D&D 5E (2024) Need a recommendation for polymorphing enemies

[ECMO3]

Turn enemies into normal Turtles and then just leave them alone until you deal with the active enemies

The problem is the other bad guys will hurt them to turn them back. I need something with more hps.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The problem is the other bad guys will hurt them to turn them back. I need something with more hps.

Well you could just grab a turtle and put it in a bag on your person. That should keep them safe for a while. Or give a turtle to a teleporter teammate to remove from the field dispose of, then come back.

 

[MarkB]

Well you could just grab a turtle and put it in a bag on your person. That should keep them safe for a while. Or give a turtle to a teleporter teammate to remove from the field dispose of, then come back.

That's becoming a lot of actions to maintain a purely temporary debuff of a group of enemies.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

That's becoming a lot of actions to maintain a purely temporary debuff of a group of enemies.

Picking up a turtle requires no action.

Teleporting a turtle or two away does require two actions to go away and back, but if done the enemies are permanently removed from the fight. Unless they have the power to teleport back

 

[MarkB]

Picking up a turtle requires no action.

Picking up a hostile creature requires, at the very least, an attack action to grapple.

Teleporting a turtle or two away does require two actions to go away and back, but if done the enemies are permanently removed from the fight. Unless they have the power to teleport back

And which teleportation spell are you using to take an unwilling creature with you?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Picking up a hostile creature requires, at the very least, an attack action to grapple.

And which teleportation spell are you using to take an unwilling creature with you?

It’s a tiny turtle as a DM I would say you can just pick it up, it can’t resist.

Would a turtle even count as hostile anymore given the reduction in intelligence.

 

[MarkB]

It’s a tiny turtle as a DM I would say you can just pick it up, it can’t resist.

Would a turtle even count as hostile anymore given the reduction in intelligence.

If the t-rexes the OP is intending to transform his party into still count as friendly, then yes.