Poisoned while polymorphed

[glass]

Thanks Hypersmurf. Your barbarian example was very useful in persuading the player than his character's hit points should drop once the polymorph expires.

Or better yet, not increase in the first place!


glass.

 

[Taraxia]

The 3.5 _polymorph_ as opposed to the PHB II spells like _dragonshape_ and _trollshape_ explicitly states that your HP *do not change* when you polymorph. They don't go up when you turn into a troll, nor do they go down when you turn into a housecat. HP remain the same, and if you get damaged in your polymorphed form your HP *still* remain the same when you turn back. Just pretend HP don't change at all.

_Dragonshape_ and _trollshape_, since they have a different sense of how polymorphing ought to work, instead give you Temporary Hit Points, the rules for which are already outlined. (Basically, you lose those HP first if you take damage, and they all go away once the spell ends -- so if you gain 50 HP for being a troll, and you take 45 damage, the extra 5 HP go away when you change back, but if you take 55 damage, the extra 5 damage stays when you change back.)

 

[Corsair]

The 3.5 _polymorph_ as opposed to the PHB II spells like _dragonshape_ and _trollshape_ explicitly states that your HP *do not change* when you polymorph.

Could you point that out for me? I'll even save you the effort of looking it up.

This spell functions like alter self, except that you change the willing subject into another form of living creature. The new form may be of the same type as the subject or any of the following types: aberration, animal, dragon, fey, giant, humanoid, magical beast, monstrous humanoid, ooze, plant, or vermin. The assumed form can’t have more Hit Dice than your caster level (or the subject’s HD, whichever is lower), to a maximum of 15 HD at 15th level. You can’t cause a subject to assume a form smaller than Fine, nor can you cause a subject to assume an incorporeal or gaseous form. The subject’s creature type and subtype (if any) change to match the new form.

Upon changing, the subject regains lost hit points as if it had rested for a night (though this healing does not restore temporary ability damage and provide other benefits of resting; and changing back does not heal the subject further). If slain, the subject reverts to its original form, though it remains dead.

The subject gains the Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution scores of the new form but retains its own Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. It also gains all extraordinary special attacks possessed by the form but does not gain the extraordinary special qualities possessed by the new form or any supernatural or spell-like abilities.

Incorporeal or gaseous creatures are immune to being polymorphed, and a creature with the shapechanger subtype can revert to its natural form as a standard action.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Could you point that out for me? I'll even save you the effort of looking it up.

Under "Functions like alter self, except..."

You need to check the text in Alter Self to find it.

Which is why I qualified all my responses with "If you allow a Con change from Polymorph to affect hit points..."

-Hyp.