D&D 5E Polymorph Shenanigans

I'm A Banana · Apr 17, 2015

My gnome wild sorcerer just picked up Polymorph.

....and if YOU were a slightly insane gnome like something out of Lewis Carroll, how would YOU use the ability to turn anyone into an animal?

I'm not necessarily looking for abuses to powergame, but more fun stuff you can do. I mean, my first thought was to get in a catapult and have him launched over the wall of an enemy stronghold and polymorph into a killer whale in midair and just sort of enjoy the belly-flop (average falling damage at terminal velocity: 70. Average killer whale HP? 90. And Concentration specifies when you take damage, right? Maybe DM call on that one.

), but I confess it's probably not the most practical use of the spell.

Of course, if I polymorph someone into a giant shark....and get an ally to cast fly on them....teeheehee....

Anyway, I'm open to suggestions!

iserith · Apr 17, 2015

For a fear-type effect:

Polymorph an enemy into a suckling pig. As your free objection interaction, pull out an apple and an apron. On your next turn, create a minor illusion of a rotating spit over a fire. Put on an apron, then gently call for the pig to come to you.

ExploderWizard · Apr 17, 2015

Any polymorph shenanigans that may result in a Sharknado-like game experience are hereby fully endorsed.

Be care though or your DM may decide that it would be the perfect time to introduce the dreaded CHAINSWORD to the campaign.

TwoSix · Apr 17, 2015

ExploderWizard said:
Any polymorph shenanigans that may result in a Sharknado-like game experience are hereby fully endorsed.

Be care though or your DM may decide that it would be the perfect time to introduce the dreaded CHAINSWORD to the campaign.

I call polymorph shenanigans.

famousringo · Apr 17, 2015

Polymorph somebody's harmless familiar into a dangerous apex predator.

What's that in the sky? It's a bat, it's a plane, it's a TIGERBOMB FALLING ON MY FACE!

Special bonus if there are any party members who like to tease or torment the poor little critter. Maybe its master? Who's the boss now? Or perhaps it might try to cuddle somebody it likes with snuggly claws.

The next time that stuck-up snob of a lord goes parading through town, wait for the moment of maximum public exposure to transform his horse into a porcupine.

Couple is about to get amorous? Test the limits of their love by transforming one into a jackass just as they engage liplock.

Need to get into a hostile fortress or just cause a big distraction? Don't bother with hide or deception checks, try The Pepe Gambit. Nobody's going to mess with a skunk unless ordered to by a superior, and then threatened with disciplinary action by that superior.

Savage Wombat · Apr 17, 2015

This was my use:

The PCs (about 5th-6th level) are supposed to climb a cliff face to get flowers from a ledge. One PC ascends with slippers of spider climbing. He runs into the invisible faerie dragons, who hit him with polymorph. One failed save later, and he was a baby hippo. Without the aforementioned slippers.

Now, my players haven't met with polymorph in 5e before, so they were a little horrified at the plummeting hippo - not knowing that I'd worked out the HP and falling distance such that the potentially deadly drop does just enough damage to kill the hippo-form without overflow - leaving the PC boggled, but unharmed, at the bottom of the cliff. Listening to the giggles of the invisible dragons above.

77IM · Apr 18, 2015

Polymorph your enemy into a turtle and wear them as a hat.

The Grand User · Apr 18, 2015

Savage Wombat said:
This was my use:

The PCs (about 5th-6th level) are supposed to climb a cliff face to get flowers from a ledge. One PC ascends with slippers of spider climbing. He runs into the invisible faerie dragons, who hit him with polymorph. One failed save later, and he was a baby hippo. Without the aforementioned slippers.

Now, my players haven't met with polymorph in 5e before, so they were a little horrified at the plummeting hippo - not knowing that I'd worked out the HP and falling distance such that the potentially deadly drop does just enough damage to kill the hippo-form without overflow - leaving the PC boggled, but unharmed, at the bottom of the cliff. Listening to the giggles of the invisible dragons above.

Heheheheheh, I'm going to have to try that sometime

Riley37 · Apr 18, 2015

77IM said:
Polymorph your enemy into a turtle and wear them as a hat.

5E D&D does not yet support the "Turtle Tamer" warrior class.

http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Spiky_turtle_helmet

ExploderWizard · Apr 18, 2015

Savage Wombat said:
This was my use:

The PCs (about 5th-6th level) are supposed to climb a cliff face to get flowers from a ledge. One PC ascends with slippers of spider climbing. He runs into the invisible faerie dragons, who hit him with polymorph. One failed save later, and he was a baby hippo. Without the aforementioned slippers.

Now, my players haven't met with polymorph in 5e before, so they were a little horrified at the plummeting hippo - not knowing that I'd worked out the HP and falling distance such that the potentially deadly drop does just enough damage to kill the hippo-form without overflow - leaving the PC boggled, but unharmed, at the bottom of the cliff. Listening to the giggles of the invisible dragons above.

It's like the story of the hippo.

The hippopotamus, he is not born
going, "Cool bean, I am a hippo."
No way, José.

So he tried to paint the stripe on himself
to be like the zebra, but he fool no one.

And then he tried to put the spot
on his skin to be like the leopard,

but everyone know he is a hippo.

So at certain point,
he look himself in the mirror,
and he just say,

"Hey, I am a hippopotamus,
and there is nothing I can do about it."

And as soon as he accepts this,
he live life happy.

Happy as a Hippo.

You understand?

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