Polymorph & Pregnancy

[Celebrim]

I quit playing with that group.

Definitely the right choice.

 

[TheTurboTornado]

women are born with their full complement of eggs

That is entirely correct. However, what makes you say that a man polymorphed into a woman would not have eggs? Every human is born with their full complement of legs too, but polymorph can easily solve that. I recommend not using real-world science here anyway, as science and magic don't do together too well...

 

[Scott DeWar]

That is entirely correct. However, what makes you say that a man polymorphed into a woman would not have eggs? Every human is born with their full complement of legs too, but polymorph can easily solve that. I recommend not using real-world science here anyway, as science and magic don't do together too well...

. . . . unless it is an alchemist and a wizard working in conjunction . . . . .

 

[TheTurboTornado]

. . . . unless it is an alchemist and a wizard working in conjunction . . . . .

What do you mean by that?

 

[Scott DeWar]

Science and wizardry working together, see?

 

[TheTurboTornado]

Science and wizardry working together, see?

Oh yeah. Conjunction. As in teamwork. Great, now I feel dumb. *casts Dopeslap Self* Ow.

Yes, that would be true, if you viey alchemy as science, which is up to the individual. I'm not really sure it is science.

 

[Umbran]

. . . . unless it is an alchemist and a wizard working in conjunction . . . . .

Alchemy is not science. Alchemy is magic. Chemistry is science.

 

[TheTurboTornado]

Anyhoo, back to the subject at hand. I have seen some posts here about Polymorph adding pheromones to the 'experience'. I would rule it like this: When using Polymorph to assume a form one has never assumed before, the mind gets BOMBARDED with hormone and pheromone inputs your brain can simply not handle. If Polymorphing into a cow this would make grass smell irresistably delicious(even more so than a normal cow), and (being a guy) Polymorphing into a woman for the 1st time would find men very, VERY attractive(also even more so than a normal woman) and triggering exaggeratedely(how do you even spell that?) woman-ey thoughts. After one gets used to the form (read: the mind gets used to the phero/hormones), this doesn't stop, but the subject gets better at suppressing the feelings.

This would also add more depth to shapeshifting. Druids and transmuters would keep a bunch of favourite forms, as they are more used to these. As a DM, however, pay attention to the level of 'thought bombardement'. When Polymorphing into a red dragon, there is a difference between "A sudden urge to burn down the village pops up in the back of your mind" and "You are temporarily CE(good thing my MM was within reach, else I wouldn't know exact alignment) and start burning the whole village down". Same for "You find (certain man, bonus points for him being a PC ) very attractive" and "You walk up to (aforementioned man), kiss him full on the lips, and whisper flirts into his ear"

Oh gosh, the squick! Good thing I homebrewed Brain Bleach...

 

[Scott DeWar]

Alchemy is not science. Alchemy is magic. Chemistry is science.

Oh ye of common knowledge!! We have been in the hiding for so very long and so very secret . . . . . .

 

[Umbran]

When using Polymorph to assume a form one has never assumed before, the mind gets BOMBARDED with hormone and pheromone inputs your brain can simply not handle.

Why can't they handle it? The brain is polymorphed too. The natural abilities of the creature become yours - that should include pheromones (the power of which is commonly overstated anyway).