You invoke both death and life in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. Each creature of your choice in that area makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Nonmagical plants in that area that aren’t creatures, such as trees and shrubs, wither.
In addition, one creature of your choice in that area can roll one of its unexpended Hit Point Dice and regain a number of Hit Points equal to the roll plus your spellcasting ability modifier. That die is then expended.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 2. The number of Hit Point Dice that can be rolled and expended increases by one for each spell slot level above 2. You add your spellcasting modifier to the number of Hit Points regained by this spell only once, regardless of the number of Hit Point Dice rolled and expended.
You conjure a pillar of spellfire in a 20-foot-radius, 20-foot-high Cylinder centered on a point within range. The area of the Cylinder is Bright Light, and each creature in it when it appears makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d10 Radiant damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature also makes this save when it enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there. A creature makes this save only once per turn.
In addition, whenever a creature in the Cylinder casts a spell, that creature makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the spell dissipates with no effect, and the action, Bonus Action, or Reaction used to cast it is wasted. If that spell was cast with a spell slot, the slot isn’t expended.
When you cast this spell, you can designate creatures to be unaffected by it.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for every spell slot level above 4.
A tendril of inky darkness reaches out from you to drain life from a creature you can see within range.
The target makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 6d8 Necrotic damage. On each of your subsequent turns, you can take a Bonus Action to deal 2d8 Necrotic damage to the target automatically. The spell ends if the target is ever outside the spell’s range or it has Total Cover from you.
On a successful save, the target takes half the initial damage only, and the spell ends.
Whenever this spell deals damage to a target, you regain Hit Points equal to half the amount of Necrotic damage dealt.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The initial damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 5.
Choose a spell of level 5 or lower that you can cast, that has a casting time of an action, and that can target you. You cast that spell—called the contingent spell—as part of casting Contingency, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn’t come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain trigger occurs. You describe that trigger when you cast the two spells. For example, a Contingency cast with Water Breathing might stipulate that Water Breathing comes into effect when you are engulfed in water or a similar liquid.
The contingent spell takes effect immediately after the trigger occurs for the first time, whether or not you want it to, and then Contingency ends.
The contingent spell takes effect only on you, even if it can normally target others. You can use only one Contingency spell at a time. If you cast this spell again, the effect of another Contingency spell on you ends. Also, Contingency ends on you if its material component is ever not on your person.
Three illusory duplicates of yourself appear in your space. Until the spell ends, the duplicates move with you and mimic your actions, shifting position so it’s impossible to track which image is real.
Each time a creature hits you with an attack roll during the spell’s duration, roll a d6 for each of your remaining duplicates. If any of the d6s rolls a 3 or higher, one of the duplicates is hit instead of you, and the duplicate is destroyed. The duplicates otherwise ignore all other damage and effects. The spell ends when all three duplicates are destroyed.
A creature is unaffected by this spell if it has the Blinded condition, Blindsight, or Truesight.
With a touch, you revive a dead creature if it has been dead no longer than 10 days and it wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with 1 Hit Point. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death.
This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn’t restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral for its survival - its head, for instance - the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.