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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 3121018" data-attributes="member: 4303">I've been going backwards and forwards on CR 18 and CR 20, and I've been dubious about the flexibility factors.I've also been vacillating about how to cost swift -> standard: I've felt that this factor should be absolutely 'reclaimable' - i.e. +8. But I actually think if you cost quicken at +4, them this seed might benefit from a dispensatory factor when a developer chooses to quicken it:Factor: If a factor is applied to quicken a spell developed with this seed, increase the Spellcraft Prerequisite by +4.This mirrors exponential factors being permitted in development under certain circumstances. [Polymorph] has a 'natural' swift-action casting time. It would also encourage developers to use this seed for swift-action spells.I'm not sure whether I should be using CR/2 for dragons in UK's conversion. Whether you cost the ability to assume a new form as a swift action every round at +6, +8 or +10 is really hard to gauge. IME players tend to stick with one or two forms when they cast shapechange, but I've never underestimated the potential utility. And remember, this isn't the inhibited shapechange variety of alternate form: potentially, a caster could use [polymorph] as a free action every round to gain access to the daily suite of spell-like abilities from a new creature.Imagine a swift-action spell in the mode of dragonshape which allows you to assume any creature of up to CR 22 every round: pit fiend/solar/balor/solar. Sure, I'd make them pay XP if they used a pit fiend's wish, but there are some pretty mean SLAs amongst these creatures: implosion, meteor swarm, GDM, power words, prismatic spray, imprisonment etc. etc. Could be kind of handy if you meet a particular foe with a known weakness.</blockquote>

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