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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6119970" data-attributes="member: 1465">I think the current Polymorph description is actually quite simple, but I agree that wildshape is great and should be used as an example.There is one bit of Polymorph that got me thinking however... check the text...It says the target assumes the form of any chosen beast. Is this just an overlook, or does it really mean any creature of the beast type? Because that is very different compared to old Polymorph and very limited. it might solve a lot of problems since beasts hardly have any magical abilities, but it does also defy the whole point of polymorhing an ally, except for disguise or sometimes travel purposes.If it's really restricted to beasts onlyl, then at least we need a higher-level version. I don't mind if it will be shapechange i.e. 9th level, it's ok for me that it is pushed to very high level, but I really want something like that in the game!Rather, I have always been in favor for restricting the number of forms available to each Wizard. One of the best DMs I've ever had in 3e, house ruled that you only &quot;knew&quot; one form per caster level (you had to choose the additional form when you levelled up), but it wouldn't even be bad to restrict to just one, and then you have to learn another &quot;copy&quot; of the spell for each additional form (however this might result in some forms becoming obsolete at later levels).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6119970, member: 1465"] I think the current Polymorph description is actually quite simple, but I agree that [I]wildshape[/I] is great and should be used as an example. There is one bit of Polymorph that got me thinking however... check the text... It says the target assumes the form of any chosen [B]beast[/B]. Is this just an overlook, or does it really mean [I]any creature of the [B]beast type[/B][/I]? Because that is very different compared to old Polymorph and very limited. it might solve a lot of problems since beasts hardly have any magical abilities, but it does also defy the whole point of polymorhing an ally, except for disguise or sometimes travel purposes. If it's really restricted to beasts onlyl, then at least we need a higher-level version. I don't mind if it will be [I]shapechange[/I] i.e. 9th level, it's ok for me that it is pushed to very high level, but I really want something like that in the game! Rather, I have always been in favor for restricting the number of [I]forms[/I] available to each Wizard. One of the best DMs I've ever had in 3e, house ruled that you only "knew" one form per caster level (you had to choose the additional form when you levelled up), but it wouldn't even be bad to restrict to just [B]one[/B], and then you have to learn another "copy" of the spell for each additional form (however this might result in some forms becoming obsolete at later levels). [/QUOTE]

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