Level: Cleric 7
Components: V, S, M$, DF
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Target: Dead creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None; see text
You restore life and complete strength to a deceased creature. You can raise a creature that has been dead for no longer than 10 years per caster level. In addition, the subject’s soul must be free and willing to return (see Bringing Back the Dead). If the subject’s soul is not willing to return, the spell does not work; therefore, a subject that wants to return receives no saving throw.
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 resurrected, 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.)
Upon completion of the spell, the creature is immediately restored to full hit points, vigor, and health, with no loss of prepared spells. However, the subject loses one level, or 2 points of Constitution if the subject was 1st level. (If this reduction would bring its Con to 0 or lower, it can’t be resurrected). This level loss or Constitution loss cannot be repaired by any means.
None of the dead creature’s equipment or possessions are affected in any way by this spell.
You can resurrect someone killed by a death effect or someone who has been turned into an undead creature and then destroyed. You cannot resurrect someone who has died of old age. Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can’t be resurrected.
Material Component: A sprinkle of holy water and diamonds worth a total of at least 10,000 gp.
Source: Player’s Handbook (version 3.5), page 272.