D&D 5E The Decrease in Desire for Magic in D&D

[Maxperson]

It does not mention amnesia about who your friends are either which means to me the DM isnt interpreting as much as sabotaging an ability.

How many friends do you think a T-rex had? You are limited to the nature, not form, of the beast you are turned into. The only written exceptions are that you retain alignment and personality. If you retained who you were beyond that, they would have said so.

DMs reading too much into spells is the biggest reason spellcasters seem so much more powerful than martials.

 

[Maxperson]

even an animal knows friend/not friend

I've had cats scratch the hell out of my arm simply because when it came to its "friend" for attention, I scratched a spot it didn't want scratched. It was fine until then. Had my cat been a tiger or lion, I'd probably have been killed by my "friend." A T-rex would be even more dangerous.

 

[Garthanos]

How many friends do you think a T-rex had?

Oh I do not know and neither do you, the character does not lose memories of those friends the spell does not say so .... you are reaching with a hostile agenda, nothing more.

The personality of the character does not include attacking friends then neither will the beast.

 

[Garthanos]

How many friends do you think a T-rex had? You are limited to the nature, not form, of the beast you are turned into. The only written exceptions are that you retain alignment and personality.

Lawful good t-rex kills friends because DM says so news at 11

 

[GMforPowergamers]

How many friends do you think a T-rex had?

I don't know... are they pack hunters? do they mate for life? do they feel kinship or are they even possible to be domesticated???

I will relent to house cats being jerks that attack allies... other animals not so much.

 

[Garthanos]

I will relent to house cats being jerks that attack allies... other animals not so much.

And it is specific cat behavior... ie personality not some abstracted NATURE that says DM gets to roleplay the character or force things that are contrary to the characters personality AND alignment.

 

[Lanefan]

Unfortunately, I think the rules assume combat as sport now. More's the pity.

Not just combat. Traps and other hazards have, on average, gone the same way.

 

[Lanefan]

The reason it calls out lack of hands and speech for spellcasting is that there are some very smart animals out there. The giant ape is at 7 and the ape is at 6. That's easily in PC range for intelligence and the rules don't set minimum stats for spellcasting any longer. If a PC rolls a 4 for intelligence, he can choose to be a wizard and cast spells.

This is why some classes need minimum stat standards. Intelligence lower than 9? Sorry, no arcane casting for you.

There is no adversarial DMing going on by telling the player he's going to have to roleplay the intelligence of the beast he is being turned into. That isn't DM vs. Player mentality. It's just an impartial ruling that you happen to disagree with.

Agreed. Never mind the odds are high you-as-player-in-character agreed to be Poly'ed in the first place.

 

[DND_Reborn]

With all the talk of T-Rex, I just had to add this little bit...

 

[Garthanos]

Yeh that lawful good character is now homicidal against friends but still somehow lawful good with the exact same personality because the DM who does not really know much about the beast decides that is their nature .. SHEESH this definitely screams the DM is a "not fit for gramma" (if you don't like the word adversarial there are worse)