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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2609228" data-attributes="member: 12332"><p>So I was reading over the little run on Familiars over at the Rules of the Game section at WotC and got to the sharing spells section.</p><p></p><p>Which sent me to the older polymorph section for special rules on sharing them with your familiar.</p><p></p><p>And I re-read the Alter Self rules they laid out there. </p><p></p><p>Apparently, I've been doing it incorrectly for a long time now. And my question is WHY.</p><p></p><p>Over at the WotC site it says that when your familiar is the target of an Alter Self spell it must change form into a normal animal. Even though the familiar's type has been changed to Magical Beast and the rules of the spell specifically lay out that you have to change form into something that shares your Type ...</p><p></p><p>I don't really get it. Seems like that's liable to cause more confusion than not. </p><p></p><p>--fje</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2609228, member: 12332"] So I was reading over the little run on Familiars over at the Rules of the Game section at WotC and got to the sharing spells section. Which sent me to the older polymorph section for special rules on sharing them with your familiar. And I re-read the Alter Self rules they laid out there. Apparently, I've been doing it incorrectly for a long time now. And my question is WHY. Over at the WotC site it says that when your familiar is the target of an Alter Self spell it must change form into a normal animal. Even though the familiar's type has been changed to Magical Beast and the rules of the spell specifically lay out that you have to change form into something that shares your Type ... I don't really get it. Seems like that's liable to cause more confusion than not. --fje [/QUOTE]
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