Polymorph Any Object -> Material Components?

[domino]

Basically, the question is, can you use polymorph to get your material components? The idea about street lamps from continual flame made me curious.

Can you take a boulder, and turn it into enough ruby dust to make enough material components to light a city?

Ok, reading the text for PAO, no, because it can't create items with intrinsic worth. Is there another spell that could?

 

[Thanee]

Lesser Planar Binding.

A simple lantern archon can use Continual Flame as a spell-like ability (no components!) at will.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Jack Simth]

Yep. Two spells, and a bit of time, and you no longer have to worry about shadows for people to lurk in...

Of course, you have to be careful, as that archon might have someone who didn't like him being called away just at that moment....

 

[Jack Simth]

Ok, reading the text for PAO, no, because it can't create items with intrinsic worth. Is there another spell that could?

Well, True Creation, but that burns XP.

 

[Bront]

You could always turn your enemies into stone first, then turn the stone into another component, and then use the component.

Yeah, 3 spells, but a fun way to get rid of an opponent

 

[Endovior]

Ooh, that's mean! I very much like it, though... and shall consider using it...

 

[Thanee]

You can also just use Summon Monster IV+ repeatedly, of course...

Bye
Thanee

 

[TheGogmagog]

You can also just use Summon Monster IV+ repeatedly, of course...

Bye
Thanee

I must have missed something. Use summon monster IV+ for what?

 

[Thanee]

To summon lantern archons, of course (i.e. was meant as an addition to my above post).

Bye
Thanee

 

[Scion]

You can also just use Summon Monster IV+ repeatedly, of course...

Likely this wouldnt do much good

Summoning: A summoning spell instantly brings a creature or object to a place you designate. When the spell ends or is dispelled, a summoned creature is instantly sent back to where it came from, but a summoned object is not sent back unless the spell description specifically indicates this. A summoned creature also goes away if it is killed or if its hit points drop to 0 or lower. It is not really dead. It takes 24 hours for the creature to reform, during which time it can’t be summoned again.
When the spell that summoned a creature ends and the creature disappears, all the spells it has cast expire. A summoned creature cannot use any innate summoning abilities it may have, and it refuses to cast any spells that would cost it XP, or to use any spell-like abilities that would cost XP if they were spells.

emphasis mine.