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<blockquote data-quote="Waterbizkit" data-source="post: 7215716" data-attributes="member: 6802604">See, in situations like this I like to just boil off all the dreck and just get right to the pith of what the players intent is within the context of the situation. That's a fairly vague statement, but it's meant to be because we can all spend eternity changing the variables to suit our own arguments. Now in this instance what see is a PC, or possibly an NPC, who's won the day. Their enemies are dead or have fled the battle... except for this one poor sod who's been polymorphed into some harmless form or another. The intent, presumably, is to now kill the polymorphed wretch in some way or another, be it simple or absurd. So why not just get it over with? Why bother with a bunch of inane debate about the specifics? Well, it's inane if it's happening at the table, It seems like a waste of time in that case. Here on the interwebs maybe it's just a fun mental exercise. You want to put the polymorphed creature in a tiny box and end the spell? Fine. It's dead. Fly up a few hundred feet and drop it? Fine. It's dead. Throw it off a cliff? Wedge it in a tight crevice? Whatever it is, fine, it's dead. Let's move on. To me this isn't cheating the system and it can even be fun on occasion when it happens, but I don't like to devote a ton of table time to this sort of thing.Now, per usual, my disclaimer... all of the above is just how I handle my games, not how i feel anyone else should. We all play the game in our own ways, this is just my way, not the only one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Waterbizkit, post: 7215716, member: 6802604"] See, in situations like this I like to just boil off all the dreck and just get right to the pith of what the players intent is within the context of the situation. That's a fairly vague statement, but it's meant to be because we can all spend eternity changing the variables to suit our own arguments. Now in this instance what see is a PC, or possibly an NPC, who's won the day. Their enemies are dead or have fled the battle... except for this one poor sod who's been polymorphed into some harmless form or another. The intent, presumably, is to now kill the polymorphed wretch in some way or another, be it simple or absurd. So why not just get it over with? Why bother with a bunch of inane debate about the specifics? Well, it's inane if it's happening at the table, It seems like a waste of time in that case. Here on the interwebs maybe it's just a fun mental exercise. You want to put the polymorphed creature in a tiny box and end the spell? Fine. It's dead. Fly up a few hundred feet and drop it? Fine. It's dead. Throw it off a cliff? Wedge it in a tight crevice? Whatever it is, fine, it's dead. Let's move on. To me this isn't cheating the system and it can even be fun on occasion when it happens, but I don't like to devote a ton of table time to this sort of thing. Now, per usual, my disclaimer... all of the above is just how I handle my games, [b]not[/b] how i feel anyone else should. We all play the game in our own ways, this is just my way, not the only one. [/QUOTE]

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