Alter Self

[hong]

My question is what does "right out" mean?

I dare you to ask Sean that. I double dare you. And then post his response here.

 

[Iku Rex]

Just for the record, those answers were by Skip Williams.

 

[Magus_Jerel]

If sight-oriented abilities aren't the product of physical differences in the eye (more rods than cones, for example) or brain, then what are their origin?

A minute (cellular/microscopic/cannot be seen with the normal human eye difference) physical capacity.

This is why it is outside the scope of even shapechange to award this.

It's a slippery slope...

One should not do biology on fantasy monsters.

 

[Volefisk]

A minute (cellular/microscopic/cannot be seen with the normal human eye difference) physical capacity.

This is why it is outside the scope of even shapechange to award this.

It's a slippery slope...

One should not do biology on fantasy monsters.

Three things:
(1) I was assuming that the caster would take the least radical transformation possible to achieve the new vision sense (Dwarf, Elf, etc.).
(2) I was responding to a message which inferred that such a sense could not be represented by a 'gross physical change' (I do know that there are other explanations).
(3) I was being argumentative.

#3 is kind of a reflexive response for me...

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[Magus_Jerel]

1) I was assuming that the caster would take the least radical transformation possible to achieve the new vision sense (Dwarf, Elf, etc.).
(2) I was responding to a message which inferred that such a sense could not be represented by a 'gross physical change' (I do know that there are other explanations).
(3) I was being argumentative.

#3 is kind of a reflexive response for me...

1. So was I

2. That was why I said that such would be a minute physical change (as all of these "argumentative" posts seem to indicate)

3. Presumed you were playing devil's advocate - and answered the exact question you asked with the reason for "no".