Lucius Foxhound
First Post
Saeviomagy said:The penalty of maintaining a 'normal' form is that typically a player character's stats will go down - most PC's have physical stat's above 10, and a polymorph sets them to 10.
However this can also be a benefit - for instance I had a wizard who would have gained 4 stat points from using poly-other to turn into himself (he had 8's in dex and str). No penalties from unusual shape, no RP penalties, just bonuses.
You're right. Our party is in that situation right now ... two dead members, and a high level druid and high level Wizard ready to bring them back.
One thing bothers me, though --- if the subject can be polymorphed into "itself" ... wouldn't he get the same stats he started with? What are the benefits to polymorphing something into itself? So if I polymorph someone into a bear, can I polymorph them back into themselves without lowering their stats to 10?
That "itself" thing has always confused me.