It’s surprisingly achievable for a player character to gain immortality. You don’t even have to be super high-level to do it.
Queen once asked, “Who wants to live forever?” A lot of people, it turns out. Especially adventurers in D&D, who are the kinds of people born to be kings, or even princes of the universe. Or maybe they’re just fighting to survive in a war with the darkest power.
The good news is that becoming immortal is surprisingly achievable. In D&D, at least. There are plenty of ways for a character to live forever, written right there in the same rules that tell you you can only benefit from Sneak Attack once per turn.
Swear An Oath Of The Ancients
Now for this one, you do actually have to be fairly high level. And that’s tricky – a lot of adventurers end their careers around levels 10-12. But Oath of the Ancients Paladins who manage to hit 15th level cease aging. So you can live on forever, dedicated to “delighting in art and laughter” while keeping the light of hope kindled.
Become A Lich
One of the newest ways to become immortal is through a chain of feats that you’ll find in the latest Unearthed Arcana. There, you’ll find two examples of immortality within reach of any adventurer with a dream and a dark enough heart to commit heinous acts.
You could become a Lich or a Death Knight. Either of these Paths of Feats culminates in a capstone feat at level 12 that makes you an undead creature. Meaning you can live, well, unlive, forever – unless some meddlesome adventurers get the better of you. But surely that won’t happen.
Get A Couple Of Druids Together
I like this one a lot, because this method of immortality requires you to have a friend. It’s kind of the opposite of the whole become an undead monster path – instead, you become a Druid. And make a friend (or have another player character in the party) who is also a Druid. Then, all you have to do is get to the 9th level, unlocking 5th-level spells. This gets you both access to the Reincarnate spell, which lets you touch a dead humanoid and restore them to life in a new body.
You and your friend can then live through untold eons, reincarnating one another and experiencing life in all its glory in the many different forms the spell can bring you back as.
There’s Always Cloning
Of course, if you’d rather keep some continuity, you can always just go the traditional mad scientist route. Although you have to be a fairly high level Wizard to get away with it. If you can get to the point where you can cast 8th-level spells, you’ll be able to cast Clone. And then you can really knuckle down to the business of being immortal. You stash a clone body in a special case somewhere (you can make a cool little lair) and then 120 days after you cast the spell, you’ve got a get out of death free card, which lets you create a new young body for yourself and everything.
Your soul transfers from your original body into the new one. Just be careful how many of these you have lying around – if you want to know why, just find a Red Wizard and ask them what happened with Manshoon.
Hang Out In The Astral Plane
Finally, the most accessible way of living forever is moving to the Astral Plane. This is a timeless realm where you cease to age – effectively living forever. As long as you can survive thereupon. But all you have to do is build a nice little astral redoubt.
Worried about getting to the Astral Plane? All you need is a handy Bag of Holding and a Portable Hole. Boom. Instant portal.
What are some of your favorite house rules for playing with power?
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