Yes. Revivify (PHB, p. 272): You touch a creature that has died within the last minute.
Does revivify work on unwilling creatures?
The target isn’t specified by the spell’s wording or any general rule to need to be willing. Therefore it works on unwilling targets too.
Can a Mind Flayer be good?
Keep in mind, though, that a “good” Illithid would still need to eat brains. It might be fine with evil creatures of some intelligence, but it’s up to you if that’s possibly still too cruel of a fate… Just don’t mistake a Mind Flayer that claims to be good as being entirely genuine.
Can you refuse a revivify?
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Can a creature refuse to be affected by revivify?
Therefore it works on unwilling targets too. The omission is particularly telling because, as you yourself point out, the similar spells Resurrection and True Resurrection have a wording to specify that the target has to be willing but Revivify has not.
How does the revivify spell work on characters killed?
Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. Strength Drain kills the character, then revivify brings them back to life. The only restriction on revivify is that it can’t revive a character who has died of old age, and the effect of Strength Drain doesn’t match that.
Can a creature that has died of old age return to life?
Yes. You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell can’t return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts. Strength Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Can a creature refuse to be brought back to life?
On DMG page 24, under “Bringing Back the Dead”, it states that you cannot bring back the soul of an unwilling creature: A soul can’t be returned to life if it doesn’t wish to be. A soul knows the name, alignment, and patron deity (if any) of the character attempting to revive it and might refuse to return on that basis.
