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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5744387" data-attributes="member: 35909">Polymorph actually changes your physical form, and (iirc) creature type.  So it makes sense you no longer get FE bonuses -- it's a different creature now.  If disguise self prevented FE it would make a better case for what you're saying, since it that case you just appear differently but are still the same physical form.And again, no where does it say the Ranger needs to be aware he's fighting a favored enemy to get the bonuses.  If he did, he'd need all knowledge skills just to properly use his main class feature.  How does it work?  I don't know, the idea of techniques that are super effective against ALL members of a creature type no matter how different two members of it are, and also those skills not transferring over to other creatures ever...is a clunky mechanic.  What exactly are you doing that hurts evil outsiders but not chaotic outsiders or evil extrplanar creatures (who aren't outsiders, just have the extraplanar subtype)?Far as I've read, the attacks a ranger learns to use against favored enemies work just fine for normal damage against anything else, so it's not even a case of knowing when to apply said attacks.  The ranger's literally just doing the same techniques 24/7, and when it happens to actually end up hitting a favored enemy, it's a happy coincidence.</blockquote>