Feign Death

  • Level & School
    3rd-level necromancy
  • Casting Time
    Action or Ritual
  • Range
    Touch
  • Components
    V, S, M (a pinch of graveyard dirt)
  • Duration
    1 hour
  • Classes
    Bard, Cleric, Druid, Wizard

You touch a willing creature and put it into a cataleptic state that is indistinguishable from death.

For the duration, the target appears dead to outward inspection and to spells used to determine the target's status. The target has the Blinded and Incapacitated conditions, and its Speed is 0.

The target also has Resistance to all damage except Psychic damage, and it has Immunity to the Poisoned condition.

Feign Death 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version grants immunity to the Poisoned condition, while the 2014 version states disease and poison have no effect but does not specify immunity. The 2024 version explicitly states the target has the Blinded and Incapacitated conditions, whereas the 2014 version describes these effects without naming conditions.