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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7882165" data-attributes="member: 53980">That's not strictly RAW and would be up to the DM. It would be within the DM's authority to say that if you gain any experience points, they only apply to your (currently inaccessible) true form, rather than the transmuted (dragon) form.If you allowed the form to gain levels, you need to decide how would that even work. The form can be dispelled. What happens to those levels if the form is dispelled? Are the lost? Suppressed until you resume the form again? (And what if you take a different form next time, do they still apply? What if the form is slightly different - a blue dragon instead of a red? What if it is very different - a Purple Worm instead of a dragon?) Does it simply get added into the original character's pool of XP? That's something that the DM should decide on before they decide to allow the transmuted form to gain levels on its own.Any dragon spellcasting would also be up to the DM, since dragon spellcasting is an optional rule, although I would say the default is no. Playing a high CR dragon is plenty good enough in terms of capability. Giving up your regular abilities is the sacrifice you make in exchange. This isn't some curse the DM is inflicting on the player, but rather something the player is opting into with full knowledge. In my opinion, there's no need or reason to sugar coat it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7882165, member: 53980"] That's not strictly RAW and would be up to the DM. It would be within the DM's authority to say that if you gain any experience points, they only apply to your (currently inaccessible) true form, rather than the transmuted (dragon) form. If you allowed the form to gain levels, you need to decide how would that even work. The form can be dispelled. What happens to those levels if the form is dispelled? Are the lost? Suppressed until you resume the form again? (And what if you take a different form next time, do they still apply? What if the form is slightly different - a blue dragon instead of a red? What if it is very different - a Purple Worm instead of a dragon?) Does it simply get added into the original character's pool of XP? That's something that the DM should decide on before they decide to allow the transmuted form to gain levels on its own. Any dragon spellcasting would also be up to the DM, since dragon spellcasting is an optional rule, although I would say the default is no. Playing a high CR dragon is plenty good enough in terms of capability. Giving up your regular abilities is the sacrifice you make in exchange. This isn't some curse the DM is inflicting on the player, but rather something the player is opting into with full knowledge. In my opinion, there's no need or reason to sugar coat it. [/QUOTE]

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