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<blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 1200141" data-attributes="member: 3051">This sentence can be grammatically reduced to two clauses.Set A = [constructs, elementals, outsiders, undead]Set B = [everything else]If you ignore the other implications of the part involving the word &quot;unless&quot;, you get:&quot;You cannot change subjects into a type from set A&quot;The part implied by the word &quot;unless&quot; can be further taken one of two ways:KarinsDad: &quot;You CAN change subjects of types from set A into another creature of that type&quot;Hypersmurf: &quot;This restriction does not apply to creatures from set A&quot;, so it becomes &quot;You cannot change subjects from Set B into types from Set A&quot;Just going by grammar, I'd have to go with Hypersmurf.&nbsp; An &quot;unless&quot; clause modifies the previous statement, usually removing a limitation, it doesn't automatically enable a new ability.&nbsp; If, somehow, you could make an Undead that wasn't immune to Fort saves, it could be polymorphed into an Undead.Here's another example:&quot;You can't drive to a city in Europe, unless you're in Europe to begin with.&quot;&nbsp; The unless clause removes a limitation (the inability to drive across water), but it doesn't actually ALLOW anything, there can still be other reasons why you can't drive to a different city, like the fact that you don't own a car.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatzimaus, post: 1200141, member: 3051"] This sentence can be grammatically reduced to two clauses. Set A = [constructs, elementals, outsiders, undead] Set B = [everything else] If you ignore the other implications of the part involving the word "unless", you get: "You cannot change subjects into a type from set A" The part implied by the word "unless" can be further taken one of two ways: KarinsDad: "You CAN change subjects of types from set A into another creature of that type" Hypersmurf: "This restriction does not apply to creatures from set A", so it becomes "You cannot change subjects from Set B into types from Set A" Just going by grammar, I'd have to go with Hypersmurf. An "unless" clause modifies the previous statement, usually removing a limitation, it doesn't automatically enable a new ability. If, somehow, you could make an Undead that wasn't immune to Fort saves, it could be polymorphed into an Undead. Here's another example: "You can't drive to a city in Europe, unless you're in Europe to begin with." The unless clause removes a limitation (the inability to drive across water), but it doesn't actually ALLOW anything, there can still be other reasons why you can't drive to a different city, like the fact that you don't own a car. [/QUOTE]

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