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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8708664" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Just noticed something curious in the 5E <em>Monster Manual</em> Jackalwere:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><strong><span style="color: red">Medium</span></strong> humanoid (shapechanger), chaotic evil</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><strong>Shapechanger.</strong></em> The jackalwere can use its action to polymorph into a specific Medium human or a jackal-humanoid hybrid, or back into its true form (that of a <strong><span style="color: red">Small</span></strong> jackal). Other than its size, its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">form if it dies.</p><p></p><p>It takes both Small and Medium forms but only has on listed size of Medium, so maybe we're supposed to do the same for the mongoosewere's Size & Type entry and put "Medium monstrosity (shapechanger)" there?</p><p></p><p>The more I think of it, the more I prefer Medium monstrosity over Medium or Small for the mongoosewere.</p><p></p><p>Consider the <strong><a href="https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/oni/" target="_blank">Oni</a></strong>: it's got <em><strong>Change Shape</strong></em> with "The oni magically polymorphs into a Small or Medium humanoid, into a Large giant, or back into its true form" but has Large giant as its Size & Type, not Large, Medium or Small giant.</p><p></p><p>I think the Size at the start of the monster is supposed to be the size of its true form, or maybe the form it's most commonly encountered in, considering the Jackalwere's true form is Small and it got Medium humanoid (shapechanger).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8708664, member: 57383"] Just noticed something curious in the 5E [I]Monster Manual[/I] Jackalwere: [INDENT][I][B][COLOR=red]Medium[/COLOR][/B] humanoid (shapechanger), chaotic evil[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][B]Shapechanger.[/B][/I] The jackalwere can use its action to polymorph into a specific Medium human or a jackal-humanoid hybrid, or back into its true form (that of a [B][COLOR=red]Small[/COLOR][/B] jackal). Other than its size, its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true[/INDENT] [INDENT]form if it dies.[/INDENT] It takes both Small and Medium forms but only has on listed size of Medium, so maybe we're supposed to do the same for the mongoosewere's Size & Type entry and put "Medium monstrosity (shapechanger)" there? The more I think of it, the more I prefer Medium monstrosity over Medium or Small for the mongoosewere. Consider the [B][URL='https://www.5esrd.com/database/creature/oni/']Oni[/URL][/B]: it's got [I][B]Change Shape[/B][/I] with "The oni magically polymorphs into a Small or Medium humanoid, into a Large giant, or back into its true form" but has Large giant as its Size & Type, not Large, Medium or Small giant. I think the Size at the start of the monster is supposed to be the size of its true form, or maybe the form it's most commonly encountered in, considering the Jackalwere's true form is Small and it got Medium humanoid (shapechanger). [/QUOTE]
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