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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 2871597" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Honestly, at first I kind of felt like a jerk. New player to our group, at his first game - and if the failed massive damage save hadn't killed the PC, the -11 hit points would have. </p><p></p><p>I mean, dang. Welcome to the group, here's your complementary corpse.</p><p></p><p>I wanted a method for bringing her back that was more interesting than being raised by the cleric of another god - and more importantly, more self sufficient. There's a certain psychological value in first impressions. I didn't want Raevynn to be immediately pigeon-holed as "the frail heroine who has to depend on other people for her healing." That wasn't her style. Velendo was able to bring her back anyways -- so maybe I could do it with more style? </p><p></p><p>In game terms, it was easy to rationalize; Raevynn had been given a task to cleanse the cult of Orthyss, and she simply hadn't finished yet. No way was Galanna going to let her off the hook that easily.</p><p></p><p>So I hit on the reincarnation, something that fit perfectly well into Galanna's ethos and could be both a punishment and a reward at the same time. I was reading the new 3e <em>reincarnation</em> spell and thinking, "It produces an adult body to replace the old one? Where the heck does the new body come from?" The obvious answer is "from a currently living person who has sinned against God." That was too good not to use, especially because it added fun plot hooks while making the "free" reincarnation not necessarily a blessing. Everybody won: I got great plot hooks to <s>torment</s> inspire the character with, and Raevynn got fun roleplaying hooks. Win-win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 2871597, member: 2"] Honestly, at first I kind of felt like a jerk. New player to our group, at his first game - and if the failed massive damage save hadn't killed the PC, the -11 hit points would have. I mean, dang. Welcome to the group, here's your complementary corpse. I wanted a method for bringing her back that was more interesting than being raised by the cleric of another god - and more importantly, more self sufficient. There's a certain psychological value in first impressions. I didn't want Raevynn to be immediately pigeon-holed as "the frail heroine who has to depend on other people for her healing." That wasn't her style. Velendo was able to bring her back anyways -- so maybe I could do it with more style? In game terms, it was easy to rationalize; Raevynn had been given a task to cleanse the cult of Orthyss, and she simply hadn't finished yet. No way was Galanna going to let her off the hook that easily. So I hit on the reincarnation, something that fit perfectly well into Galanna's ethos and could be both a punishment and a reward at the same time. I was reading the new 3e [i]reincarnation[/i] spell and thinking, "It produces an adult body to replace the old one? Where the heck does the new body come from?" The obvious answer is "from a currently living person who has sinned against God." That was too good not to use, especially because it added fun plot hooks while making the "free" reincarnation not necessarily a blessing. Everybody won: I got great plot hooks to [s]torment[/s] inspire the character with, and Raevynn got fun roleplaying hooks. Win-win. [/QUOTE]
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