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<blockquote data-quote="Iku Rex" data-source="post: 2831866" data-attributes="member: 752">WotC has put up a new Rules of the Game article on (post-errata) alternate form. <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060502a" target="_blank">Polymorphing Revisited (Part One)</a> <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060502a" target="_blank">Polymorphing Revisited (Part Two)</a><a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060516a" target="_blank">Polymorphing Revisited (Part Three) (new)</a>True to form Skip Williams does his best to muddy the waters.The article is supposed to explain how alternate form (&quot;or a class feature that's based on alternate form&quot; = wild shape) works. These are the actual rules of the game...Notice how it contradicts Skip, who claims that the gear is &quot;subsumed into the new form&quot; if it can't fit. That's a pretty major difference in play.Of course, the most commonly seen use of the alternate form rules is wild shape. (Which the article is also supposed to cover.) It has its own errata:Now Skip's rule about &quot;subsumed&quot; equipment fits, but unfortunately his rules about resizing equipment don't. &quot;Any gear worn or carried by the druid melds into the new form and becomes nonfunctional.&quot; That's a major difference.Why the mistakes? It looks like Skip is still stuck on polymorph. In fact, in the first article he still thinks alternate from is based on polymorph, despite the new errata changes (on the same page) removing that part of the ability description. For some reason he also fails to include the rule about equipment in the adjusted alternate form text. In closing I'd like to point out that Skip is wrong even with regards to polymorph. The spell has no rule about resizing equipment. Andy Collins (The Sage) confirmed this in the official FAQ some time after the last article series (<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040525a" target="_blank">part three</a>) on polymorph .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iku Rex, post: 2831866, member: 752"] WotC has put up a new Rules of the Game article on (post-errata) alternate form. [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060502a]Polymorphing Revisited (Part One)[/URL] [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060502a]Polymorphing Revisited (Part Two)[/URL] [URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20060516a]Polymorphing Revisited (Part Three) (new)[/URL] True to form Skip Williams does his best to muddy the waters.The article is supposed to explain how alternate form ("or a class feature that's based on alternate form" = [I]wild shape[/I]) works. These are the actual rules of the game...Notice how it contradicts Skip, who claims that the gear is "subsumed into the new form" if it can't fit. That's a pretty major difference in play. Of course, the most commonly seen use of the alternate form rules is [I]wild shape[/I]. (Which the article is also supposed to cover.) It has its own errata:Now Skip's rule about "subsumed" equipment fits, but unfortunately his rules about resizing equipment don't. "[U]Any[/U] gear worn or carried by the druid melds into the new form and becomes nonfunctional." That's a[I] major[/I] difference. Why the mistakes? It looks like Skip is still stuck on [I]polymorph[/I]. In fact, in the first article he still thinks alternate from is based on [I]polymorph[/I], despite the new errata changes ([I]on the same page[/I]) removing that part of the ability description. For some reason he also fails to include the rule about equipment in the adjusted alternate form text. In closing I'd like to point out that Skip is wrong even with regards to [I]polymorph[/I]. The spell has no rule about resizing equipment. Andy Collins (The Sage) confirmed this in the official FAQ some time after the last article series ([URL=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040525a]part three[/URL]) on[I] polymorph [/I]. [/QUOTE]

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