Does the target keep racial ability score bonuses after casting Reincarnate?

Question

When casting the spell Reincarnate (PHB pg.271), does the target retain the ability score bonuses of their previous race?

Related: "If a Variant Human is Reincarnated, would they lose the feat and skill proficiency they started with?" — Exempt-Medic, Jan 15 '20 at 03:13
As of now the question asks if casting reincarnate gets rid of the caster's racial ability score bonuses — NeutralTax, Jan 15 '20 at 03:53

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 15 '20 at 03:15

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When reincarnated you do not reatain ability score improvements from your previous race

Since your racial ability score improvements come directly from your race's nature, if anything changes your race, whether reincarnation, polymorph, etc. your racial ability score improvements will change just like any other racial trait

answered Jan 15 '20 at 03:15

Smart_TJ

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Can you add some references to support this? – NeutralTax Jan 15 '20 at 03:58
@NeutralVax Your race changes, the mechanics for being your previous race go away. Are you disputing that? – Mark Wells Jan 15 '20 at 04:57
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You can actually add a citation to this. "...except it changes it's original race for the new one and changes it's racial traits accordingly." – Jason_c_o Jan 15 '20 at 05:52
Wildshape changes the race but keeps the original mental stats. – Eternallord66 Jan 15 '20 at 14:17

Does the target keep racial ability score bonuses after casting Reincarnate?

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When reincarnated you do not reatain ability score improvements from your previous race