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!SpellVO
Level: 9
Type: enchantment
CastingTime: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Id: spells_vo.md#power-word-kill
ParentLink: spells_vo.md#spells-srd-p
Name: Power Word Kill
ParentName: Spells (SRD p)
NameLevel: 1
AltName: '[Mot de pouvoir mortel](hd_spells_mot_de_pouvoir_mortel.md)'
Source: (SRD p170)
---
> [Spells (SRD p)](srd_spells.md)

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# Power Word Kill

- MDR: [Mot de pouvoir mortel](hd_spells_mot_de_pouvoir_mortel.md)
- Source: (SRD p170)
-  9th-level enchantment
- **Casting Time :** 1 action
- **Range :** 60 feet
- **Components :** V
- **Duration :** Instantaneous
- Classes: Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

### Description

You utter a word of power that can compel one creature you can see within range to die instantly. If the creature you choose has 100 hit points or fewer, it dies. Otherwise, the spell has no effect.

