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<blockquote data-quote="ElderElementalEye" data-source="post: 6838294" data-attributes="member: 6812991">Well, yes. But I'm cruel that way <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />That's the magic of pushing the rules to their limits <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But you make a good point.I was considering ruling the spell according to the old 1e/2e &quot;Polymorph Self / Polymorph Other&quot; difference :- When casting the spell on yourself, you keep your mental ability scores, including to saves and skill checks. Effectively playing it as the Druid's Wild Shape ability.- When casting on another, the spell does change the mental ability scores, but also the personality. So if you polymorph a troll into a sheep, it just goes around in a state of panic (as sheeps tend to do in the middle of combat), instead of trying to kill you with its hooves (as trolls are kind of obtuse creatures when fighting. They just don't know when to quit).This would also helps with the cheese of polymorphing your allies into T. Rex. I just can't see anyone willing to be transformed into a beast to win a fight.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ElderElementalEye, post: 6838294, member: 6812991"] Well, yes. But I'm cruel that way :D That's the magic of pushing the rules to their limits ;) But you make a good point. I was considering ruling the spell according to the old 1e/2e "Polymorph Self / Polymorph Other" difference : - When casting the spell on yourself, you [I]keep[/I] your mental ability scores, including to saves and skill checks. Effectively playing it as the Druid's [I]Wild Shape[/I] ability. - When casting on another, the spell does change the mental ability scores, but also the personality. So if you polymorph a troll into a sheep, it just goes around in a state of panic (as sheeps tend to do in the middle of combat), instead of trying to kill you with its hooves (as trolls are kind of obtuse creatures when fighting. They just don't know when to quit). This would also helps with the cheese of polymorphing your allies into T. Rex. I just can't see anyone willing to be transformed into a beast to win a fight. [/QUOTE]

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