Bodak's Glare

8th-level necromancy (Pale Master,Sorcerer,Warlock,Wizard)


  • Casting Time: 1 action
  • Range: 30 feet
  • Components: V, S, M (the eyes of a lawful good paladin)
  • Duration: Instantaneous

As you chant your eyes vanish into swirling black voids. You can choose one creature that you can see within 30 feet that has less than 50 hit points and force it to make a Constitution save. On a failure, it is reduced to 0 hit points and must immediately make its first death saving throw.

Anyone killed by this spell rises as a bodak 24 hours later. If the body has been destroyed or buried, the undead god Orcus will create a new body for the bodak near where it died. The bodak is not under your control. In fact, a bodak you create in this way will likely seek you out to take a long and bloody revenge upon you.