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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jekessler" data-source="post: 3010870" data-attributes="member: 43061">I get that.  But with the eventual "infinite variety", if I understand it correctly, I should be able to add in more 'mundane' attributes such as speed to a favored form from a non-Favored one, so taking a form just for (non-ex) movement isn't necessary, is it?  So creatures I select should be useful now, but more useful at higher levels.  Hence the 'help!' part.I understand the choice of pixie for the eventual improved invisibility, but wouldn't Invisible Stalker be a better all-around choice for that ability?And yes, I had seen hydra as a suggestion elsewhere, and I'm going to see if he'll buy choosing a Lernaean Cryohydra as one form.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />I say cryohydra for variety in breath weapon, since my first form will no doubt be to copy the Brass Dragon which our party has managed to get to trust us and is relying on us to protect its lair as it sleeps for a year or so.  Plenty of time to study and meet the DM's requirements for such to pick the form up.Other forms which I'm currently considering are War Troll and Will o Wisp.I also like the idea of a Beholder and A Mind Flayer, just for the iconic resonance.Since shapechangers are off the list, I was looking for a non-Shapeshifter form that would give me humanoid alter self/polymorphing so I could disguise whatever form I was in automatically.  Candidates includes the Shapeshifting demons and devils (succubi and erinyes), rakshasa, or death slaad.  Though the DM is trying to limit this by reclassifying some of those creatures with the shapechanger subtype, or making the shifting a divine (or infernal as the case may be) gift instead of a inherent ability.  And with the alignment issues he's suggesting, only the death slaad would be 'safe', I think.  Any other options that I've missed?  As a transmogrifist, I'll probably have more than enough ability in this regard on my own anyway, but want to cover my bases, so to speak.</blockquote>

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