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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5180257" data-attributes="member: 57383">I'd rather keep a wide range of forms, based on a vague recollection of desert ghouls taking on all kinds of monstrous forms. However I think there was also an intimation that most of the change was illusory or semi-illusory (like disguise self).Maybe something like:Shadow Guise (Su): A ghula can take on the form of any living, corporeal creature from two sizes smaller than itself to two sizes larger. Thus a Medium-sized ghula can take on a form between Tiny and Huge in size. Although this guise looks, sounds and smells real the changes to its body are mostly quasi-real illusion, similar to creatures created by a shadow conjuration spell. The ghula's stats do not change except as follows: It gains the Aquatic subtype or the Amphibious special quality if it  takes the form of a creature with those traits; It gains the natural movement rates of its new form; It applies the size adjustments of its new form to its grapple checks, AC, attacks and skill checks; The damage caused by its attacks is reduced if it diminishes in size, but does not increase it it enlarges itself. Shadow guise gives a ghula a +10 bonus on its Disguise checks. That way we don't have to worry about refiguring its stats or it  exploiting all those nasty MM Extraordinary Abilities.I am somewhat tempted to add an Alternate Form of a hyena on top of that though, since they are strongly connected with that shape.What are the 3E stats for a hyena again?</blockquote>

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