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Gentle Repose 2024

2nd-level necromancy (ritual)

Casting time
1 action or ritual
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (2 Copper Pieces, which the spell consumes)
Duration
10 days
Classes
Cleric, Paladin, Wizard

You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can't become Undead. The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as Raise Dead.

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Source: System Reference Document 5.2 (Wizards of the Coast) · License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 details