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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5869495" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Being new to the D&amp;D setting, I'm going to let you in on a nice little non-secret:&nbsp; Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) released the bulk of the rules in an electronic form, for free.&nbsp; It's called the System Reference Document (SRD), and it's electronically searchable.You may or may not have known about it, but I figured that you might want to know.Now, on topic, from the SRD...This is followed some time later by the following charts:Now I couldn't help but notice that &quot;Become a creature of godlike power&quot; wasn't listed in the &quot;Drawbacks&quot; section.&nbsp; The closest it gets is &quot;Polymorphed into a specific creature&quot;.&nbsp; Polymorph has some specific limitations (aside from the hit dice limit which might be dropped for the curse), and while it may give the form of something of horrific reputation or power, it won't convey the power itself.&nbsp; That is, Polymorphing into a Troll won't give you Regeneration. Polymorphing into Tiamat won't give you the divine powers of the queen of evil dragons.&nbsp; Polymorphing into the Tarrasque won't make you unkillable.That sort of thing.And while it specifically says that &quot;Cursed&quot; is a term that covers a lot of things, and that they don't all have to be bad, I think that &quot;Drawbacks&quot; pretty much do have to be a problem, not a way to become overpowered at a discount price.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5869495, member: 6669384"] Being new to the D&D setting, I'm going to let you in on a nice little non-secret: Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) released the bulk of the rules in an electronic form, for free. It's called the System Reference Document (SRD), and it's electronically searchable. You may or may not have known about it, but I figured that you might want to know. Now, on topic, from the SRD... This is followed some time later by the following charts: Now I couldn't help but notice that "Become a creature of godlike power" wasn't listed in the "Drawbacks" section. The closest it gets is "Polymorphed into a specific creature". Polymorph has some specific limitations (aside from the hit dice limit which might be dropped for the curse), and while it may give the form of something of horrific reputation or power, it won't convey the power itself. That is, Polymorphing into a Troll won't give you Regeneration. Polymorphing into Tiamat won't give you the divine powers of the queen of evil dragons. Polymorphing into the Tarrasque won't make you unkillable. That sort of thing. And while it specifically says that "Cursed" is a term that covers a lot of things, and that they don't all have to be bad, I think that "Drawbacks" pretty much do have to be a problem, not a way to become overpowered at a discount price. [/QUOTE]

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