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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 61 points 3 months ago

Raw, that's a hell no because the NPC didn't agree to be turned into a sword (and iirc, that's outside the scope of the spell anyway, no inanimate objects).

It's really not something that would work in a stable game setting.

That being said, it could still be allowed without being game breaking as long as the DM is willing to make the exception to the rules have a reason for happening. Say, the NPC had gained the attention of some entity that took the opportunity to intervene. Or maybe the NPC felt it coming, and decided to go along with it for nefarious purposes. There's all kinds of single event exceptions possible.

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 31 points 3 months ago
[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

I thought they would have specified tbh

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Eh, back in 2e Polymorph worked a lot like True Polymorph does in 5e, in 3e it was called Polymorph Any Object. I think a lot of players just call it Polymorph, even though there's a level four spell with the same name, especially if the context of the situation makes it clear which spell is being used. At least that's how it goes at my table, but every group is different.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah, It's been a few years since I ran a d&d game, and it was 3.5. All the editions are starting to blur a little in my head tbh. If I was running d&d now, and a player wanted to cast, I'd have to verify which spell lol.

[-] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Haven't played since 2e... Polymorph should have been a way higher level spell with how it was written. Mice fail saving throws constantly... Super useful to derail a campaign.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Who said the sword is inanimate?

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago
[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah. At the very least the wizard should have to roll a deception check.

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