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Can spells with taget: self be stored into potions, wands or scrolls.

If so that could lead to very powerfull combinations.

examples:

time stop
tenser transfmormation
many transmutations
mirror image
improved flight
true strike
holy might

For me there are three options:
1 the spell affects the wielder of the item (exploit here)
2 the spell affects the creator of the item who is happy (exploit here)
3 the spell simply cannot be placed into an item

If it is the 1, resulting items can be very powerfull
If it is the 2, possibilities are immense

Alternatively, how do spells like the paladins' holy sword work if they are cast from a spell emulating item. This spell targets a weapon, but the weapon loses all the properties granted by the spell if it is wielded by anyone else than "the paladin".

For me there are three options:

1 the person using the item is "the paladin" (very powerfull option)
2 the person who created the item is "the paladin" the spell is mostly useless (though exploits are possible)
3 : this spell cannot be placed into an item

thank you for your insight, and please post links to official material when possible.

Transmutation spells are a very interesting option though they remain a very powerfull way of breaking a game system entierly.

I ame currently trying to figure out how size change is supposed to be accounted for creatures of unusual size.

A cloud giant (Huge creature) druid 5 can wildshape into a small creature, for instance, an eagle. If i simply apply the ability effects as written, I end up with an eagle pocessing a nice 35 strength while retaining all its nice small size bonuses to attack and AC.

I was wondering if this is the desired result or if I messed up somewhere.

Things get very fun when the same cloud giant uses giant form 1 to take the form a smaller giant (say a hill giant) and gaining a nice strength bonus in the process.

If the same giant decided to use Giant form 2 to change into a cloud giant that could be interesting too.

Now some might say, these situations are not standard game encounters, although that last point is debatable, I could reformulate the point this way.

If fighting against a nasty evil cloud giant monster, a benevolent wizard PC managed to toss in a succesful baleful polymorph, would the resulting creature retain the fearsome strength and Constitution of the original creature.

That seems totally absurd to me, but can lead to interesting situations. Maybe i overlooked something, but untill now, I could not find any official ressource that helped me clarify that point.

Of course the situation can also work the other way round, for example an imp using his shapechange power to take the form of a boar only taking a slight +2 size bonus to Strength.

If anyone has answers I will gladly take them. Please attach links for official material.