A character in my campaign died in HTBM, and they have been reincarnated by a druid. Two issues face me though.
1) The party is now level 9, when he died this character was level 8, so he will come back at the start of level 7. He is already in a party with a druid and a warlock/binder/beguiler/incarnate/something else, and as a single-class barbarian specialising in Dex, Int and Con he is already quite weak.
2) What's actually on the list: bugbear, dwarf, elf, gnoll, gnome, goblin, half-elf, half-orc, halfling, human, kobold, lizardfolk, orc, troglodyte. Ot those, Only humans, lizardfolk, kobolds and troglodytes are thematically appropriate.
So I want to create a new list of Isle appropriate races, preferrably with an ECL mod of +1 to +4
I've already looked at the saurials in the serpent kingdoms web enhancement, can any of you give me extra suggestions?
There's also Phanatons - flying squirrel/racoon humanoids, like Navesh from TBWG - living on the island I believe. They're Small though, that might be problematic.
Or a fishy.
One of the Stormwrack races might work the shoal halfing or the aquatic elf/half elf.
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Stormwrack races are cool - especially the Darfellan.
You could also consider giving him a negative level instead of losing a level. (-1 to attacks, saves, skill and ability checks, -5 hp, -1 spell at highest level) Every time he levels up he can also remove a negative level. Saves recalculating, or removing powers. Every so often he'll miss by one and you can say it was due to uncontrollable shivers/ glimpses of the afterlife etc. Everyone happy!
I used the following table (Danger - Forgotten Realms)
01-03 Aquatic Elf
04-05 Aquatic Half-elf
06-10 Aventi
11-13 Bugbear
14-16 Bullywug
17-21 Darfellan
22-26 Elf (avariel)
27 Genasi
28-30 Ghostwise Halfling
31-33 Goblin
34-37 Gold Dwarf
38-42 Hadozee
43-47 Halfling
48-50 Half-orc
51-65 Human
66-68 Kobold
69-72 Lizardfolk
73-74 Moon Elf
75-80 Phanaton
81-83 Seacliff Dwarf
84-85 Sun Elf
86-90 Tiefling
91-94 Wavecrest Gnome
95-96 Wild Elf
97-99 Wood Elf
100 DM's Choice
Aquatic Elf, Aventi, Darfellan, Hadozee, Seacliff Dwarf, Wavecrest Gnome - see Stormwrack
Tiefling - see Paizo: Cheliax, Empire of Devils
Phanaton - see Dragon 339 page 62
Here's my revised reincarnation table.
01 Bugbear (MM) ECL +4
02-04 Goblin (MM) ECL 0
05-07 Hobgoblin (MM) ECL 0
08-10 Forestkith Goblin (MM3) ECL +1
11 Gnoll (MM) ECL +3
12-20 Human (PHB) ECL 0
21 Half-Dragon (MM) ECL +3
1-2 Chromatic
1 - Black (MM)
2 - Blue (MM)
3 - Brown (Drc)
4 - Green (MM)
5 - Red (MM)
6 - White (MM)
3-4 Lung (Drc)
1 - Chiang Lung
2 - Li Lung
3 - Lung Wang
4 - Pan Lung
5 - Shen Lung
6 - T'ien Lung
7 - Tun Mi Lung
8 - Yu Lung
5-6 Prismatic (Drc)
1-2 - Amethyst
3-4 - Crystal
5-6 - Emerald
7-8 - Sapphire
9-10 - Topaz
7-8 Metallic
1 - Song (Drc)
2 - Brass (MM)
3 - Bronze (MM)
4 - Copper (MM)
5 - Gold (MM)
6 - Silver (MM)
9-10 Planar
1 - Battle (Drc)
2 - Chaos (Drc)
3 - Ethereal (Drc)
4 - Fang (Drc)
5 - Howling (Drc)
6 - Oceanus (Drc)
7 - Pyroclastic (Drc)
8 - Radiant (Drc)
9 - Rust (Drc)
10 - Shadow (Drc)
11 - Styx (Drc)
12 - Tarterian (Drc)
22-23 Rock Gnome (PHB) ECL 0
24-25 Forest Gnome (MM) ECL 0
26 Svirfneblin (MM) ECL +3
27-28 Chaos Gnome (RoS) ECL 0
29-30 Whisper Gnome (RoS) ECL 0
31-32 Duergar (MM) ECL +1
33-34 Hill Dwarf (PHB) ECL 0
35-36 Deep Dwarf (MM) ECL 0
37-38 Dream Dwarf (RoS) ECL 0
39-40 Mountain Dwarf (MM) ECL 0
41 Ibixian (MM3) ECL +4
42-46 Phanaton (Drg) ECL 0
47-50 Raptoran (RoW) ECL 0
51 Lizardfolk (MM) ECL +3
52-58 Kobold (MM) ECL 0
59-60 Poison Dusk Lizardfolk (MM3) ECL +1
61 Troglodyte (MM) ECL +4
62-64 High Elf (PHB) ECL 0
65-66 Wild Elf (MM) ECL 0
67 Moon Elf (MM) ECL 0
68 Wood Elf (MM) ECL 0
69 Frost Elf (FB) ECL 0
70 Drow (MM) ECL +2
71 Gnoll, Flind (MM3) ECL +4
72 Lesser* Zenythri (MM2) ECL 0
73-75 Lesser* Chaond (MM2) ECL 0
76 Lesser* Aasimar (MM) ECL 0
77-80 Lesser* Tiefling (MM) ECL 0
81 Bladeback Saurial (SK) ECL +4
82-86 Phanaton (Drg) ECL 0
87-90 Kenku (MM3) ECL 0
91 Half-ogre (RoD) ECL +2
92 Mongrelfolk (RoD) ECL 0
93 Changeling (MM3) ECL 0
94 Half-drow (RoF) ECL 0
95 Half-orc (PHB) ECL 0
96 Orc (MM) ECL 0
97 Illumian (RoD) ECL 0
98 Shifter (MM3) ECL 0
99 Goliath (RoS) ECL +1
100 Steve's Choice of race
Chance of getting an ECL +0 race = 73%
Chance of getting an ECL +1 race = 15%
Chance of getting an ECL +2 race = 2%
Chance of getting an ECL +3 race = 4%
Chance of getting an ECL +4 race = 5%
This does bring up an interesting concept: geographically-based reincarnate. This makes sense from a certain point of view - that the local wildlife and humanoid population has a direct influence upon the 'bodies' that the spell will 'access' to re-create the recipient's carcass.
Thus, one can extend this to the Golarion Adventure Paths, drawing upon the wandering monster tables throughout the AP chapters. Without altering the PRPG reincarnate chart this generally leaves a few 'slots' open for substitution while retaining the standard core rulebook races in their respective 'slots'. I would add the local or closest regional human ethnicity to the human line.
- 01: bugbear
- 26: gnoll
- 39-42: goblin
- 90-93: kobold
- 94: lizardfolk
- 95-98: orc
- 99: troglodyte
The customized charts posted above are AWESOME for the Isle of Dread! It occurs to me that the concept can be extended to the existing (and future) Adventure Paths.
Why am I not surprised nearly everyone has their own custom Reincarnate table? :P
Mine is mostly LA 0 and +1 creatures, a couple +2s, up until 90. 90-94 is "roll again, swap gender". 95-99 is "roll again, plus roll on template chart and apply template". (My group runs Aasimar, Tiefling, Zenthyri, Chaond, Genasi, etc. as templates rather than races. Other possibilities are Feytouched, Dark, Draconic, and a few other minor things, nothing above LA +2.) 100 is "roll again, plus roll on template chart, plus swap gender".
I've redone the table to make ECL mod races less likely (11%).
Roll again, swap gender? TURIN! Here's one for you mate!
It is a tad vindictive, isn't it. Muahahah.
Roll again, swap gender? TURIN! Here's one for you mate!It is a tad vindictive, isn't it. Muahahah.
^_^ As much as I would like to take credit for reincarnate changing gender as my idea, that belongs to Orthos and others, not me, carborundum.
The 3e version of "belts of gender bending" being used by Olangru in the Savage Tide is mine however (I think).