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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6740864" data-attributes="member: 58197">The short answer is, ask your DM. No matter what a bunch of folks on the Internet think, your DM's vote is the only one that counts.Having said that, if I were the DM being asked to rule: I would interpret it as &quot;your entire character sheet.&quot; For the duration of true polymorph, your character sheet is taken away and replaced with a photocopy of the appropriate entry in the Monster Manual. Unlike druidic Wild Shape, which specifically allows you to keep your class features and mental stats, true polymorph overwrites everything--it makes a point of noting that your mental stats are replaced by those of the new form. I would say the spell even changes what languages you speak. The only things you keep are your alignment and personality, because the spell calls those out as an exception.One interesting question is what happens if the monster entry has equipment. Based on the text of the spell, I think the intent is that you wouldn't get any of that equipment; if you true polymorph into a fire giant, you become a naked fire giant without weapons or armor. However, I personally would rule that your equipment becomes the monster's equipment where reasonable--your robes become its armor, your dagger becomes its sword, et cetera--as part of the process of &quot;melding into your new form,&quot; with the caveat that only mundane equipment can be replicated this way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 6740864, member: 58197"] The short answer is, ask your DM. No matter what a bunch of folks on the Internet think, your DM's vote is the only one that counts. Having said that, if I were the DM being asked to rule: I would interpret it as "your entire character sheet." For the duration of [i]true polymorph[/i], your character sheet is taken away and replaced with a photocopy of the appropriate entry in the Monster Manual. Unlike druidic Wild Shape, which specifically allows you to keep your class features and mental stats, [i]true polymorph[/i] overwrites everything--it makes a point of noting that your mental stats are replaced by those of the new form. I would say the spell even changes what languages you speak. The only things you keep are your alignment and personality, because the spell calls those out as an exception. One interesting question is what happens if the monster entry has equipment. Based on the text of the spell, I think the intent is that you wouldn't get any of that equipment; if you [i]true polymorph[/i] into a fire giant, you become a naked fire giant without weapons or armor. However, I personally would rule that your equipment becomes the monster's equipment where reasonable--your robes become its armor, your dagger becomes its sword, et cetera--as part of the process of "melding into your new form," with the caveat that only mundane equipment can be replicated this way. [/QUOTE]

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