so tonight our alchemist died and got reincarnated. the question is what racial traits stay and what does he gain when he trades races?
in fact could he not also trade out racial traits form the new race for other traits as per the ultimate race guides alternate traits?
and as a follow up to that lets say there is an ability he wouldnt get from the new race but it can be traded for one that would qualify, could he make the trade?
I'm fairly certain he doesn't retain any of his racial traits, both because that wouldn't make sense, and also because Reincarnate lists all the things you keep without mentioning racial traits: "It retains any class abilities, feats, or skill ranks it formerly possessed. Its class, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points are unchanged."
He gains the racial traits of his new race. However, he should not get to pick among the alternate racial traits - either take the default race, roll randomly for alternate racial traits, or have the GM decide.
