Soul Cage

Level 6

Basic Information 
SchoolNecromancy
ClassesWarlock, Wizard
Ritual?No
Duration8 hours
ComponentsV, S, M (a tiny silver cage worth 100 gp)
Cast TimeSpecial
Range60 feet

Description

1 reaction, which you take when a humanoid you can see within 60 feet of you dies.

This spell snatches the soul of a humanoid as it dies and traps it inside the tiny cage you use for the material component. A stolen soul remains inside the cage until the spell ends or until you destroy the cage, which ends the spell. While you have a soul inside the cage, you can exploit it in any of the ways described below. You can use a trapped soul up to six times. Once you exploit a soul for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can't be revived.

A creature that can see the sensor (such as one using see invisibility or truesight) sees a translucent image of the tormented humanoid whose soul you caged.