Aasimar Wings vs. Recorporeal Incarnation


Rules Questions


This is a question regarding the Recorporeal Incarnation spell used in the Second Darkness adventure path, and how it would effect an Aasimar with the Angelic Wings feat.

Spoiler:
At the start of the path's fourth chapter, the spell is cast to disguise the party as drow, so that they'd be able to infiltrate the drow city.

The character I'm playing, currently level 9, will be gaining Angelic Wings at lvl 11, if I take the feat. Brought up by the GM, will the wings persist through the disguise? Or would they be hidden beneath the spell?

The problem is that if my character were to level up to 11, and suddenly grow wings as a drow, it probably would mean trouble for the party, seeing as we're supposed to infiltrate the city without bringing attention to ourselves. I'm not asking for spoilers about whether or not the wings will be viable to grow, but rather just if they will show through the disguise or not.


The disguise could turn them into demonic wings, at which point it would be easy to pass it off as drow-tiefling mutation...

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder PF Special Edition, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Keep in mind that the Second Darkness AP was a 3.5 series, not Pathfinder.


It seems to basically be a magically mundane polymorph effect, despite being necromancy. (It's a really weird spell.) As such, at my table, I'd rule that you could take the feat, but that the effects of the wings would be overridden by the spell until after the spell effects wear off. I'd rule similarly for other racial natural abilities that depend on physical form.

You are essentially wrapped in the corpse of the creature you are pretending to be. Your wings would exist but would essentially be under the blanket of flesh surrounding you.

However, the spell makes no mention of suppressing your natural abilities, just that you gain the natural appearance, size and physical abilities of your corpse-disguise.

Essentially, ask your GM. Or at least let him or her know what your understanding of the rules is, if your GM doesn't want to state how they intend the rules to work. You might suggest a spellcraft check to determine the extent of the disguise offered by Recorporeal Incarnation.

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