The answer is yes. As long as you are able to cast the spell again before the duration ends, you are effectively stopping the clock for the 10-day window of the reincarnate spell. Also, take note there is a stipulation in the spell components that the two copper pieces must remain on the corpse’s eyes for the duration.
What is gentle repose?
You touch a corpse or other remains. For the Duration, the target is protected from decay and can’t become Undead.
Is gentle repose a ritual?
Gentle Repose is a 1st-level ritual. This ritual is performed on an adjacent corpse. It quintuples the time the corpse can lie dead and still be affected by Raise Dead or a similar ritual. Gentle Repose also protects the corpse from being raised as an undead creature for 150 days.
Is there a time limit for gentle repose?
[PHB 272] The spell gentle repose “effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don’t count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead .” [PHB 245]
How does gentle repose extend the time limit for casting revivify?
The spell revivify returns a creature to life “that has died within the last minute.” [PHB 272] The spell gentle repose “effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don’t count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead .” [PHB 245]
Why does gentle repose increase the time for resurrection?
It seems as though the intention of Gentle Repose is to increase the time window for resurrection, in addition to general preservation of corpses. You mentioned this yourself, in the quote
How to inhale and exhale the breath of life?
Though your mouth is closed, the jaw muscles should be relaxed so the upper and lower teeth are not clenched or touching one another, but parted. 4) Inhale and exhale slowly and deeply three or four times, feeling the inhaling and exhaling breath moving in and out through your nostrils.
