False Resurrection
False Resurrection
Conjuration (Calling) [chaotic, evil, ruse]Level: Cleric*/Oracle * 7, Shaman* 8, Warlock* 8
Components: V, S, M (diamond worth 10,000 gp), DF
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: touch
Target: dead creature touched
Duration: 1 day/level
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: yes (harmless)
You appear to restore life and complete strength to any deceased creature, instead calling a shadow demon with the advanced simple template to possess the body. The condition of the remains is not a factor. So long as some small portion of the creature's body still exists, it can be affected, but the portion receiving the spell must have been part of the creature's body at the time of death (The remains of a creature hit by a disintegrate spell count as a small portion of its body).The creature can have been Dead no longer than 10 years per Caster Level.
If you fail to overcome the subject's spell resistance, the subject's soul can negate the calling and gain the option to return to life (as Resurrection) in the restored body. The possession otherwise functions as Possession, except that the subject's soul is not present to resist.
When false resurrection ends or the demon is removed from the subject, the demon returns to the Abyss, leaving the body alive but soulless (like that created by Clone). If the soul hasn't been returned to life already, it has the option to return in the now-empty body if it still lives (as Resurrection). If the body was killed, the demon is sent back to the Abyss but the subject remains Dead. Attempts to identify false resurrection with a skill check incorrectly identify it as Resurrection (See Ruse Spells for more details). A fooled viewer mistakes false resurrection's aura as the lingering aura of an instantaneous conjuration effect.
You can target someone killed by a death effect or someone who has been turned into an undead creature and then destroyed.
You cannot target someone who has died of old age. Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can't be targeted.