False Life (One)

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False Life[SRD5 OGL][1] [2] (Spell)
Level: 1st-level
Class List: Artificer, Sorcerer, Wizard
School: Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range:  Self
Components: V, S, M (a small amount of alchohol or distilled spirits)
Duration: 1 hour
Scales: True

Bolstering yourself with a necromantic facsimile of life, you gain 1d4+4 temporary hit points [3] for the duration.

At Higher Levels. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you gain 5 additional temporary hit points for each slot level above 1st.


Sources and Notes[edit]

  1. Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
  2. class tags — WotC RPG Team (5 October 2023). UA 2023 Bastions and Cantrips. (Dungeons and Dragons One D&D) Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Rule Tip: Temporary Hit Points Don't Stack. If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them, you don’t add them together, unless a rule says you can. Instead, you decide which temporary hit points to keep. For more information on temporary hit points, see chapter 9 of the Player's Handbook (5e). - James Wyatt, Jeremy Crawford (20 November 2018). Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786966599. p. 27.; Ben Petrisor, Dan Dillon, Bill Benham, Jeremy Crawford, F. Wesley Schneider (14 January 2020). UA 2020 Subclasses Part 1. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. ; Ben Petrisor, Jeremy Crawford, Adam Lee, Dan Dillon, F. Wesley Schneider (24 February 2020). UA 2020 Subclasses Part 3. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. .
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Facts about "False Life (One)"
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Cast Time1 action +
ComponentV +, S + and M +
Level1 +
NameFalse Life +
OneDnD Playtesttrue +
Publication"Varied" +
RangeSelf +
Scalabletrue +
SchoolNecromancy +
SortTextFalse Life (One) One +
Spell ListArtificer +, Sorcerer + and Wizard +
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