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My group's having a little trouble about the abilities lost section of the Polymorph description. PG 212 PHB.
You lose all Extaordinary and Supernatural abilities that depend on your original form.
Some are straight forward and easy to understand.
If I'm a Dwarf, I'd loose darkvision.
But would a Dward loose his Hardy Trait? He has it because he's a Dwarf after all.
Our group is very confused on this issue. I loose Darkvision (EX) because I'm no longer a "Dwarf", but I'm still a Dwarf and keep all my Dwarf Racial Traits except that one. What about the Hardy trait?
I know the PG 212 description says supernatural and extraordinary, but which ones are which for the race? Which apply and don't? Under the Darkvision description later in the book it state's it's an extraordinary ability. So Darkvisions gone. Do the rest stay?
Then we get into the "You lose any class features that depend on form..." part. Which class features depend on form? If I'm a Druid/Barbarian, Fast Movement is an (EX) ability, so do I loose it? I would assume that it's not based on my being a "human barbarian", but because I'm a Barbarian and thus doesn't matter about my form. Since most class features are (EX) abilities, does the polymorph section not cover them?
So, by the polymorph description, if it's a racial Supernatural or Extraordinary ability, you loose it.
What about Class abilities?