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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 7351909" data-attributes="member: 19270"><p>In AD&D, it was 7th level, then it dropped to 4th (which is where I saw most application), and now it's back to 5th level, and it had no monetary cost in several variations, unlike now. I should have clarified that I haven't seen Reincarnate used in 5E (yet). I'm somewhat disappointed they basically made it a Raise Dead variant. </p><p></p><p> It's a great option when you don't have a 9th level cleric around. In lore, there's a druid circle for every geographical region, which gives the DM options if someone dies away from town. Once, we role-played the reincarnation ritual, and afterwards the party viewed druids as pretty freaky, enigmatic beings. After all, they were crafting a body from wood and clay, animating it, and imbuing it with a lost soul. Playing that part out was a lot more fun than a simple video-game solution of "poof, you're at the graveyard."</p><p></p><p> Yep, very true to each their own. The moral to that story is that a single random die roll can take you in a very unexpected direction. Sometimes, those will lead to very unique storylines. Someone earlier posted a memory about questing as an intelligent bear (prior edition). That's not stuff you plan out, and that's the stuff we are talking about years later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 7351909, member: 19270"] In AD&D, it was 7th level, then it dropped to 4th (which is where I saw most application), and now it's back to 5th level, and it had no monetary cost in several variations, unlike now. I should have clarified that I haven't seen Reincarnate used in 5E (yet). I'm somewhat disappointed they basically made it a Raise Dead variant. It's a great option when you don't have a 9th level cleric around. In lore, there's a druid circle for every geographical region, which gives the DM options if someone dies away from town. Once, we role-played the reincarnation ritual, and afterwards the party viewed druids as pretty freaky, enigmatic beings. After all, they were crafting a body from wood and clay, animating it, and imbuing it with a lost soul. Playing that part out was a lot more fun than a simple video-game solution of "poof, you're at the graveyard." Yep, very true to each their own. The moral to that story is that a single random die roll can take you in a very unexpected direction. Sometimes, those will lead to very unique storylines. Someone earlier posted a memory about questing as an intelligent bear (prior edition). That's not stuff you plan out, and that's the stuff we are talking about years later. [/QUOTE]
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