Sculpt Corpse

Effect

Through touch and calling upon the dark magics of death, you are able to reshape a dead body to better fit your whims. When you cast this spell choose one of the options given below, the target corpse is subject to the chosen option.

Alter Corpse

You can make one, unaltered corpse, one size-category larger or smaller and change anything else about it including its apparent subtype, gender, or age. If a creature suspects or otherwise investigates the corpse in greater detail, it can use its action to examine the corpse itself to determine if these changes are real or falsified with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.

• If a creature discerns the changes to be false, it realizes these changes were formed through magic, and is able discern the identity of the corpse before these changes took place, though still muddied by the magic.
• If a creature fails this check, by 5 or less, they believe the corpse is that of someone who closely resembled the creature rather than a deliberate fake.
• This spell merely changes the appearance of the corpse. Any spell or effect that targets the corpse (such as speak with dead or raise dead) treats it as if it still had its original appearance.
• A creature who's size has been altered by the effects of this spell that is Resurrected is reverted back to their original size.

Decompose Corpse

Using this spell, the caster rapidly decomposes the flesh from a single corpse of size Huge or smaller, leaving behind a perfectly cleaned skeleton. If it is cast on a non-skeletal corporeal undead, the casting time is changed to 1 Action and has the following effect: The target creature loses muscle-mass temporarily. The target must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC; on failure the target suffers from the Drained and Surrounded conditions for 1 minute. The creature receives a new save against these conditions at the start of each of its turns to end this effect early.

Restore Corpse

You grow flesh on a decomposed or skeletonized corpse of a Medium or smaller creature, providing it with sufficient flesh that it can be animated as a zombie rather than a skeleton. The corpse looks as it did when the creature died. The new flesh is somewhat rotted and not fit for eating. This spell does not restore a corpse to be fit for Resurrection or similar spells.

Material Components

V, S, M*
*Material Component: An Onyx gemstone of at least 20ct, which the spell consumes.

Gestures & Ritual

To perform this ritual, the caster must place the onyx gemstone in the corpses mouth, and then drip fresh blood upon the onyx gem while chanting in Necril the words of this spell for the duration of the ritual.

Related Discipline

Warlock 1, Wizard 1

Related School

Necromancy

Related Element

Death

Effect Duration

Instantaneous; special (see description)

Effect Casting Time

1 Hour Ritual; 1 minute

Range

Corpse Touched

Level

1