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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6646321" data-attributes="member: 53980">Okay, but it's borderline overkill. He's a fighter stripped of his gear. His AC probably just took a huge dive, and he's dealing 1 + Str unarmed damage. What's the party worried about, that BBEG's going to bleed on them?Also, if the BBEG catches wind of this tactic (ie, the party used it on his predecessor) he could just drink a potion of water breathing beforehand.EDIT:After thinking about it some more, I disagree that it's a given that the errata makes it clear that the BBEG would still be at 0 hp. It says &quot;until he regains his breath&quot;. Well, it's completely the DM's call whether the polymorphed form and non-polymorphed form share breath or not. A polymorph form doesn't share the damage of its original form, therefore I think it would be fair for the DM to rule that they don't share breath either. Of course, it would be fair to rule the other way as well. I for one will be ruling it the former way. Cuts down on shenanigans, and if someone wants to buy some time for a drowning person by polymorphing them into a T-Rex, good for them. Could have just as easily been a shark or something, and then drowning would be a complete non-issue.EDIT EDIT:Come to think of it, assuming that a mouse uses the same stats as a rat, the BBEG can break polymorph pretty easily if he understands how it works. He just needs to bite himself for 1 dmg while the fighter is trying to drown him and he'll revert to his original form.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 6646321, member: 53980"] Okay, but it's borderline overkill. He's a fighter stripped of his gear. His AC probably just took a huge dive, and he's dealing 1 + Str unarmed damage. What's the party worried about, that BBEG's going to bleed on them? Also, if the BBEG catches wind of this tactic (ie, the party used it on his predecessor) he could just drink a potion of water breathing beforehand. EDIT: After thinking about it some more, I disagree that it's a given that the errata makes it clear that the BBEG would still be at 0 hp. It says "until he regains his breath". Well, it's completely the DM's call whether the polymorphed form and non-polymorphed form share breath or not. A polymorph form doesn't share the damage of its original form, therefore I think it would be fair for the DM to rule that they don't share breath either. Of course, it would be fair to rule the other way as well. I for one will be ruling it the former way. Cuts down on shenanigans, and if someone wants to buy some time for a drowning person by polymorphing them into a T-Rex, good for them. Could have just as easily been a shark or something, and then drowning would be a complete non-issue. EDIT EDIT: Come to think of it, assuming that a mouse uses the same stats as a rat, the BBEG can break polymorph pretty easily if he understands how it works. He just needs to bite himself for 1 dmg while the fighter is trying to drown him and he'll revert to his original form. [/QUOTE]

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