get mud clean enough not to ruin the clone in some way, cost to figure out how a cyst differs from just a hole.
imunites of lich and restinces I dunno.if you use wish to cast clone its much cheaper
I would say you would still be the same person. kinda depends on the interpitation of dm and player
I am curious. Does this spell allow me to do this for my friends or informed members. Like say my buddy the barbarian who he and I both enjoy the dark side of humour. Would I be able to create a clone for him? Or say we want to speak to someone. I go up to him. Offer him immortality. He foolishly agrees. We make the body for him. He pays for 3 clones. He does not know how exactly it works. Then down the road. Send in an assassin, kill him. Keep him imprisoned. People think he is dead and don’t search for him. And we have said hostage for what ever reason?
if you create a clone of a person who has clone you have made a cool trap. but hey could he not just die coll cosept
1 boon of imortality (you have enough time to get it)
2 buy hseres in A dimond mine(it is cheaper)
3 magic jar just seems like you make your self easier to kill
4 demiplane
5 why you are not doing anything illegal you could just move town every now and agian
would hurt (the one downside)