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<blockquote data-quote="Motorskills" data-source="post: 7097242" data-attributes="member: 15921">This spell is one of the most iconic, both in terms of its historical fantasy usage, but also in its being a cornerstone of a D&amp;D's wizard repertoire since the game's early days. That said, I'm really not that familiar with it myself. At AL, I've most often seen it used to turn a friendly ally into a raging stompbeast (T-Rex, Giant Ape, etc), or to turn an enemy into a harmless plushie. It makes sense for a 4th level spell to be powerful, so I have no basic argument with that. What I've been struggling with is this bit:I don't understand:i) why personality (and by extension alignment) are unaffected. Your mental faculties surely are directly associated with your personalityii) what your personality has to do with your tactical awareness. Why is a T-Rex or a Giant Ape able to perform so well in a mass fight, i.e. coordinating with the party? Should not creatures with animal-level INT simply just run away, or maybe just attack anything and everything in range?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Motorskills, post: 7097242, member: 15921"] This spell is one of the most iconic, both in terms of its historical fantasy usage, but also in its being a cornerstone of a D&D's wizard repertoire since the game's early days. That said, I'm really not that familiar with it myself. At AL, I've most often seen it used to turn a friendly ally into a raging stompbeast (T-Rex, Giant Ape, etc), or to turn an enemy into a harmless plushie. It makes sense for a 4th level spell to be powerful, so I have no basic argument with that. What I've been struggling with is this bit: I don't understand: i) why personality (and by extension alignment) are unaffected. Your mental faculties surely are directly associated with your personality ii) what your personality has to do with your tactical awareness. Why is a T-Rex or a Giant Ape able to perform so well in a mass fight, i.e. coordinating with the party? Should not creatures with animal-level INT simply just run away, or maybe just attack anything and everything in range? [/QUOTE]

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