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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1560554" data-attributes="member: 1656">It's actually a fair decision, based on the written rules.When asked in 3E "So what is a natural ability?", the answer was "Anything that isn't Ex, Su, or Sp".  Resistance is specifically [Ex]; Immunity is not given a type, so by the previous answer, it's natural.  (As was a lernean hydra's immunity to damage in 3E, for what it's worth <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=":)" /> )Well, you specifically gain a Subtype, and the alignment thing is dependent on Subtype.  So that's reasonable too, as written.Yeah, that's a screwup <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=":)" />Reasonable as written.Screwup.Seems odd, but I can see where he's coming from.  An Ooze is immune because it's mindless, but with Polymorph, you keep your own mind.A plant is immune not because it's mindless, but because it's a plant.That's possibly an oversight in the Type description of plants, but based on what's written, I'd agree with him.Feh.  Not according to Alter Self.  Hmmph.-Hyp.</blockquote>