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!SpellItem
Name: Gentle Repose
AltName: '[Doux repos](hd_spells_doux_repos.md)'
Type: necromancy
Level: 2
CastingTime: 1 action
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
Classes: Cleric, Wizard
Family: SpellVO
Source: (SRD p148)
Ritual: ritual
Id: spells_vo.md#gentle-repose
ParentLink: spells_vo.md#spells-srd-p
ParentName: Spells (SRD p)
NameLevel: 1
Attributes: {}
---
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# Gentle Repose

- MDR: [Doux repos](hd_spells_doux_repos.md)
- Source: (SRD p148)
-  2nd-level necromancy (ritual)
- **Casting Time :** 1 action
- **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
- Classes: Cleric, Wizard

### 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_.