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As a DM, how can I use Power Word: Kill without ruining my players' fun?
I'm currently designing an encounter with a lich for my 13th-level party. They've cruised through more level-appropriate combat encounters, and they like to come up with creative ways around difficult ...
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What happens to the prepared spells of a wizard who dies and then is brought back to life?
I can't find anything on what happens to the prepared spells of a caster who dies.
I did find this about a PC's attunement to their magic items:
A creature's attunement to an item ends if the ...
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If the Feign Death spell is cast on a warlock, what happens to their Pact Boon item? Does it matter whether their patron is "tricked" by Feign Death?
When a warlock dies, if they have a Pact Boon item from their Pact Boon class feature (e.g. a Book of Shadows from Pact of the Tome; or a talisman from Pact of the Talisman), it crumbles to ash. ...
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Can you recall a soul from Hades with Raise Dead?
Raise Dead (and other resurrection spells) all have a variant of this clause:
Raise Dead: If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to life
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What happens after the Clone spell activates?
I have literally never played D&D before. I’ve just been doing some “research”.
I’ve been looking at necromantic spells, and I noticed one called Clone. As I understand it, the spell creates a ...
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Can a Half-Orc's Relentless Endurance trait save it from its soul being stolen when it dies?
Half-Orcs have the Relentless Endurance racial trait:
Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this ...
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Can spells that stabilise you when you'd die overrule death from exceeding negative constitution?
Characters die from damage when their health is reduced below their negative Constitution score. However, some spells stabilize you when you'd die. Can these spells stabilize you even from damage that ...
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How is a soul different from the living creature that it came from?
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If someone who can cast a spell like Plane Shift or Gate dies, what prevents their soul from simply casting the spell and returning to the Material Plane?
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Does the Death Ward spell protect against the effect of the Implosion spell?
The death ward spell protects against death effects. Is implosion's instant death a death effect for this purpose?
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Do familiars get death saving throws?
Do familiars summoned by the Find Familiar spell get to utilize Death Saving Throws, or do they die immediately when they reach 0 hit points?
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Can you cast Speak With Dead on dead undead?
The description of the speak with dead spell says (emphasis mine):
You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of your
choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions ...
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Can the Regenerate spell bring someone back from the dead?
The description of Regenerate states:
You touch a creature and stimulate its natural healing ability. The target regains 4d8 + 15 hit points. For the duration of the spell, the target regains 1 hit ...
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If the Power Word Kill spell is cast on a Polymorphed creature, what happens?
I have read that the polymorph and power word kill spell combo can be annoying for DMs but I'm confused on why it works.
In the description for the polymorph spell it states:
The transformation lasts ...
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What happens to the target of a "permanent" True Polymorph spell when its caster dies?
The description of the spell says specifically that after the caster has maintained it's concentration for an hour, the spell can be dispelled.
The transformation lasts for the duration, or until ...
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If a creature was flying via the Fly spell and dies, does it continue flying?
The Fly spell states:
You touch a willing creature. The target gains a flying speed of 60 feet for the duration. When the spell ends, the target falls if it is still aloft, unless it can stop the ...
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