Does a demihuman reincarnated as a human gain a bonus feat?

[ForceUser]

Last night one of the PCs in my campaign died and was reincarnated by the party druid. Originally a faen (spryte), the dice brought him back as a human. Almost immediately, the player asked me if that meant he'd gained an extra feat and extra skill points--having lost all the cool stuff about being a spryte, he naturally wanted to know if he'd picked up, through reincarnation, the racial advantages of humans.

Initially, I told him no, because it seemed to be that those human traits are based upon experience, and he hasn't lived life as a human.

I'm not sure I'm right, but the PHB offers no help in this matter. In the spell's description it states that the reincarnated creature "gains all the abilities associated with its new form," and then goes on to describe movements, speeds, natural attacks, etc. Nowhere does the spell state that a creature reincarnated to a human gains the human's bonus feat and skill points.

So that's the crux of the problem, in my mind--from a purely rules-based perspective, what is allowed? Does the reincarnated spryte come back from the dead with a ton of extra skill points and a feat from out of the blue? Obviously, going forward he'd gain the bonus skill point per level for being human, but beyond that I'm mystified. Based on your reading of the text, per the RAW, what happens when a nonhuman come back as a human?

 

[Bront]

A sprite will not reincarnate as a human, since it is Fey. You reincarnate as your same type.

For a humanoid creature, the new incarnation is determined using the following table. For nonhumanoid creatures, a similar table of creatures of the same type should be created.

If you choose to alow it anyway, I would say no, since you don't gain knowledge retroactively, much like if you gain INT. At least per RAW. However, you would gain the elf's weapon knowledge, which more cultural training than anything else, so perhaps you would. But that's not retroactive. So, I say no.

Also note, that only physical atributes change with racial modifiers. It's sort of backhandedly said, but it's there.

 

[ForceUser]

A sprite will not reincarnate as a human, since it is Fey. You reincarnate as your same type.

Holy crap, you're right!

Well, since this discussion is now academic, what happens when a gnome or elf or dwarf is reincarnated as a human?

 

[Anubis]

RAW, yes, you'd get the feat and skill points. It doesn't make any sense, but "gains all the abilities associated with its new form" means exactly that if you go by RAW. The bonus feat and bonus skill points fall into that, so by RAW, it's allowed.

My opinion, however, is that there is a blance that allows this. Basically, since you lose a level anyway when you get brought back through reincarnatino, the solution is simple. First off, the RAW make no sense here, but it's still good to follow them. As such, split the difference. Easy enough.

Solution:

He or she doesn't gain the feat and skill points right away. Rather, once the character gains a level and becomes used to being a human (and thus also gains the versatility of being human, which is where these bonuses come from), upon gaining that level, give him or her the bonus feat and all the skill points. That would be the best way to balance the RAW and realism.