Rotting Corpse

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

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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.

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Last updated 6/19/2026·Tags: spell, necromancy, cleric, warlock, wizard