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Immunity to Polymorphing?

Its actually funny that you should mention a lich, because that's what I am playing in my game. (Sorry about all the confusion about details guys) My dm said that since liches are immune to polymorph, I couldn't use my polymorph spells anymore, and my question was if by the rules I could or not. But I just showed him the thread, and it seems your guys opinions' have changed his view, so thanks!
 

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IIRC, "immunity" to an effect generally means unbeatable spell resistance in 3E. You can lower your SR as a standard action, which means you can choose not to be immune to polymorph. Note that raising SR is also a standard action.
 


Dingleberry said:
hong, would you require an elf to take a standard action to suppress his immunity to a sleep spell?

Sure. Is this a trick question? It's not often the case that you _want_ to be affected by sleep.
 

Not a trick question. But it seems inconsistent with the passage of the PHB I quoted above, which characterizes it as voluntarily giving up a saving throw (which I hope you agree doesn't require a standard action) rather than a lowering of spell resistance.

Do you (or does anyone) have a cite for treating an immunity as unbeatable spell resistance?
 

Dingleberry said:
Do you (or does anyone) have a cite for treating an immunity as unbeatable spell resistance?

From the Sage...

Hello there, we were having a discussion on the boards about how the various spell immunities work and we are confused about exactly how a Golem's spell immunity does work.

Think of it as unbeatable SR.

It is clear from the spell that the spell is treated as infinite/unbeatable SR against the warded spells, but the golem description seems to indicate that it might be different.

No, that's right.

So, is a golem's spell immunity unbeatable SR, or is it just immune to all spells?
If the former, can I assume that is it affected by a Maze spell?

Yup (Maze is SR: No; you build a maze around the golem).

What about the fire from a wall of fire?

Wall of Fire is SR: Yes, so the golem is immune. Note fire has special effects on some golems

If the latter, what about things like Greater Magic Weapon, Rock to Mud cast under them, etc?

If the SR entry is "no" the golem does not ignore the spell's effects.

The text on the Anti-magic field seems to indicate that some spells that aren't listed under their description can affect them, but we're not sure what.

See previous answers (and your own excellent judgement).
 

Thanks, kreynolds. So how do you (or anybody) resolve the conflict between that and the "Voluntarily giving up a saving throw" language? Is this a case of good Sage Advice for a specific situation causing complications when applied generally?
 

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