Really silly to be obsessing over this, but it's me, so duh.
Scott and I have discussed that if Mordecai doesn't survive the arrows currently raining down upon him, there's always the Reincarnate option. Here's the possibilities of what body he could be reincarnated into.
|
d% |
Incarnation |
Str |
Dex |
Con |
|
01 |
Bugbear |
+4 |
+2 |
+2 |
|
02–13 |
Dwarf |
+0 |
+0 |
+2 |
|
14–25 |
Elf |
+0 |
+2 |
–2 |
|
26 |
Gnoll |
+4 |
+0 |
+2 |
|
27–38 |
Gnome |
–2 |
+0 |
+2 |
|
39–42 |
Goblin |
–2 |
+2 |
+0 |
|
43–52 |
Half-elf |
+0 |
+0 |
+0 |
|
53–62 |
Half-orc |
+2 |
+0 |
+0 |
|
63–74 |
Halfling |
–2 |
+2 |
+0 |
|
75–89 |
Human |
+0 |
+0 |
+0 |
|
90–93 |
Kobold |
–4 |
+2 |
–2 |
|
94 |
Lizardfolk |
+2 |
+0 |
+2 |
|
95–98 |
Orc |
+4 |
+0 |
+0 |
|
99 |
Troglodyte |
+0 |
–2 |
+4 |
|
100 |
Other |
? |
? |
? |
The thing is, the point of choosing the races we did in Mosaic was to do something different. Hence, Mordecai is glimmerfolk. Bellos is tauran. Rashmali is benramen. Ka-Quindath is giant (Unearthed Arcana-style). While I can see the angst-opportunities inherent in waking up in a new body, I rather draw the line at kobold or troglodyte angst. I wonder if the location of casting reincarnate wouldn't affect it. I don't mean in a yuan-ti city. (NO!) I mean the proximity to Oubliette. I think a table of weird possibilites could be cool. Level-adjusted races, anyone? (Nah, I'm kidding about that. Probably too much loss of abilities, too complicated.)
It'll be fine.
Really.
PS: I counted up. Using the house rule of death occurring at Con+Level, Mordecai has 51 hit points left. I have to say, being a different race would most likely get any additional Inquisitors off his back…Surely…