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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7215234" data-attributes="member: 58197">(I am taking this as a &quot;What would be your ruling?&quot; question rather than a &quot;What do the Official Rules say?&quot; question. The answer to the latter is &quot;Nothing.&quot;)Hmm. Here's what I would rule:1. The creature's growth creates strong pressure. Only an extraordinary container (made of adamantine, massively reinforced, etc.) can withstand it.2. The creature's growth will never, by itself, cause injury. Thus, the creature will not impale itself by growing into a spike. Like a tree, it can grow around the spike as long as the transformation is in progress.3. If a container is strong enough to withstand the pressure, the transforming body will tend to flow out, ooze-like, through any crack it can find. It then completes the transformation in open air.4. If the container does not break and has no openings, the creature remains in flux, a shifting liquid form. It does not need air or food. Its weight is either 60 pounds per cubic foot of the container, or the creature's &quot;real&quot; weight, whichever is less. It is conscious and can use mental abilities.5. The instant the container opens or breaks, the transformation completes and the creature resumes its own form.Note that these rules are aimed at making things more interesting--not at trying to save a creature which was doomed the moment its last ally fell. The way to stop polymorph from being fatal to its target is for one of the target's buddies to step up and whack the wizard upside the head until s/he loses concentration. If the target has no buddies left, too bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7215234, member: 58197"] (I am taking this as a "What would be your ruling?" question rather than a "What do the Official Rules say?" question. The answer to the latter is "Nothing.") Hmm. Here's what I would rule: 1. The creature's growth creates strong pressure. Only an extraordinary container (made of adamantine, massively reinforced, etc.) can withstand it. 2. The creature's growth will never, by itself, cause injury. Thus, the creature will not impale itself by growing into a spike. Like a tree, it can grow around the spike as long as the transformation is in progress. 3. If a container is strong enough to withstand the pressure, the transforming body will tend to flow out, ooze-like, through any crack it can find. It then completes the transformation in open air. 4. If the container does not break and has no openings, the creature remains in flux, a shifting liquid form. It does not need air or food. Its weight is either 60 pounds per cubic foot of the container, or the creature's "real" weight, whichever is less. It is conscious and can use mental abilities. 5. The instant the container opens or breaks, the transformation completes and the creature resumes its own form. Note that these rules are aimed at making things more interesting--not at trying to save a creature which was doomed the moment its last ally fell. The way to stop [I]polymorph[/I] from being fatal to its target is for one of the target's buddies to step up and whack the wizard upside the head until s/he loses concentration. If the target has no buddies left, too bad. [/QUOTE]

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