Last Rites in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Ultimate Adventurer's Handbook
Last Rites
1-level Evocation
Ritual - does not require spell slot, takes 10 minutes longerCasting Time: 10 minutes
Range/Area: Touch
Components: V, S, M
Materials: powdered lead worth 10 gp or more, which the spell consumes
Duration: Instantaneous
You perform a rite to protect the sanctity of a deceased creature and usher its spirit into the next world. When you cast this spell, choose one of the following ceremonies, the target of which must be within 10 feet of you throughout the casting.
- Cleanse Corpse. You touch a diseased or poisoned corpse and prevent it from transmitting disease or poison.
- Determine Cause. You touch a corpse that died of unknown circumstances and learn the general nature of the death (starvation, poisoning, disease, etc.).
- Peaceful Passing. You touch a willing creature, who then dies painlessly and immediately. It cannot be returned to life unless it wishes to by any means short of a wish spell.
- Marked Grave. You touch a corpse of unknown identity and learn the name of the creature, if it had one.
- Sanctify Body. You touch a corpse during a funeral ceremony and prevent it from becoming undead by means short of a wish spell for the next 7 days.
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