Baleful Polymorph

[DMH]

A porpoise is a fairly small creature? When's the last time you've been to Sea World?

I'm pretty sure they're like 6' long or so...

Bottle nosed dolphins are 5-6 feet long. There are several other species and one that is Small is the spinner.

 

[STARP_President]

I love this forum. We go from a simple question about spell use to a discussion on marine biology. Outstanding.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Porpoises still require water to survive, so unless they are in watery surroundings the target would still gain a bonus to their save. (They must remain damp constantly. Their skin is very subject to dehydration.)

And a bottlenose dolphin is 12 feet long, not 6. Spinners are around 5 feet, which still makes them a medium creature.

The Auld Grump

 

[shilsen]

The MM porpoise has 2 HD, so you can't baleful polymorph someone into one (only turns targets into something with 1 HD max).

 

[Liquidsabre]

The MM porpoise has 2 HD, so you can't baleful polymorph someone into one (only turns targets into something with 1 HD max).

Yea not to mention that the MM porpoise also has it down as a medium-size creature hehe. So no go there. I'm always one to go for turning foes into baboons though. I mean, what's more humiliating than being a freakin' red-bottomed baboon?!

Though an original animal I'd think about turning them into would be something entirely miniscule (small or smaller right?), so perhaps a fine-size jungle frog or something like the world's smallest monkey!

You know, something that could be blown away by a stray gust of wind or something.

 

[Lasher Dragon]

I mean, what's more humiliating than being a freakin' red-bottomed baboon?!

Hehehe ya hadda ask dintcha?

I've still never lived this down, but I still grin like an idiot every time I think about it. OK, middle of a nasty BBEG fight (BBEG in question is a nefarious criminal/rapist/murderer type) and I'm running low on artillery spells. For some crazy reason, I look at my spell sheet, see I have a Charm Person memorized, and decide "What the heck?"

BBEG botches his save. Of a sudden, a malevolent shiver courses through my body as a plan forms nearly instantaneously. I swear it very well may have been demonic intervention. Anyway, through an opposed CHA check - which he (the BBEG) failed miserably, I convinced him that he really would like me to Polymorph him into a, well, more desirable form... help him slip into something a bit more comfortable if you will. He sure did make one attractive half-elven female - I made sure of that

Well, seeing as how we were just outside town, I thought perhaps the BBEG might like to go and visit some of the seedier pubs in the area. Hmmm, the rough and ready patrons see a disheveled, incredibly attractive (for this hangout at any rate) half-elven female on the arm of a puny, frail looking chap in robes. IIRC it took no more than enough time to walk in, glance around nervously (LOL I totally played up the "I'm a big wuss part"), and make our way to the bar before I felt a ham-hand on my shoulder. Some big half-orc ruffian drooling through his tusks at "her" while attempting to fry me on the spot with his gaze. I noticed a few others beginning to lurch drunkenly to their feet behind him, chortling and loosening their trouser ropes. I promptly exited stage left, trying hard not to grin at them on the way out.

Never heard from that BBEG again, although I hear there were some mighty pissed-off half-orcs not too long after I departed. Hmm wonder how far they got before that polymorph wore off? LMAO