Can the spell Reincarnate be used to bring a dead PC back to life?
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Can the spell Reincarnate be used to bring a dead PC back to life?
Yes, as long as they are not any of the following:
A creature that has been turned into an undead creature or killed by a death effect can't be returned to life by this spell. Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can't be reincarnated.
But you never know what they will end up as.
Yes that is what the spell does.
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PS = Plan ahead, cut your groups members hair, toe nail clipping, any fallen out teeth. A Jar/Flask of blood would be best. Then save it in a safe place.
That way if some creature destroy the PC entire body, by eating it, turning it to dust, making it implode into nothingness, etc.
You can still reincarnate the creature with the saved body parts/blood.
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Some limits are present. Anything which holds your soul prisoner, would prevent the spell from working. Being turned into an undead is the most common of those. Skeleton and Zombies count in my games, all though some DM might not count them. Soul Stones or Gems of Trapping the soul are other examples that prevent the spell. Some creatures also keep the soul like the Devourer.
Some limits are present. Anything which holds your soul prisoner, would prevent the spell from working. Being turned into an undead is the most common of those. Skeleton and Zombies count in my games, all though some DM might not count them. Soul Stones or Gems of Trapping the soul are other examples that prevent the spell. Some creatures also keep the soul like the Devourer.
I count the Zombies and Skeletons as long as they are still undead. If you kill the zombie or skeleton, the magic animating it dissipates, and you can then use the remains for resurrection/reincarnation. However, I'd probably roll for side effects if the remains were not cleansed somehow (sanctification spell, bless, something).
Yes that is what the spell does.
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PS = Plan ahead, cut your groups members hair, toe nail clipping, any fallen out teeth. A Jar/Flask of blood would be best. Then save it in a safe place.
That way if some creature destroy the PC entire body, by eating it, turning it to dust, making it implode into nothingness, etc.
You can still reincarnate the creature with the saved body parts/blood.
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Some limits are present. Anything which holds your soul prisoner, would prevent the spell from working. Being turned into an undead is the most common of those. Skeleton and Zombies count in my games, all though some DM might not count them. Soul Stones or Gems of Trapping the soul are other examples that prevent the spell. Some creatures also keep the soul like the Devourer.
Since the dead creature is returning in a new body, all physical ills and afflictions are repaired. The condition of the remains is not a factor. So long as some small portion of the creature's body still exists, it can be reincarnated, but the portion receiving the spell must have been part of the creature's body at the time of death. The magic of the spell creates an entirely new young adult body for the soul to inhabit from the natural elements at hand. This process takes 1 hour to complete. When the body is ready, the subject is reincarnated. Quoted material here....
Bold is mine.
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PS = Plan ahead, cut your groups members hair, toe nail clipping, any fallen out teeth. A Jar/Flask of blood would be best. Then save it in a safe place.
That way if some creature destroy the PC entire body, by eating it, turning it to dust, making it implode into nothingness, etc.
You can still reincarnate the creature with the saved body parts/blood.
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Some limits are present.
As noted in the post above, one of those limits are that the body parts cannot be removed prior to death.
I'm sorry, the irony of this post was too amusing, Oliver. :)
What we use to do with the spell in the olden days.
It happens sometimes :D
guess i was getting reincarnate and clone mixed up. bummer.
What we use to do with the spell in the olden days.
It happens sometimes :D
guess i was getting reincarnate and clone mixed up. bummer.
Probably. On a side note clone is a much better spell than it use to be.
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how does one maximize and empower reincarnate?
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how does one maximize and empower reincarnate?
Perhaps I'm thinking of the 3.5 version, but isn't there a table of possible creatures to be brought back as and a d100 roll involved? In that case, I'd rule (somewhat humorously)
An Empowered Spell adds +50% to the spell's numerical effects. Thus, for Empowered Reincarnate, you'd roll d100+d50. in other words, your average result would increase from approximately a 50 to a 75. Since the higher-numbered entries are typically 'better' (weirder, at least), this is fun.
Maximized Spells always 'roll' the most. a Maximized 1d4 is 4, so a Maximized d100 is 100. Since 100 is "DM's Choice", Maximized Reincarnate should always bring back the recipient as a creature of the DM's choice. This increases the fun factor of the spell for the DM dramatically.
(The above are rules-lawyering. In fun.)
Interesting.
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how does one maximize and empower reincarnate?Perhaps I'm thinking of the 3.5 version, but isn't there a table of possible creatures to be brought back as and a d100 roll involved? In that case, I'd rule (somewhat humorously)
An Empowered Spell adds +50% to the spell's numerical effects. Thus, for Empowered Reincarnate, you'd roll d100+d50. in other words, your average result would increase from approximately a 50 to a 75. Since the higher-numbered entries are typically 'better' (weirder, at least), this is fun.
Maximized Spells always 'roll' the most. a Maximized 1d4 is 4, so a Maximized d100 is 100. Since 100 is "DM's Choice", Maximized Reincarnate should always bring back the recipient as a creature of the DM's choice. This increases the fun factor of the spell for the DM dramatically.
(The above are rules-lawyering. In fun.)
Not to much rules-lawyering . If you look at the Maximize feat:
Maximize Spell (Metamagic)
Your spells have the maximum possible effect.
Benefit: All variable, numeric effects of a spell modified by this feat are maximized. Saving throws and opposed rolls are not affected, nor are spells without random variables. A maximized spell uses up a spell slot three levels higher than the spell's actual level.
An empowered, maximized spell gains the separate benefits of each feat: the maximum result plus half the normally rolled result.
The % chart for the reincarnate is the only "variable, numeric effect" of that spell. It does not specify that only damage, or only duration, etc is effected, but al variable, numeric effects.. :)
the biggest thing is that it is not that useful for a PC to do this (how often do you want to put the fate of what race you show up as in the hands of your GM, especially at the cost of a 7th level spell).
But great fun for a GM (been thinking of making a cursed item using the reincarnate spell)..