Life Domain (One)
This article is about Life Domain, D&D One Cleric subclass. | |
For other uses of Life Domain, see Life Domain (disambiguation). |
Design Note: Life Domain Updates
[1] Here are the main updates in this subclass since its last playtest version:
- Domain Spells once again includes 1st-level spells, and Prayer of Healing has been replaced by Aid.
- Disciple of Life is now clearer that its extra Hit Points are based on the spell slot expended.
- Preserve Life has been redesigned to give more flexibility in how you protect yourself and others. Healing spells are almost all Abjuration spells now, so the revised feature applies to almost all defensive and healing spells on the Divine list.
- Blessed Healer is now clearer that its extra Hit Points are based on the spell slot expended.
- Divine Strike has been replaced by Blessed Strikes in the base class.
- Supreme Healing now applies to Channel Divinity as well to spells.
Life Domain [1] subclass
Life Domain is a subclass of the Cleric class.
The Life Domain focuses on the vibrant positive energy — one of the fundamental forces of the universe — that sustains all life. The Clerics who tap into this domain are masters of healing, using that force of life to cure many hurts.
Existence itself relies on the positive energy associated with this domain, so a Cleric of any religious tradition might choose it. This domain is associated with agricultural deities, sun gods, gods of healing or endurance, and gods of home and community. Religious orders of healing also seek the powers of this domain.
Life Domain Features
Cleric Level | Features |
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3rd | Domain Spells, Disciple of Life, Preserve Life |
6th | Blessed Healer |
17th | Supreme Healing |
Subclass Features
Domain Spells
3rd Feature
Summary: At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th levels you gain additional spells that you always have prepared.
Disciple of Life
3rd Feature
Your healing Spells are empowered by life itself. When a spell you cast with a spell slot restores Hit Points to a creature[2], that creature regains additional Hit Points on the turn you cast the Spell. The additional Hit Points equal 2 plus the Spell’s level.
Preserve Life
3rd Feature
Summary: You may cast Divine Abjuration spells without spending a Spell Slot by expending uses of Channel Divinity equal to the spell slot level.
Blessed Healer
6th Feature
Summary: When you heal other creatures, you also heal.
Supreme Healing
17th Feature
Summary: Dice rolls for healing are maximized.
Life Domain Deities
Life Deities
(65 official and unofficial deities)
Deity | Deific Type | Portfolio | Alignment | Suggested Domains | Plane | Symbol | Pantheon | Source |
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Aberro | the Wandering Giver of Life | Chaotic Neutral | Life, Trickery | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | A cross splitting a grinning mask, with curved mischievous eyes. Gleaming with elegant rays. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie | |
Aerdrie Faenya | Air, Sky, Rain, Fertility, Birth | Chaotic Good | Life, Tempest, Trickery | Arborea, Ysgard | Bird silhouetted against a cloud | Seldarine, Elven | Varied, MM5, MToF | |
Alobal Lorfiril | Revelry, mirth | Chaotic Good | Life, Trickery | Arborea (Arvandor) | Wine Glass | Elven, Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
Angharradh | Wisdom, growth, protection | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Life, War, Peace, Unity | Three interlocking circles | Seldarine, Elven | Varied, MToF, TCoE | ||
Anoikh | Reincarnation and the Order of Life | Lawful Neutral | Life, Grave, Death | The Demiplane of the Forgotten | An upside down ankh with three crosses intersecting at the loops end, near the end of the shaft and inbetween the two. | The Forgotten Pantheon | Ghostie | |
Apollo | Deity | Light, music, and healing | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Life, Light | Arborea | Lyre | Greek | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Arawai | Fertility | Neutral Good | Life, Nature | Sheaf of wheat tied with green ribbon | The Sovereign Host, Eberron | Player's Handbook (5e) | ||
Arawn | Deity | Life, Death | Neutral Evil | Life, Death | Black star on gray background | Celtic | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Artemis | Deity | Hunting and childbirth | Neutral Good | Life, Nature | Arborea | Bow and arrow on lunar disk | Greek | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Bahamut | Good Dragons, Metallic Dragons, Justice Courage | Lawful Good | Life, War | Mount Celestia | Dragon head in profile | Dragon | Varied | |
Balder | Deity | Beauty and poetry | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Gem-encrusted silver chalice | Norse | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Balinor | Beasts and the hunt | Neutral | Life, Nature | Pair of antlers | Eberron, The Sovereign Host | Player's Handbook (5e) | ||
Berronar Truesilver | Hearth, home, truth | Lawful Good | Life, Light | Intertwined silver rings | Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Varied, SCAG, MToF | ||
The Blood of Vol | Philosophy | Immortality and undeath | Lawful Neutral | Death, Life | Stylized dragon skull on red teardrop gem | Eberron | Varied, PHB5, ERftLW | |
Boldrei | Community and home | Lawful Good | Life, Peace, Twilight, Unity | Fire in a stone hearth | Eberron, The Sovereign Host | Player's Handbook (5e) | ||
Brigantia | Deity | Rivers and livestock | Neutral Good | Life | Footbridge | Celtic | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Chauntea | Deity | Agriculture | Neutral Good | Life | Sheaf of grain or a blooming rose over grain | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Corellon Larethian | Deity | Elves, Art, and Magic | Chaotic Good | Light, Arcana, Life, War | Quarter moon or starburst | Elven, Seldarine | Varied, PHB5, SCAG, MToF | |
Cyrrollalee | Deity | Hearth, home | Lawful Good | Life, Peace, Unity | An open door | Halfling | Varied, SCAG, MToF | |
Demeter | Deity | Agriculture | Neutral Good | Life | Arborea | Mare's head | Greek | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Diancecht | Deity | Medicine and healing | Lawful Good | Life | Crossed oak and mistletoe branches | Celtic | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Dionysus | Deity | Mirth and wine | Chaotic Neutral | Life | Arborea | Thyrsus (staff tipped with pine cone) | Greek | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Ehlonna | Deity | Woodlands | Neutral Good | Life, Nature | Unicorn horn | Greyhawk | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Eilistraee | Deity | Freedom, moonlight, song | Chaotic Good | Life, Light, Nature | Sword-wielding, dancing female drow silhouetted against the full moon | Elven, Dark Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
Eldath | Deity | Peace | Neutral Good | Life, Nature | Waterfall plunging into still pool | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Elebrin Liothiel | Deity | Abundance, gardens, the harvest | Chaotic Good | Life, Nature | Acorn | Elven, Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
Frey | Deity | Fertility and the sun | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Ice-blue greatsword | Norse | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Freya | Deity | Fertility and love | Neutral Good | Life | Ysgard (Asgard) | Falcon | Norse | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Frigga | Deity | Birth and fertility | Neutral | Life, Light | Ysgard (Asgard) | Cat | Norse | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Goibhniu | Deity | Smiths and Healing | Neutral Good | Knowledge, Life | Giant mallet over sword | Celtic | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Hanali Celanil | Deity | Love, beauty, the arts | Chaotic Good | Life | Arborea (Arvandor, Evergold) | Golden heart | Seldarine, Elven | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
Hathor | Deity | Love, music, and motherhood | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Horned cow's head with lunar disk | Egyptian | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Helm | Deity | Protection | Lawful Neutral | Life, Light | Staring eye on upright left gauntlet | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Hestia | Deity | Home and family | Neutral Good | Life | Arborea | Hearth | Greek | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
Ilmater | Deity | Endurance | Lawful Good | Life | Hands bound at the wrist with red cord | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Isis | Deity | Fertility and magic | Neutral Good | Arcana, Knowledge, Life | Ankh and star | Egyptian | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Karametra | Deity | harvests | Neutral Good | Life, Nature | Cornucopia | Theros | Mythic Odysseys of Theros | |
Labelas Enoreth | Deity | Time, history, memory | Chaotic Good | Arcana, Knowledge, Life | Setting sun | Elven, Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
Lathander | Deity | Birth and renewal | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Road traveling into a sunrise | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Lliira | Deity | Joy | Chaotic Good | Life | Triangle of three six-pointed stars | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Lugh | Deity | Arts, travel, and commerce | Chaotic Neutral | Knowledge, Life | Pair of long hands | Celtic | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Luthic | Fertility | Lawful Evil | Life, Nature | Orcish rune meaning "cave entrance" | Orc | Varied, MM5 | ||
Melira Taralen | Deity | Poetry, songs | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Life, Trickery | Arborea (Arvandor) | Lute | Elven, Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
Mishakal | Healing | Lawful Good | Knowledge, Life, Twilight | Blue infinity sign | Dragonlance | Player's Handbook (5e) | ||
Mya | Clan, family, wisdom | Neutral Good | Knowledge, Life | A faceless mother figure | Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Varied, MToF | ||
Naralis Analor | Deity | Healing, suffering, death | Neutral Good | Grave, Life | White dove | Elven, Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
Olladra | Good fortune | Neutral Good | Life, Trickery | Domino | Eberron, The Sovereign Host | Player's Handbook (5e) | ||
Osiris | Deity | Nature and the underworld | Lawful Good | Life, Nature, Grave | Crook and flail | Egyptian | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
The Path of Light | Philosophy | Light and self-improvement | Lawful Neutral | Life, Light | Brilliant crystal | Eberron | Varied, PHB5, ERftLW | |
Pelor | Deity | Sun and healing | Neutral Good | Life, Light | Sun | Greyhawk | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Pharika | Deity | affliction | Neutral Evil | Death, Knowledge, Life | Snakes | Theros | Mythic Odysseys of Theros | |
Raven Queen | Death, Memories | Lawful Neutral | Life, Death | Shadowfell | Raven's head, in profile, facing left | Elven | Varied | |
Re-Horakhty | Deity | The sun | Lawful Good | Life, Light | Solar disk encircled by serpent | Egyptian | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 | |
Selune | Deity | Moon | Chaotic Good | Knowledge, Life, Twilight | Pair of eyes surrounded by seven stars | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Semuanya | Deity | Survival | Neutral | Life | Egg | Lizardfolk | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
Sharindlar | Healing, love | Chaotic Good | Life | Burning needle | Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Varied, SCAG, MToF | ||
The Silver Flame | Protection and good | Lawful Good | Life, Light, War | Flame drawn on silver or molded from silver | Eberron | Varied, PHB5, ERftLW | ||
Sune | Deity | Love and beauty | Chaotic Good | Life, Light | Face of a beautiful read-haired woman | Forgotten Realms | Player's Handbook (5e) | |
The Mana | Death, Magic, Enlightenment, Virtue | Lawful Good | Life, Death, Virtue | An intricate tattoo | Max7238 | |||
Ulaa | Deity | Hills, mountains, mining, quarring | Lawful Good | Life, War, Forge | Mountain with a circle at its heart, A miner's pick | Greyhawk, Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Varied, PHB5, MToF | |
The Undying Court | Ancestral Spirits (group) | Elven ancestors | Neutral Good | Grave, Knowledge, Life | Golden mask, Varies | Eberron, Elven | Varied, PHB5, ERftLW | |
Valkauna | Oaths, birth, aging, death | Lawful Neutral | Grave, Life | A silver ewer | Dwarven, Mordinsamman | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | ||
Ye'Cind | Deity | Music, enchantment | Chaotic Good | Life, Trickery | Recorder | Elven, Seldarine | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | |
Yondalla | Deity | Halflings, Fertility, Protection | Lawful Good | Life, Twilight | Cornucopia, cornucopia on a shield, shield | Halfling | Varied, PHB5, SCAG, MToF | |
Zandilar | Deity | Romance, lust, dance | Chaotic Neutral | Life | Arborea (Arvandor) | Lips | Elven, Seldarine, Yuir | Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes |
Sources and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeremy Crawford, WotC Development Team (29 June 2023). UA 2023 Player's Handbook Playtest 6. (Dungeons and Dragons One D&D) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast (used under 'fair use' clause).
- ↑ Rule Tip: You're a Creature: A creature is anything that belongs to one of the creature types listed in the introduction of the Monster Manual (5e). Player characters — including your character — are all creatures, and most of them are humanoids, one of the game’s types. — UA 2020 Subclasses Part 3
- a deprecated version of this subclass was published in UA 2022 Cleric and Revised Species.
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Canon | false + and true + |
Class | Cleric + |
Features | Domain Spells, Disciple of Life, Preserve Life, Blessed Healer, Supreme Healing + |
Name | Life Domain + |
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Publication | UA 2023 Player's Handbook Playtest 6 + and "Varied" + |
SortText | Life Domain Subclass One + |
Summary | This cleric subclass focuses on preserving life. + |
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