using polymorph to grow wings?

[Zorayas]

would any of you think it possible to use polymorph other to permanently give someone wings? I was thinking that if your a wizard and you study magic like mad then you would have to learn to alter spells a little. So why not be able to stop a polymorph halfway in and give somebody the wings of a young dragon or something? If anyone thinks this would be acceptable help me work out the pros and cons that would make it acceptable to a DM.


Thanks

 

[Derren]

Why not use permanency + alter self?

 

[Lord Pendragon]

As a DM, I'd allow a mage to research a new spell that could accomplish something like this. It's not out of the range of possibility. But I wouldn't let a mage do so with a spell that wasn't written to do so (such as Polymorph Other.)

 

[Hypersmurf]

Why not use permanency + alter self?

3E Alter Self let you 'grow wings'; 3.5 only lets you turn into a creature of the same type. So if you're a Humanoid, and you want wings, you need to be familiar with a winged Humanoid creature that you can turn into.

-Hyp.

 

[Derren]

Considering that Polymorph Other is a 3.0 spell, alter self would work in this case.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

If you don't really want to alter things, you could just polymorph into an Avariel(winged Elves). Of course, this requires that they exist in the campaign world.

 

[Thanee]

Or just make up a new spell, which lets you grow wings and fly, probably a 3rd level spell. Or use one that already exists somewhere, I'm sure it has been done before.

Bye
Thanee

 

[jarlaxlecq]

Just make sure your character was born a Tiefling or a Aasimar then take the feat "Outsider Wings" Problem solved

 

[Lord Pendragon]

If you don't really want to alter things, you could just polymorph into an Avariel(winged Elves). Of course, this requires that they exist in the campaign world.

When you polymorph into something, you gain the average physical stats of the form you change into. So this could potentially be a sub-optimal method if gaining flight.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Considering that Polymorph Other is a 3.0 spell, alter self would work in this case.

He referred to "Polymorph" twice and "Polymorph Other" once.

There's room for ambiguity

-Hyp.