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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 3217232" data-attributes="member: 29252">As I said - argueably.  Consider, though, the context:(Emphasis added)It could be argued that with the underlined sentence saying that the physical ability scores depend on partly on the new body, but not saying how, that the next sentence is actually a continuation of the idea of the underlined sentence, and only applies to the Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores.Of course, if you're eliminating adjustments from mental ability scores, and then adding physical only, you get some... interesting... results when you turn into something after having been an orc in the previous Reincarnation: When you leave Orc (even if you go back to Orc) you lose the Int, Wis, and Cha penalty, so each of your mental stats go up by 2, each and every time you are Reincarnated from an Orc.  Ditto for any of the other races that have penalties to mental stats.  As none of those listed have any bonuses to mental stats, if you keep getting reincarnated (and getting the lost level back via experience) you would theoretically keep getting smarter, wiser, and more charismatic as time went on.</blockquote>