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<blockquote data-quote="RUMBLETiGER" data-source="post: 5940931" data-attributes="member: 6674868"><a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/alterSelf.htm" target="_blank">Alter Self</a>.&nbsp;You retain your levels and hitpoints, so as I understand it, you'd still be considered having 6HD.&nbsp;If the new form has wings you can use them at the form's fly speed.&nbsp; If your original form had wings, and your new form does not, you can no longer fly.&nbsp; If you had a supernatural ability to fly (like from the Waarlock invocation, for example) you'd retain that even if your new form does not fly.As for breathing with gills, While it doesn't directly list modes of breathing, my understanding is that you assume the mode of breathing of the new form and lose your previous mode of breathing.&nbsp; I understand this from the line, &quot;You acquire the physical qualities of the new form while retaining your own mind&quot; even though it's not on the list.&nbsp; I'd not fight with ba DM that refused this however.&nbsp;Hm... this is a good question.&nbsp; So if I understand this correctly, you're tied up with rope, Alter Self into another form, (even yourself), and the rope would be absorbed.&nbsp; I think that's how it would work.&nbsp; However, I'd figure when the spell wore off, you'd return to being bound.&nbsp; D&amp;D classifies fire as energy damage and not an object, I believe if you were on fire and used Alter Self, you'd still be on fire in your new form.The spell most definitely as written can provide you with the ability to fly and swim, it says so.&nbsp; As for removing shackles and escaping fire, I don't think that's what is intended.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RUMBLETiGER, post: 5940931, member: 6674868"] [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/alterSelf.htm"][I]Alter Self[/I][/URL]. You retain your levels and hitpoints, so as I understand it, you'd still be considered having 6HD. If the new form has wings you can use them at the form's fly speed. If your original form had wings, and your new form does not, you can no longer fly. If you had a supernatural ability to fly (like from the Waarlock invocation, for example) you'd retain that even if your new form does not fly. As for breathing with gills, While it doesn't directly list modes of breathing, my understanding is that you assume the mode of breathing of the new form and lose your previous mode of breathing. I understand this from the line, "You acquire the physical qualities of the new form while retaining your own mind" even though it's not on the list. I'd not fight with ba DM that refused this however. Hm... this is a good question. So if I understand this correctly, you're tied up with rope, [I]Alter Self [/I]into another form, (even yourself), and the rope would be absorbed. I think that's how it would work. However, I'd figure when the spell wore off, you'd return to being bound. D&D classifies fire as energy damage and not an object, I believe if you were on fire and used [I]Alter Self[/I], you'd still be on fire in your new form. The spell most definitely as written can provide you with the ability to fly and swim, it says so. As for removing shackles and escaping fire, I don't think that's what is intended. [/QUOTE]

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