Death Domain (5e)

Also see: Grave Domain (5e)

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Dungeon Master's Guide (5e)

The Death Domain is an additional domain choice for evil clerics. A player can choose [this] options with [the DM's] approval. — Dungeon Master's Guide (5e) p.96.

Death Domain  is a divine domain of the cleric class described in Dungeon Master's Guide (5e).

Features:

Domain Spells
Bonus Proficiency
Reaper
Channel Divinity: Touch of Death
Inescapable Destruction
Divine Strike
Improved Reaper

Unofficial Description: This domain deals with death and undead

Death Deities

Death Deities
(37 official and unofficial deities)

Deity	Deific Type	Portfolio	Alignment	Suggested Domains	Plane	Symbol	Pantheon	Source
Anoikh	Deity	Reincarnation and the Order of Life	Lawful Neutral	Life, Grave, Death	The Demiplane of the Forgotten	An upside down ankh with three crosses intersecting at the loops end, near the end of the shaft and inbetween the two.	The Forgotten Pantheon	Ghostie
Anubis	Deity	Judgement and death	Lawful Neutral	Death, Grave		Black jackal	Egyptian	SRD5
Arawn	Deity	Life, Death	Neutral Evil	Life, Death		Black star on gray background	Celtic	SRD5
Asien	Deity	The Slaughter	Chaotic Evil	Grave, Death	The Demiplane of the Forgotten	A horizontally split skull with a beating heart nestled through the gap.	The Forgotten Pantheon	Ghostie
Athreos	Deity	passage	Lawful Evil	Death, Grave		Crescent Moon	Theros	Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Bhaal	Deity	Murder	Neutral Evil	Death, Grave		Skull surrounded by a ring of blood droplets	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Bibdoolpoolp	Deity	Kuo-toa	Neutral Evil	Death		Lobster head or black pearl	Kuo-toa	Player's Handbook (5e)
The Blood of Vol	Philosophy	Immortality and undeath	Lawful Neutral	Death, Life		Stylized dragon skull on red teardrop gem	Eberron	Varied, PHB5, ERftLW
Chemosh	Deity	Undead	Lawful Evil	Death		Yellow skull	Dragonlance	Player's Handbook (5e)
Yeenoghu	Demon Lord	Gnolls, Hunger, Slaughter, Destruction	Chaotic Evil	Death, War	Abyss	Triple-headed flail		Out of the Abyss
Erebos	Deity	the dead	Neutral Evil	Death, Trickery		Serene Face	Theros	Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Hades	Deity	The underworld	Lawful Evil	Death, Grave	Nine Hells	Black ram	Greek	SRD5
Hel	Deity	The underworld	Neutral Evil	Death	Hades (Niflheim)	Woman's face, rotting on one side	Norse	SRD5
Incabulos	Deity	Plague and famine	Neutral Evil	Death		Reptilian eye with a horizontal diamond	Greyhawk	Player's Handbook (5e)
Iuz	Deity, Demigod	Pain and oppression	Chaotic Evil	Death		Grinning human skull	Greyhawk	Player's Handbook (5e)
The Keeper	Deity	Greed and death	Neutral Evil	Death		Dragonshard stone in the shape of a fang	Eberron, The Dark Six	Player's Handbook (5e)
Kelemvor	Deity	Dead	Lawful Neutral	Death, Grave		Upright skeletal arm holding balanced scales	Forgotten Realms	Varied, PHB5, XGtE
Kiaransalee	Deity	Necromancy	Chaotic Evil	Arcana, Death	Abyss (Demonweb Pits)	Drow hand wearing many silver rings	Elven, Dark Seldarine	Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Laduguer	Deity	Labor, slavery	Lawful Evil	Death, Forge		Broken arrow	Dwarven, Duergar	Varied, SCAG, MToF
Laogzed	Deity	Hunger	Chaotic Evil	Death	Abyss (The Rotting Plain)	A lizard/toad representing himself	Troglodyte	Varied, MM5, PHB5
Loviatar	Deity	Pain	Lawful Evil	Death		Nine-tailed barbed scourge	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Morgion	Deity	Disease and secrecy	Neutral Evil	Death		Hood with two red eyes	Dragonlance	Player's Handbook (5e)
Myrkul	Deity	Death	Neutral Evil	Death		White human skull	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Nephthys	Deity	Death and grief	Chaotic Good	Death, Grave		Horns around a lunar disk	Egyptian	SRD5
Nerull	Deity	Death	Neutral Evil	Death		Skull with either a sickle or a scythe	Greyhawk	Player's Handbook (5e)
Pharika	Deity	affliction	Neutral Evil	Death, Knowledge, Life		Snakes	Theros	Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Raven Queen	Deity	Death, Memories	Lawful Neutral	Life, Death	Shadowfell	Raven's head, in profile, facing left	Elven	Varied
Set	Deity	Darkness and desert storms	Chaotic Evil	Death, Tempest, Trickery		Coiled cobra	Egyptian	SRD5
Sha'er	Deity	Of the nights, the roguish and the unsightly	Chaotic Neutral	Trickery, Death, Grave	The Demiplane of the Forgotten	A black velvet mask tinged in hues of red with iridescent purple lines inscribed at a slant downwards and inwards passing through either eye hole and meeting at the bottom jaw.	The Forgotten Pantheon	Ghostie
Shar	Deity	Darkness and loss	Neutral Evil	Death, Trickery		Black disk encircled with a border	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
Takhisis	Deity	Evil Dragons, Chromatic Dragons, Night, Hatred	Lawful Evil	Trickery, Death		Black crescent	Dragon, Dragonlance	Varied
Talona	Deity	Disease and poison	Chaotic Evil	Death		Three teardrops on a triangle	Forgotten Realms	Player's Handbook (5e)
The Destroyer	Deity	of Cataclysmic Destruction	Chaotic Evil	Death, Grave	Demiplane of the Forgotten	A circle with an arch at its center, shattered with the edges being more scattered than the center.	Pantheon of the Forgotten	Ghostie
The Mana	Deity	Death, Magic, Enlightenment, Virtue	Lawful Good	Life, Death, Virtue		An intricate tattoo		Max7238
Urdlen	Deity	Greed, murder	Chaotic Evil	Death, War	Abyss (Worm Realm)	White clawed mole emerging from ground	Gnomish	Varied, SCAG, MToF
Urogalan	Deity	Earth, death	Lawful Neutral	Death, Grave, Knowledge		Silhoutte of a dog's head	Halfling	Varied, SCAG, MToF
Wee Jas	Deity	Magic and Death	Lawful Neutral	Arcana, Death, Knowledge		Red skull in front of fireball	Greyhawk	Player's Handbook (5e)

Sources and Notes

• The Death Domain is designed for evil cleric NPC's. A DM may choose to allow players to utilize it.

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