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[Sirus]

I can learn both a bring-back-to-life spell, as well as a Reincarnation spell.

The problem with the first is that it must be done a very short time after death occurs, and the second brings the person's soul back in a new body. A body which might not be the same gender or even race as the deceased.

That's always vastly more entertaining than true resurrection. Nothing like bringing back the wizard as an ogre or something.

Yeah, Reincarnation is interesting. The subject comes back in a random body, but retains his/her class, skill ranks, feats, etc, and potentially gains brand new abilities based on race. Since it is a new body, the condition of the old body is irrelevant; the subject could have been blasted to bits and it would not matter. Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution can all change, but it appears that the other attributes stay the same. So a wizard in an ogre's body can actually be a decent fighter.

[Flying Dice]

The level/CON reduction is a bitch, though.

[Sirus]

The level/CON reduction is a bitch, though.

Yeah, but you get that with anything other than True Resurrection, which is a 9th level spell. Reincarnation is only a 4th-level spell.

[Flying Dice]

True, but it does preclude abusing resurrection mechanics to beef up your squishy. 

[Rolepgeek]

I believe you maintain your old ability scores, it's just that you apply the modifiers of your new race instead of your old, for physical abilities only.

Which means, of course, thata Venerable Gray Elf Wizard becoming a Young Water Orc through Reincarnation is kinda silly, but fitting.

And you can age and get age modifiers all over again, too!

It reminds me of a cabal of druids/spellcasters I invented that abused it over the centuries to become stupendously powerful. They would sacrifice each other once they got old and reincarnate one another, find each other, then continue with their cabalerry.

They preffered Orc and Human bodies, for obvious reasons. Short lives equal faster aging bonuses. Somehow.

[GiglameshDespair]

Now I'd just rule it doesn't stack.

More logical, as well.

[Rolepgeek]

The mental bonuses from aging don't make any sense anyway.

And since as far as I can tell the changes to your mental scores aren't bonuses, they're just changes, period, I don't think it's as simple as that.

Besides, this is an NPC group, not a player group. Players don't have the time to muck around with that shit. So "fixing it" isn't necessary or desired.

[Flying Dice]

Can you imagine how fucking long it'd take to get characters to Venerable multiple times anyways?

[Sirus]

Well, if you do a lot of timeskipping for crafting or whathaveyou, not as long as you might be imagining.

[Rolepgeek]

Again, it was a non-player-character group.

Just an NPC association of stupendously old druids and shit who've effectively transcended the need for a defining race or gender. Effectively the most spiritual beings on the planet.

Which makes sense, given they'd all have mental stats in the 60's, probablyalmost certainly be epic-leveled, and probably have some of them transcend to godhood.

[Nerjin]

I'd like to point out that Sacha knows Draconic...

Also, how much did I heal Darwyn way back when? You never said how much. It's kinda relevant to what I do.

[Rolepgeek]

Darwyn took, what, 2 damage?

And I feel like I wanna all caps this but I won't.

Nerjin. He said 'a light wound was cured'. You can safely assume he meant 'Darwyn is now at full hit points'. Even if he isn't, a full day's rest will cure anything left.

[Nerjin]

He took 4 damage actually. And I don't like assuming things about hitpoints. Bad times lie down that road.

[Rolepgeek]

NERJIN

IT'S FINE

He has goodberries to heal himself anyway.

Seriously dude. There is a 25% chance he didn't heal every last hit point. The remaining hit points will be healed with a day of rest. There are very few situations in which a single hit point will matter in the course of a battle/survival.

[Nerjin]

Spontaneous Casting: Inflict Light Wounds on Ness.