Power Word Heal

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Support

Power Word Heal is a Support spell. Support spells strengthen, protect, or buff allies.

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 spell that floods one creature with
healing

Power Word Heal is a Healing spell. Healing spells restore hit points and bring characters back to life.

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, restoring all its Hit Points and ending many debilitating conditions.

2024 Rules
Level & School
9th-level enchantment
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric

A wave of healing energy washes over one creature you can see within range. The target regains all its Hit Points. If the creature has the Charmed, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, or Stunned condition, the condition ends. If the creature has the Prone condition, it can use its Reaction to stand up.

2014 Rules
Level & School
9th-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Bard, Cleric

A wave of healing energy washes over a creature you touch. The target regains all its hit points. If the creature is charmed, frightened, paralyzed, or stunned, the condition ends. If the creature is prone, it can use its reaction to stand up. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.

Power Word Heal 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Range changed from Touch to 60 feet, and it now only targets a creature you can see. The material component was removed, leaving verbal only. It also now ends Poisoned, and the undead/constructs restriction is gone.

Spells similar to Power Word Heal

  • Heal 6th-level abjuration

    A single-target, instantaneous spell that restores a creature's hit points completely and serves the same cleric/druid healing niche at a lower level.

  • Mass Heal 9th-level abjuration

    Covers the same ultimate healing fantasy at the same spell level but affects many creatures at once rather than a single target.

  • Power Word Fortify 7th-level enchantment

    Shares the unusual naming and enchantment flavor while providing a high-level, immediate restorative effect from the same classes.

  • Greater Restoration 5th-level abjuration

    Removes harmful conditions in a single instant like the target spell, making it a close analogue for condition-focused recovery.

  • Regenerate 7th-level transmutation

    Provides powerful, long-lasting physical recovery and condition relief, fitting the high-tier healing toolbox even though it works over time.