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<blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 5968462" data-attributes="member: 40109">No (well, kinda). It's giving you a set of instructions to follow in a particular sequence.&nbsp;First, it tells you that the spell will create a reincarnated creature (body).&nbsp;Then, it tells you what a &quot;reincarnated creature&quot; looks like, mechanically; it notes that a reincarnated creature recalls the majority of its former life and form. This is an important clue, because it implies that a minority of its memories are going to be lost. With that in mind, it now walks you through the mechanics of making a &quot;reincarnated creature.&quot;&nbsp;(1) Start with the creature as it was. (&quot;It retains any class abilities, feats, or skill ranks it formerly possessed. Its class, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points are unchanged.&quot;&nbsp;(2) Adjust its physical stats to fit the new form. Leave its mental stats alone. (&quot;Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores depend partly on the new body. First eliminate...&quot;)&nbsp;(3) Wipe that previously implied minority of experience from its brain. (&quot;The subject's level (or Hit Dice) is reduced by 1.&quot;)&nbsp;(4) You now have a &quot;reincarnated creature.&quot;&nbsp;They certainly could have made their instructions clearer, but it seems fairly obvious to me that they did not intend for a reincarnated creature to be an improved version of its previous self. You said it yourself: &quot;I'm pretty sure this is wrong.&quot; And you're correct. But you don't need any &quot;official word&quot; to tell you so; you just have to trust your instincts and interpret the text in a sensible way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vegepygmy, post: 5968462, member: 40109"] No (well, kinda). It's giving you a set of instructions to follow in a particular sequence. First, it tells you that the spell will create a reincarnated creature (body). Then, it tells you what a "reincarnated creature" looks like, mechanically; it notes that a reincarnated creature recalls the [I]majority[/I] of its former life and form. This is an important clue, because it implies that a [I]minority[/I] of its memories are going to be lost. With that in mind, it now walks you through the mechanics of making a "reincarnated creature." (1) Start with the creature as it was. ("It retains any class abilities, feats, or skill ranks it formerly possessed. Its class, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points are unchanged." (2) Adjust its physical stats to fit the new form. Leave its mental stats alone. ("Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores depend partly on the new body. First eliminate...") (3) Wipe that previously implied [I]minority[/I] of experience from its brain. ("The subject's level (or Hit Dice) is reduced by 1.") (4) You now have a "reincarnated creature." They certainly could have made their instructions clearer, but it seems fairly obvious to me that they did not intend for a reincarnated creature to be an improved version of its previous self. You said it yourself: "I'm pretty sure this is wrong." And you're correct. But you don't need any "official word" to tell you so; you just have to trust your instincts and interpret the text in a sensible way. [/QUOTE]

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