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            "name": "Last Laugh",
            "desc": "Unless it is destroyed in a manner amusing to the god of death that created it, the grim jester gains a new body in 1d20 days, regaining all its hp and becoming active again. The new body appears in a place of the god’s choosing."
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            "name": "Mock the Dying",
            "desc": "Death saving throws made within 60 feet of the grim jester have disadvantage."
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            "name": "Turn Resistance",
            "desc": "The grim jester has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead."
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        {
            "name": "Undead Nature",
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