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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6806213" data-attributes="member: 12731">Verily. Especially since this "rule" doesn't seem to be advertised anywhere. It would be one thing if "everybody knew this" or if it was specifically called out in the Monster Manual ("of course, the gods took the ability to shapeshift away from the chromatics in the year -1234 when Tiamat abused the ability to steal candy disguised as a small child")Most "rules" of D&D are rather prominently displayed, and then broken anyway. What's so sacred about this one that the unwritten compact to never violate it apparently remains unbroken after three decades of splatbooks?  It is. I really appreciate the effort, and want to thank you very much for going the extra mile. Sadly, there is no reason Anwir needs to actually appear as a human, since he's described as a very reclusive and very powerful ruler. Exactly the kind of monarch that doesn't do public appearances and isn't questioned for it. Besides, the text specifically says his closest advisors know the truth. Sure he could have told them, but it's equally likely he had to let them know.None of this is meant to diminish your research. It just means we have yet another example that appears promising but when you look closer you realize it has been carefully worded to not contravene an unwritten assumption "no evil free shapeshifting"...You would think so, but this thread suggests otherwise. I would love if you could be more specific on those novels, though.Thank for this pointer. Looking through the 3E Draconomicon from 2003, I can't find any such feats. But what a search found was Iyriddelmirev, a black dragon described as such: "she is found in the city above, polymorphed into the form of a black-skinned human woman." She gets this ability from being a 9th-level sorcerer, so it's a spell, not an innate ability. (Of course, we have already concluded the level 4 spell Polymorph doesn't cut it in 5th edition and not only because it's restricted in creature types)In this book, the ability I would like to see the most (on a chromatic) is "Alternate Form". This is basically the Polymorph spell (which in this edition is enough for humanoid shapes).</blockquote>

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