Rotting Corpse
Rotting Corpse is a 2nd-level necromancy available to Cleric, Warlock, Wizard.

Your familiarity with the foul effects of death allows you to prevent a dead body from being returned to life using anything but the most powerful forms of magic.
You cast this spell by touching a creature that died within the last 24 hours. The body immediately decomposes to a state that prevents the body from being returned to life by the [raise dead](https://api.open5e.com/spells/raise-dead) spell (though a [resurrection](https://api.open5e.com/spells/resurrection) spell still works). At the end of this spell’s duration, the body decomposes to a rancid slime, and it can’t be returned to life except through a [true resurrection](https://api.open5e.com/spells/true-resurrection) spell.
Mechanics
- level:
- 2
- range:
- Touch
- ritual:
- false
- school:
- necromancy
- classes:
- Cleric, Warlock, Wizard
- duration:
- 3 days
- casting time:
- 10 minutes
- concentration:
- false
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Sources
- Deep Magic 5e·OGL-1.0a·© Deep Magic 5e. OGL-1.0a. Via Open5e (open5e.com).
Last updated 6/19/2026·Tags: spell, necromancy, cleric, warlock, wizard