| Pimmeh |
Hello everyone,
With my group, we ran into a potential issues with the Tanuki Teakettle Form ability, and the feats that Teakettle form leads to. We do understand that the move points towards a GM ruling in edge-cases, but we enjoy PF2E very much because the rulings are rare and would prefer to find a way to use this feat without having to resort to rulings every time.
There seems to be no upper limit as to what is possible with these transformations. We got to the examples below in just about half an hour of discussion, there is probably way more.
For example:
- A tanuki could change into a platinum coin, or a gem, or any other valuable item, pay for a bunch of gear, and then at a later time disappear from the store without a trace.
- A tanuki could change into a letter, a needle, or any other slim object and be slid or pushed through a door or gate, gaining immediate access to any locked situation.
- A tanuki could change into a paper plane and negate any fall damage.
- A tanuki could change into an adamantine sword, granting the rest of the party immediate DR bypass in a lot of cases.
- A tanuki could change into a metal ball and fall to the ground without taking any damage.
- A tanuki could change into a grain of sand and be carried around by an invisible character, thus rendering the tanuki invisible as well, or negating any type of stealth penalties that they might have.
- A tanuki could change into a rock or other simple metal object and be fired with a catapult, breaking through a wall, and then changing back into Tanuki form without any injury.
Then, in addition, Teakettle Form is a 1 action ability. It can be used as a prepared action, meaning that the Tanuki could potentially change shape into a rock, metal object, or any other superhard item, and fully negate the attack of any enemy.
During a lengthy discussion we could find no reason to believe that this single ability is not absurdly powerful. Can someone explain to me why this move is not an auto-pick for every tanuki, and why Tanuki is not the absolutely best ancestry?