Death Ward

Death Ward is a 4th-level abjuration spell that clerics and paladins can learn.

SRD 5.1 (2014)

Death Ward

Level
4
School
abjuration
Casting
an action
Range
touch
Components
V, S
Targets
one creature
Lasts
8 hours
Classes
Cleric, Paladin

You touch a creature and grant it a measure of protection from death.

The first time the target would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, the target instead drops to 1 hit point, and the spell ends.

If the spell is still in effect when the target is subjected to an effect that would kill it instantaneously without dealing damage, that effect is instead negated against the target, and the spell ends.

SRD 5.2.1 (2024)

Death Ward

Level
4
School
abjuration
Casting
an action
Range
touch
Components
V, S
Targets
one creature
Lasts
8 hours
Classes
Cleric, Paladin

You touch a creature and grant it a measure of protection from death. The first time the target would drop to 0 Hit Points before the spell ends, the target instead drops to 1 Hit Point, and the spell ends.

If the spell is still in effect when the target is subjected to an effect that would kill it instantly without dealing damage, that effect is negated against the target, and the spell ends.

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