Pact of Protection

5th-level abjuration (ritual)

Casting Time: 10 minutes

Range: Touch

Components: V, S, M (incense worth 100 gp)

Duration: Permanent until triggered, then 1 minute

Classes: cleric, paladin

You infuse a willing ally with a special blessing of protection that resides within their flesh, awaiting a time when that ally’s hit points drop below a hit point total designated by the caster. The caster can specify at half the target’s hit points or one-quarter their normal hit points or can specify an exact number of hit points (minimum 20). When the pact of protection triggers, the target gains 20 temporary hit points, and until the spell ends the target also gains a +1 bonus on all saving throws and resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.

A creature cannot have more than one pact of protection in place at a time. At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the target’s temporary hit points increase by an additional 5 for each slot level above 5th.

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