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.
Gentle Repose appears in System Reference Document 5.1. Text from the SRD 5.1 by Wizards of the Coast, CC BY 4.0.
Utility 2nd · Necromancy
Gentle Repose
Cast
1 action
Range
Touch
Duration
10 days
Save
None
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.
As a ritual. Cast without a spell slot by adding 10 minutes to the casting time.
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Utility 2nd · Necromancy
Gentle Repose
Cast
1 action
Range
Touch
Duration
10 days
Save
None
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.
As a ritual. Cast without a spell slot by adding 10 minutes to the casting time.
# Gentle Repose
*2nd-level Necromancy (ritual)*
- **Casting time:** 1 act
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S, M (A pinch of salt and one copper piece placed on each of the corpse's eyes, which must remain there for the duration.)
- **Duration:** 10 days
- **Role:** Utility
- **Source:** System Reference Document 5.1
## Card summary
**Touch.** One corpse or other remains you touch
**Effect.** No decay, can't become undead; days don't count against raise time limits
## Description
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.
