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Spell · SRD 5.1

Reincarnate

5th-level transmutation

Casting time
1 hour
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (Rare oils and unguents worth at least 1,000 gp, which the spell consumes.)
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Druid

You touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails.

The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The GM rolls a d 100 and consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the GM chooses a form.

| d100 | Race |

|---|---|

| 01-04 | Dragonborn |

| 05-13 | Dwarf, hill |

| 14-21 | Dwarf, mountain |

| 22-25 | Elf, dark |

| 26-34 | Elf, high |

| 35-42 | Elf, wood |

| 43-46 | Gnome, forest |

| 47-52 | Gnome, rock |

| 53-56 | Half-elf |

| 57-60 | Half-orc |

| 61-68 | Halfling, lightfoot |

| 69-76 | Halfling, stout |

| 77-96 | Human |

| 97-00 | Tiefling |

The reincarnated creature recalls its former life and experiences. It retains the capabilities it had in its original form, except it exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial traits accordingly.

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This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

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srd-5.1 · Version 1.0.0 · Updated Jul 9, 2026