Hi, all.
New here. I am fairly conversant with the rules of the game, and because of that, I have been having some issues with my DM, who isn't as... well, "logical" I guess is the best word for it. Not being mean here, but he doesn't seem to think in a step-by-step progression of cause and effect.
I am currently playing the iconic Druid3/Wizard3/Mystic Theurge2/Arcane Hierophant10 dual-caster, and I am very... inventive... with my spells. You know, doing things like Greasing walls to make someone fall 300ft, using the Quicken Spells/Feeblemind/Ray of Stupidity combo, etc., which is probably a good thing since we never get arcane scrolls I can use and I am frequently stuck with only my base 2 spells per level as spells known (he doesn't believe in the Ye Olde Magic Shoppe either, so I am also boned that way). All this seems to have scared the bejeezus out of him and he is (well, to me anyway) seems to be nerfing my spells everytime I turn around. For example, Ray of Stupidity is now like Ray of Enfeeblement (so I can 1 round kill most Fighter-types anymore by reducing their Int to 0). He has nerfed other things and plain disallowed everything else.
I was OK with it (unhappy but OK), since those were generally non-PHB stuff (well, he did nerf the Teleport series of spells, but since I never liked them myself, I am OK with that too). But things finally came to a head last session when he turned around and nerfed Polymorph Any Object, a PHB spell. He basically ruled that it is an 8th level version of Polymorph/Baleful Polymorph except that you can target objects. So no Outsider, Undead or Construct forms, directly contradicting Skip in his "Rules of the Game" articles. Well, I was sort of OK with that. I mean it wasn't explicitly stated that you do get them, even though it explicitly says that you can turn *any* creature or object into *any* other creature or object. But it does mean that if you want to buff yourself, you are better off using the 4th level spell.
Then, I tried to PAO my companion familiar into a Young Gold Dragon, and he says that none of my Druid companion bonuses (extra HD, natural AC, bonus Str/Dex, etc.) would work on it as the bonus HD are part of the animal and so get wiped by the spell as per the rules. This is what really made me angry. I mean he happily follows the rule that an animal companion doesn't get the 1/4 level stat increase or grow in size and get all the increased size benefits because the extra HD is part of me as a Druid, not a natural part of the animal, but now he turns around and says that they are part of the animal for this spell? Few things gets me as worked up as biased/unfair/hypocratic actions, and this last one has made me want to leave the game altogether.
So, now, my question to you all:
How would you adjudicate a POA cast on a companion familiar with regards to the bonus stuff that a Druid gives to his animal companion?
New here. I am fairly conversant with the rules of the game, and because of that, I have been having some issues with my DM, who isn't as... well, "logical" I guess is the best word for it. Not being mean here, but he doesn't seem to think in a step-by-step progression of cause and effect.
I am currently playing the iconic Druid3/Wizard3/Mystic Theurge2/Arcane Hierophant10 dual-caster, and I am very... inventive... with my spells. You know, doing things like Greasing walls to make someone fall 300ft, using the Quicken Spells/Feeblemind/Ray of Stupidity combo, etc., which is probably a good thing since we never get arcane scrolls I can use and I am frequently stuck with only my base 2 spells per level as spells known (he doesn't believe in the Ye Olde Magic Shoppe either, so I am also boned that way). All this seems to have scared the bejeezus out of him and he is (well, to me anyway) seems to be nerfing my spells everytime I turn around. For example, Ray of Stupidity is now like Ray of Enfeeblement (so I can 1 round kill most Fighter-types anymore by reducing their Int to 0). He has nerfed other things and plain disallowed everything else.
I was OK with it (unhappy but OK), since those were generally non-PHB stuff (well, he did nerf the Teleport series of spells, but since I never liked them myself, I am OK with that too). But things finally came to a head last session when he turned around and nerfed Polymorph Any Object, a PHB spell. He basically ruled that it is an 8th level version of Polymorph/Baleful Polymorph except that you can target objects. So no Outsider, Undead or Construct forms, directly contradicting Skip in his "Rules of the Game" articles. Well, I was sort of OK with that. I mean it wasn't explicitly stated that you do get them, even though it explicitly says that you can turn *any* creature or object into *any* other creature or object. But it does mean that if you want to buff yourself, you are better off using the 4th level spell.
Then, I tried to PAO my companion familiar into a Young Gold Dragon, and he says that none of my Druid companion bonuses (extra HD, natural AC, bonus Str/Dex, etc.) would work on it as the bonus HD are part of the animal and so get wiped by the spell as per the rules. This is what really made me angry. I mean he happily follows the rule that an animal companion doesn't get the 1/4 level stat increase or grow in size and get all the increased size benefits because the extra HD is part of me as a Druid, not a natural part of the animal, but now he turns around and says that they are part of the animal for this spell? Few things gets me as worked up as biased/unfair/hypocratic actions, and this last one has made me want to leave the game altogether.
So, now, my question to you all:
How would you adjudicate a POA cast on a companion familiar with regards to the bonus stuff that a Druid gives to his animal companion?
