# Ode to Ouroboros
#pf2e/focus_spell/level_5 #pf2e/class/bard #pf2e/school/necromancy 
==[Uncommon](../../../Traits/Uncommon.md)== ==[Bard](../../../Traits/Bard.md)== ==[Composition](../../../Traits/Composition.md)== ==[Necromancy](../../../Traits/Necromancy.md)==
*Source* Advanced Player's Guide pg. 228 2.0
**Cast** ◄ verbal; **Trigger** a creature's [Dying](../../../Conditions/Dying.md) value would reach the value at which they would die.
**Range** 60 feet; **Targets** the triggering creature

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Your ode temporarily staves off death. The target's dying condition remains 1 below the value at which it dies. This doesn't help prevent death from effects that kill the target without increasing its dying condition, such as [Disintegrate](../../Arcane_Tradition/Level%206/Disintegrate.md) and [Death](../../../Traits/Death.md) effects.