Baleful Polymorph into a Monkey - Verbal Spells?

[Kwitchit]

What I don't understand is, why would you choose to turn someone into a monkey when casting baleful polymorph? A monkey, unlike a toad or a slug, can be of some use to the party...

 

[D.Shaffer]

Why does your deity refuse to let you cast spells with V components in an area of Silence?

Why does your deity refuse to let you cast Cure Light Wounds and heal 1d12+20 hp?

Why does your deity refuse to let you cast an unlimited number of spells daily?

My answer for these would be game balance, actually.
How is a spell that a monkey can cast but a human cant imbalanced compared to a spell a human can cast but a monkey cant? That's essentially what I'm doing with Divine spells.

I'm not suggesting a change to the 'components', but an adaption to suit a different form taken when you actually 'receive' the spell, limited to that form.

 

[werk]

What I don't understand is, why would you choose to turn someone into a monkey when casting baleful polymorph? A monkey, unlike a toad or a slug, can be of some use to the party...

So you can spank him and say, BAD MONKEY!!!

You can do that to a slug too, it's just not as gratifying.

 

[Kwitchit]

So you can spank him and say, BAD MONKEY!!!

You can do that to a slug too, it's just not as gratifying.

But you can put salt on a slug...

 

[Notmousse]

Sadly slugs aren't (to my knowledge) statted up, while monkeys are. Though I'd make him a rat, or cat instead so they are too small to cause much damage (unless of course they're a rogue and sneak attack).

 

[Len]

What I don't understand is, why would you choose to turn someone into a monkey when casting baleful polymorph? A monkey, unlike a toad or a slug, can be of some use to the party...

In my group, it's always a chicken. Then you make insulting clucking noises at him.