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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8868157" data-attributes="member: 6801845">True polymorph is a bit of a mess.&nbsp; What defines a creature?&nbsp; Is an archmage a creature or just a human or other species that has learned how to do magic?&nbsp; I rule that it's the latter, that an archmage is just a humanoid with special training.&nbsp; There are still some powerful creatures you can turn into, any number of fiends have the inherent ability to cast spells.&nbsp; But an archmage is just a humanoid with training, training you don't automatically get.I also rule that if the new creature cast whatever spells the creature being polymorphed had if they gained those spells from class levels. That does assume that they can meet the component requirements including material (which only matters in the short term, of course).Honestly though, I make it clear to my players that if they try to do truly cheesy things I'll just say no. On the other hand, the enemy won't exploit edge cases either.&nbsp; In the case of simulacrum and true polymorph it's cheese and it's not gouda.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8868157, member: 6801845"] True polymorph is a bit of a mess. What defines a creature? Is an archmage a creature or just a human or other species that has learned how to do magic? I rule that it's the latter, that an archmage is just a humanoid with special training. There are still some powerful creatures you can turn into, any number of fiends have the inherent ability to cast spells. But an archmage is just a humanoid with training, training you don't automatically get. I also rule that if the new creature cast whatever spells the creature being polymorphed had if they gained those spells from class levels. That does assume that they can meet the component requirements including material (which only matters in the short term, of course). Honestly though, I make it clear to my players that if they try to do truly cheesy things I'll just say no. On the other hand, the enemy won't exploit edge cases either. In the case of simulacrum and true polymorph it's cheese and it's not gouda. ;) [/QUOTE]

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