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<blockquote data-quote="Rev. Jesse" data-source="post: 2635476" data-attributes="member: 27673">The &quot;Ranger into a Glass of Water&quot; question is from Dragon magazines of yore.&nbsp; Skip Williams used to do a April edition of Sage Advice where he would answer weird questions like that.&nbsp; He ruled that, under the 2nd edition rules of the time, Polymorph Any Object could only turn a creature into a object of uniform composition and that a ranger could be turned into a glass, or a puddle of water, but not a glass of water.&nbsp; He did provide that magic like a (limited) wish might be able to turn a ranger into a glass of water, but the wording would have to be composed very carefully, otherwise it is likely that the wish would generate a giant glass of water and place the dual-weilder into it.&nbsp; Then there was a question about if a wish maker pharsed the wish very well, how many hit points would compose the glass versus the water.&nbsp; It was determined that the watery soul of the ranger would be immune to weapon attacks, but could be damaged by drinking and that a creature w/ a larger tongue would do more damage than one w/ huge teeth.&nbsp; Which is why you see rangers fighting saber-tooth tigers but never cows.&nbsp; They are afraid of the cows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rev. Jesse, post: 2635476, member: 27673"] The "Ranger into a Glass of Water" question is from Dragon magazines of yore. Skip Williams used to do a April edition of Sage Advice where he would answer weird questions like that. He ruled that, under the 2nd edition rules of the time, Polymorph Any Object could only turn a creature into a object of uniform composition and that a ranger could be turned into a glass, or a puddle of water, but not a glass of water. He did provide that magic like a (limited) wish might be able to turn a ranger into a glass of water, but the wording would have to be composed very carefully, otherwise it is likely that the wish would generate a giant glass of water and place the dual-weilder into it. Then there was a question about if a wish maker pharsed the wish very well, how many hit points would compose the glass versus the water. It was determined that the watery soul of the ranger would be immune to weapon attacks, but could be damaged by drinking and that a creature w/ a larger tongue would do more damage than one w/ huge teeth. Which is why you see rangers fighting saber-tooth tigers but never cows. They are afraid of the cows. [/QUOTE]

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