{
  "entry": "spells",
  "name": "contingency",
  "level": 6,
  "type": "evocation",
  "classes": [
    "wizard"
  ],
  "casting_time": "10 minutes",
  "range": "Self",
  "components": "V, S, M (a statuette of yourself carved from ivory and decorated with gems worth at least 1,500 gp)",
  "duration": "10 days",
  "text": "Choose a spell of 5th level or lower that you can cast, that has a casting time of 1 action, and that can target you. You cast that spell--called the contingent spell--as part of casting **_contingency_**, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn't come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain circumstance occurs. You describe that circumstance when you cast the two spells. For example, a **_contingency_** cast with **_water breathing_** might stipulate that **_water breathing_** comes into effect when you are engulfed in water or a similar liquid.    \nThe contingent spell takes effect immediately after the circumstance is met for the first time, whether or not you want it to, and then **_contingency_** ends. The contingent spell takes effect only on you, even if it can normally target others. You can use only one **_contingency_** spell at a time.    \nIf you cast this spell again, the effect of another **_contingency_** spell on you ends. Also, **_contingency_** ends on you if its material component is ever not on your person."
}