FitzTheRuke
Legend
Don't only PCs get Death Saves? You like to double tap PCs with Magic Missile? You're a mean DM!
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fluffybunbunkittens
Hero
I have to do this...
Technically, everything gets death saves by default. DMs are just advised to not bother for most NPCs.
Wait a minute. Bigby is a gnome now?
fluffybunbunkittens
Hero
I've always thought so, given that name.
Weiley31
Legend
He basically rolled the Gnome option when Reincarnate was used on him.
Weiley31
Legend
AND YOUR PC IS NEXT!!!!Don't only PCs get Death Saves? You like to double tap PCs with Magic Missile? You're a mean DM!
Scribe
Legend
Yes, retcon from Bigby's book of Giants I believe.
Demetrios1453
Legend
In Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, he recounts how he had a fatal incident with a giant's club, and (supposedly) the best Mordenkainen could do was have someone cast reincarnation, causing him to return as a gnome. He very much suspects that Mordenkainen chose that option for the lolz.
Kurotowa
Legend
Yep. He got splatted by a giant, and Mordenkainen insists that all he could find on short notice was a Druid with Reincarnate, but Bigby suspects it was Mordenkainen deliberately trolling him.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Mixed ancestry, maybe? Would be consistent with the UA approach of “pick one to get the benefits from and mix-and-match descriptive traits as you like.” Mechanically a human, but got purple skin from drow heritage.
