Conjuration (Healing)
- Level
- Druid 4, witch 5
- Components
- V, S, M, DF
- Casting Time
- 1 hour
- Range
- Touch
- Target
- Dead creature touched
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Saving Throw
- None; see text
- Spell Resistance
- Yes (harmless)
With this spell, you bring back a dead creature in another body, provided that the subject’s soul is free and willing to return. If the subject’s soul is not willing to return, the spell does not work; therefore, a subject that wants to return receives no saving throw.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. Characters who return from the dead may need extensive periods of time to recover, and may suffer strange side effects. In extreme cases, the resurrection magic may fail entirely. See “Tampering With Mortality” for details.
| Possible Incarnations | |
|---|---|
| d% | Incarnation |
| 01–08 | Bugbear |
| 09–16 | Gnoll |
| 17–22 | Goblin |
| 23–35 | Half-orc |
| 36–48 | Hobgoblin |
| 49–68 | Human |
| 69–74 | Ogre |
| 75–82 | Orc |
| 83–90 | Tiefling |
| 91–95 | Troll |
| 96–00 | Other (DM’s choice) |
Since the dead creature is returning in a new body, all physical ills and afflictions are repaired. The condition of the remains is not a factor. So long as some small portion of the creature’s body still exists, it can be reincarnated, but the portion receiving the spell must have been part of the creature’s body at the time of death. The magic of the spell creates an entirely new young adult body for the soul to inhabit from the natural elements at hand. This process takes 1 hour to complete. When the body is ready, the subject is reincarnated.
A reincarnated creature recalls the majority of its former life and form. It retains any class abilities, feats, or skill ranks it formerly possessed. Its class, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points gained from class levels are unchanged. Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores depend partly on the new body. First eliminate the subject’s racial adjustments (since it is no longer of his previous race) and then apply the adjustments found below to its remaining ability scores.
It’s possible for the change in the subject’s ability scores to make it difficult for it to pursue its previous character class. If this is the case, the subject is well advised to become a multiclass character.
For a humanoid creature, the new incarnation is determined using Table: Possible Incarnations. (For nonhumanoid creatures, a similar table of creatures of the same type should be created.)
Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can’t be reincarnated. The spell cannot bring back a creature who has died of old age.
The reincarnated creature gains all abilities associated with its new form, including forms of movement and speeds, natural armor, natural attacks, extraordinary abilities, and the like, but it doesn’t automatically speak the language of the new form.
A wish or a miracle spell can restore a reincarnated character to his or her original form.
Making contact with the realms beyond death is difficult and draining. Casting this spell causes the caster to become exhausted.
Material Component: Rare oils and unguents worth a total of least 1,000 gp, spread over the remains.