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Can a player continually play the same Deva character according to RAW?

The reason I ask is because according to the PHB2, the deva are simply continually reincarnated to a deva shrine or holy place of some kind. Though usually without many of their previous memories, this does not mean the personality is gone.

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It's not really possible to provide a useful answer to this question without some more details of what you have in mind. – starwed Mar 14 at 19:45
The D&D Novel Spinner of Lies by Bruce Cordell has as a main character a Deva named Damascus. I've not read it so I can't really suggest what you might learn from the book, but it could help. – Simon Withers Mar 16 at 2:59

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It's really more of a fluff thing, so RAW doesn't enter into it.

Personalities do remain the same, but having lost the vast majority of his/her memories it's very much up for the debate whether s/he is "the same" person.

Additionally, it's not unreasonable for your DM to claim that since the deva lost all his/her memories, s/he is back to being a level 1 character.

Even if your DM does allow you to return with your earned level and all skills/feats, that doesn't really do much to help you rejoin the party. They don't know where you reincarnated, and you don't even know who they are or that you're supposed to be helping them. Also, what happened to all your equipment?

Finally, (unless my memory has betrayed me) nothing in the description indicates how long it takes for a deva to reincarnate. It doesn't do you much good to have your character return with all their levels & feats if it takes you a decade to do so: the story's plot is probably not going to just sit on hold while you reincarnate.

TLDR: Only if you convince your DM to handwave away a lot of fluff issues.

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For all we know, the OP is the DM. – starwed Mar 14 at 19:34
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@starwed: Then the TLDR becomes "only if you handwave away a lot of fluff issues." – Oblivious Sage Mar 14 at 19:38
Yes, I was suggesting you rewrite your answer. – starwed Mar 14 at 20:19
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@starwed: I'm not sure it's really necessary. – Oblivious Sage Mar 14 at 20:21
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Would the downvoter like to explain? It's a judgement call on the DM's part, based on the issues I described. Whether the asker is a DM trying to decide whether to allow it or a player wanting to attempt it, the issues don't change. @starwed – Oblivious Sage Mar 14 at 21:07

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