Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 15 ft
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose a creature within range that has 0 Hit Points and isn’t dead. The creature becomes Stable.
The range doubles when you reach levels 5 (30 feet), 11 (60 feet), and 17 (120 feet).
Verbal Component:
Salvificia Mortuus
Verbal Component (Alternative):
The pain of death, caused great strife; with my aid, I breath fresh life.
Classes: Cleric, Druid, Artificer
Tags: Healing
Source: Player's Handbook (2024) (page 318)
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Other Planes and Effects
Below is information about this spell as it relates to other planes and area of effects (i.e. underwater). Some of the information is pulled official D&D sources (such as books and the twitter feeds of D&D officials), but other information is derived from forums and online discussions. As always, it is up to the DM to decide how they wish to handle spell effects.
Underwater - Verbal Component
Official rules have been verified by Jeremy Crawford - "No rule prohibits verbal components from working underwater. Keep in mind that if you're talking, you're not holding your breath." Hence, while submerged underwater and holding its breath, a creature can cast a spell that requires a verbal component. After casting the spell, if the creature can't breathe underwater, it immediately runs out of breath. The creature can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 round).
