Contingent True Resurrection — Epic Spell
Contingent True Resurrection is a third-party epic spell from the Dicefreaks Grimoire of Cosmic Entities Volume One. The spell waits until its subject dies, then restores that creature one round later without the level or Constitution loss associated with the legacy resurrection procedure.
At a Glance
| School | Conjuration (Healing) |
|---|---|
| Spellcraft DC | 80 |
| Components | V, S, Divine Focus |
| Casting Time | 1 round |
| Range | Touch |
| Target | You or creature touched |
| Duration | Contingent until expended; resurrection is instantaneous |
| Saving Throw | None under the listed harmless use |
| Spell Resistance | Yes (harmless) |
Development
| Development cost | 720,000 gp |
|---|---|
| Development time | 15 days |
| Development XP | 28,800 XP |
| Seed | Life (DC 27) |
- Activate automatically when the subject is slain: +25 DC.
- Remove the normal legacy level or Constitution loss on return: ad hoc +10 DC.
- Reduce casting time by 9 rounds: +18 DC.
Effect
The spell remains dormant until the subject is slain. One round after death, the subject returns to life through the developed epic effect.
Unlike ordinary legacy resurrection, this version causes no level loss and no Constitution loss for a 1st-level subject. The one-round delay is the defining tactical feature: the creature can die during a battle and return almost immediately rather than after a separate resurrection scene.
This is an epic contingency built through the 3.x development framework, not the ordinary Contingency spell.
Edition Status
- 5.5e / 2024: no epic spell-development subsystem and no direct Contingent True Resurrection spell.
- 5e / 2014: no direct equivalent.
- Pathfinder 1e: not a core Pathfinder spell.
- D&D 3.5e: built for the epic life-seed framework, but this developed spell is third-party Dicefreaks material.
Related Magic
- Contingency — ordinary edition-by-edition contingency magic.
- Resurrection
Source and Provenance
Source: Grimoire of Cosmic Entities Volume One
Authors: Eli Atkinson, William Church and Serge W. Desir, Jr.
Original concept: Serge W. Desir, Jr.
Publisher/community: Dicefreaks d20 Community
This page preserves third-party epic material and does not present it as an official modern or SRD spell.
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