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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1861998" data-attributes="member: 63">Well, here are the limiting factors of Transform:1. Changes to lots of stats.  I need to make sure that Transform spells aren't simply better than the equivalent Infuse spells.  One of the biggest issues is the change in Constitution.  I think with a revision, I would make it so that Transform grants you racial hit points, but if it changes your Con, your class level hit points don't change.  This requires less math, since you just add the hit points listed in the monster's entry.2. Summoning.  Summoning should be an easier way to get monsters of a particular power.  The theory is that a loyal giant is good, but a loyal fighter who also has the strength and size of a giant is better.  I had to look at Transform as a combat buff spell as well as a pseudo-summoning spell.3. At first I thought, "Okay, I'm a 5th level character, so becoming a CR 5 creature is fair, becoming a CR 3 creature is weak, and becoming a CR 10 creature is strong."  But the flavor I wanted was that becoming a big scary monster would actually make you big and scary too, if you were compared to a normal human.  So instead of a human fighter 5, your buddy is now an ogre fighter 5, which is darned strong.  You aren't replacing your powers; you're adding to your powers, which makes Transform powerful.4. Next I tried, "Okay, I'm a CR 1/2 human, so becoming a CR 1/2 elf is fair.  And a CR 1 troglodyte is good, but not broken.  What if I have a demon ally, and I transform him into a different demon that's the same CR?"  It doesn't make him more powerful, but it can really give him a ton of powers of a lot of different types.  Here, you are replacing your powers, but the versatility of a high-CR demon having a low-level lackey cast Transform spells on him was too powerful.  Sure, at any given time he's only CR 15, but he has all the options of being any of a dozen demons, dragons, or other foes that are CR 15 or less.It's a conundrum.</blockquote>

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