<1105>

Death, represented as a skeleton, <DMG> <DDG>
regards a desolate plain strewn with his
victims, who are of all ages and conditions,
for Death has no favorites. He is
sometimes shown wielding a scythe,
sometimes "terrible with banners."

Upright, he symbolizes transit to the
next stage of being, transformation;
abrupt and unexpected CHANGE of the old
self (not usually physical death), the end
of security and old situations and the
beginning of a new kind of life.

Drawer dies. Body and effects burst into
flame (which will do 10d10 points of
damage if a character is foolish enough to
go into it; after 1-8 rounds the flames will
die down and from the ashes the character
will step, reborn according to the following
table (roll d%):
 

01-02	bugbear
03-08	dwarf
09-14	elf
15-16	gnoll
17-22	gnome
23-24	goblin
25-30	half-elf
31-36	hobbit
37-42	half-orc
43-44	hobgoblin
45-94	human
95-96	kobold
97-98	orc
99-00	ogre

Note: A very good |or| very evil person
will NOT be reborn as a creature whose
alignment is the opposite. Regardless of
the form in which the character is reincarnated,
allow the new form to progress
as far as possible in characteristics and
abilities. Someone reborn as a gnoll
might eventually gain hit dice up to 3,4,
or even 5, plus bonus points for a high
constitution; the figure would be eligible
to wear armor, could use magic items
available to fighters, and would have the
intelligence level of its former incarnation
(or racial minimum), If the new
form is of a player-character race, the
character must be generated as a new
character; the new form may be a member
of any player-character class for which he
is eligible, except the old character?s
former class (unless that is the only possible
choice), and will be of 1st level, with
no experience points. <0 level, base 500 XP to reach level 1>

Reversed, he signifies stagnation, mere
existence, inertia |or| immobility, lethargy,
sleep, petrification.

Drawer falls under a permanent slow
spell and will receive no experience
points for this adventure (while slowed,
drawer will age at half the normal rate).