Gentle Repose
You place a pinch of salt and a copper piece on each of a corpse's eyes or on the body in some way if the eyes no longer exist. You say a prayer for their soul, protecting the corpse from desecration, either by the passage or time or magic.
1 Minute (Ritual: 10 Minutes) - 1 Target* (Touch) - 2nd Level (Necromancy) - VSM - 1 Week
Optional Materials: If you use 1 lb of Holy Water, typically valued at 25 gold, while casting this spell, this spell is permanent. You pour the water on the ground around the target. This consumes the holy water.
Utility
A target corpse is protected from decay and can't become undead.
Creatures that are already undead are protected from decay. Player characters with the Undead Nature feat no longer suffer the drawbacks of being undead during a short rest.
Time spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.
This spell counts as a curse, and can be ended with the Break Enchantment spell.
*Upcasting: Target one additional corpse or creature for each spell level above 2nd.
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