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