Polymorph & Pregnancy

[Nareau]

My thinking with questions like these is "What's the most interesting thing that might happen?" I agree with others who have stated that real-world science shouldn't enter the equation.

So if a gnome and an elf fell madly in love and wanted to conceive a child, I'd let polymorph help them out.

If a dragon polymorphed into a human female in order to get it on with her human boyfriend, I'd let her remain pregnant when she returned to her dragon form (and the child would eventually be laid in an egg, and hatch out).

If a pregnant rat were to be polymorphed into an ogre, we would see a scene of incredible horror.

If a pregnant woman were to be polymorphed into an asian man, this would happen.

Spider

 

[thundershot]

MY EYES!!! THEY BLEED!!

 

[Centaur]

I was kicking this around a while ago, a template, untested, un-UL approved:

Monster Title: Shiftling
Type: shapechanger.......

Could be a cool approach...

To all those who found the flaw in my: I generaly view any ability that is labled as EX, SP, or SU as something that gives the character or entity a game system advantage. comment,

Cudos,

there are alwasys exceptions to every rule and I did say generaly.

But now I think I'll go start another thread and see what dark road it leads us down.

PS. Kahuna Burger, email me with further comments on your last post. I'm not sure how I missed your point and would like to know.

 

[LGodamus]

ummm I figured it would be obvious that when I talked about Procreate being an (ex) trait that everyone would catch on that I was joking

 

[LGodamus]

ummm I figured it would be obvious that when I talked about Procreate being an (ex) trait that everyone would catch on that I was joking

 

[TheTurboTornado]

Ahem:

First, second and fourth: Yes. Polymorph other would give the target the internal reproductive organs needed for reproduction, or succesfully alter existing ones. As for question #4, the offspring would be whatever creature the mother was at childbirth. Polymorphing a female human into a female dragon would thus cause the offspring to be a dragon, possibly with human features. What I like to do in such situations is say: The personality of the baby is how it would have been if both parents would naturally be the same type. Thus, if a male elf inpregnates a female gnome through polymorph, the DM could decide that the elf would be very serious if born a gnome, and that thus the offspring would be serious as well.

Third and final part of second: Hard, but I'd rule similar to these two (each word is a separate link) El Goonish Shive comics: Transformed creatures cannot mate within a few days of the transformation, making most spells unfitted because of time limits. Besides, any pregnant creature is immune to any form of transformation that would affect the baby. Alter self would work, but polymorph? Nope. Also, as shown in the comic, any spell would become permanent, and the only way to become normal again is through Dispel Magic or a 2nd Polymorph spell after childbirth. Or in my opinion, to a week or two after childbirth, for the sake of feeding the child.

This transformation immunity seems a little OP at first thought, but as we see in the book of erotic fantasy, pregnancy is not all that desirable during adventuring!

TL;DR/Summary:
1:Yes, the spell would not be dispellable in any way and the baby would be born healthy and well, as the creature the mother was polymorphed into.
2: Yes, the spell would become permanent, and could only be reversed a few weeks after childbirth.
3: The second polymorph spell would have no effect.
4: See 1.

 

[Iron Sky]

A similar issue came up when my group did our brief stint with Eclipse Phase: If you were once male, then upload yourself into an empty female body or vica versa, which are you? In recent modern times people tend to say "I identify as..." if they are in a similar situation, but if someone polymorphed you into the opposite gender, would that modify the gender you were attracted to due to different hormones and whatnot?

 

[Scott DeWar]

I once had a twisted dm, first edition A D&D who had a BBEG polymorph my male fighter with exceptional strength into a female with the reduced strength because I was rolling too well in fights. one 0olf the players decided to rape my now female by casting hold person and then the subject of pregnancy came up. It was not good. I quit playing with that group.

 

[Sadras]

I once had a twisted dm, first edition A D&D who had a BBEG polymorph my male fighter with exceptional strength into a female with the reduced strength because I was rolling too well in fights. one 0olf the players decided to rape my now female by casting hold person and then the subject of pregnancy came up. It was not good. I quit playing with that group.

Hence the need for mechanical alignment and ability stripping

 

[Scott DeWar]

The cleric was Lawful neutral and should have lost his abilities in my opinion. Nothing happened to the character or the player which is why I left.