Resurrection

5th-Level Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: Touch
Components: VSM($) (a diamond worth at least 500 gp or 1000 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration: Instantaneous

Target. The corpse of one dead creature that has been dead no longer than 10 days, and that didn't die of old age.
Effect. Begin a Resurrection Check. On a success, if the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures nonmagical diseases that affected the creature at the time it died. This spell doesn't remove magical diseases, curses, or similar effects; if these aren't first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn't restore missing body parts. This spell can't return an undead creature to a living state.
Special. If the creature is lacking body parts or orans integral for its survival, such as its head, the spell automatically fails. After being resurrected, the target takes a -4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
At Higher Levels.
  • 6th level or higher: You may target one additional creature for each slot level above 5th. Resolve each Resurrection Check individually.
  • 7th level or higher: You may forgo additional targets to instead empower the spell further. You may target the corpse of a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, and a successful resurrection returns the target to life with all its hit points and restores any missing body parts. However, casting this spell to restore life to a creature that has been dead for one year or longer taxes you, and until you finish a Long Rest, you can't cast spells and you have Disadvantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. When empowered in this way, the spell consumes a diamond worth 1000 gp instead of 500 gp.
  • 8th Level or higher: You may target one additional creature with the empowered form of resurrection for each slot level above 7th. Resolve each Resurrection Check individually.

Source: Combined

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