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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6645670" data-attributes="member: 53980">I'd rule that you lose access to class abilities, but that ongoing effects are not suppressed. For example, the polymorphed monk would lose access to Evasion and Stunning Blow. I would however allow him to retain the benefits of Empty Body provided it was activated before he was polymorphed. And if the monk was hasted then the T-Rex is now hasted. Similarly, negative effects also persist.As I see it, since Polymorph is transmutation rather than conjuration, you are changing the body's form rather than swapping in an entirely different body. Therefore, if you were hasted before polymorph you are hasted after polymorph, and if you were on fire before polymorph you are still on fire after polymorph.I'm inclined to be more lenient with other forms of shapeshifting, such as Wild Shape, since the rules for that say that they retain their mental capabilities and class abilities. A Druid/Monk could potentially use most of the abilities listed in the poll (though he'd be incapable of taking the form of a T-Rex, obviously).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 6645670, member: 53980"] I'd rule that you lose access to class abilities, but that ongoing effects are not suppressed. For example, the polymorphed monk would lose access to Evasion and Stunning Blow. I would however allow him to retain the benefits of Empty Body provided it was activated [i]before[/i] he was polymorphed. And if the monk was hasted then the T-Rex is now hasted. Similarly, negative effects also persist. As I see it, since Polymorph is transmutation rather than conjuration, you are changing the body's form rather than swapping in an entirely different body. Therefore, if you were hasted before polymorph you are hasted after polymorph, and if you were on fire before polymorph you are still on fire after polymorph. I'm inclined to be more lenient with other forms of shapeshifting, such as Wild Shape, since the rules for that say that they retain their mental capabilities and class abilities. A Druid/Monk could potentially use most of the abilities listed in the poll (though he'd be incapable of taking the form of a T-Rex, obviously). [/QUOTE]

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