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<blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 1745371" data-attributes="member: 20805"><p><strong>Transform.. and standardization</strong></p><p></p><p>Greetings!</p><p></p><p> I was perusing the boards and ran across a debate on the Polymorph spells, which led to the WOTC articles on the topic. They have done a pretty good job of showing how to adjudicate those spells.</p><p></p><p> In TEoM, there really isn't the same level of detail, kind of an 'all or nothing' approach. Since changing shape has lots of rules issues, I would like to steal WOTC's work on the detail. </p><p></p><p> Any comments on the idea of having 3 types of transform, purchased similar to the side effects of Evoke lists:</p><p> Ambient 0MP, as the Alter Self spell </p><p> Moderate 3MP, as the Polymorph spell</p><p> Major 5MP, as the Shapechange spell</p><p>The spell would still have the cost for HD differences.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am looking at the potential of standardizing all the lists into the side-effect like categories for simplicities sake. I am not sure how feasable this is, but I figure it could cut down on some of the tables. I prefer either common tables or easy to calculate formula.. mainly becuase I am a computer geek and would rather have a spreadsheet than a pencil and paper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Primitive Screwhead, post: 1745371, member: 20805"] [b]Transform.. and standardization[/b] Greetings! I was perusing the boards and ran across a debate on the Polymorph spells, which led to the WOTC articles on the topic. They have done a pretty good job of showing how to adjudicate those spells. In TEoM, there really isn't the same level of detail, kind of an 'all or nothing' approach. Since changing shape has lots of rules issues, I would like to steal WOTC's work on the detail. Any comments on the idea of having 3 types of transform, purchased similar to the side effects of Evoke lists: Ambient 0MP, as the Alter Self spell Moderate 3MP, as the Polymorph spell Major 5MP, as the Shapechange spell The spell would still have the cost for HD differences. I am looking at the potential of standardizing all the lists into the side-effect like categories for simplicities sake. I am not sure how feasable this is, but I figure it could cut down on some of the tables. I prefer either common tables or easy to calculate formula.. mainly becuase I am a computer geek and would rather have a spreadsheet than a pencil and paper. [/QUOTE]
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