A convo with a friend led to us looking up possible "Monstrous Form" candidates in the Beastiaries. This is how it played out...
Friend: "A doppelganger technically qualifies as a medium monstrous humanoid."
Me: "True..." *realizes this could get messy* "But why would you want to turn into one?"
Friend: "Well, if you got their spell-like ability... you'd get all their bonuses while walking around as yourself!"
After I picked myself up off the floor, I began to think on it. It seems legal according to the wording of the spell...
I'd like some outside input on this subject, silly as it is. Also, has anyone else run across these kinds of things with this spell, or ones like it?
A convo with a friend led to us looking up possible "Monstrous Form" candidates in the Beastiaries. This is how it played out...
Friend: "A doppelganger technically qualifies as a medium monstrous humanoid."
Me: "True..." *realizes this could get messy* "But why would you want to turn into one?"
Friend: "Well, if you got their spell-like ability... you'd get all their bonuses while walking around as yourself!"
After I picked myself up off the floor, I began to think on it. It seems legal according to the wording of the spell...
I'd like some outside input on this subject, silly as it is. Also, has anyone else run across these kinds of things with this spell, or ones like it?
Are you talking about Monstruous Physique??
Because if so, that only grants the abilities listed. Absent from that list are change shape, perfect copy, and SLAs, so you don't get the shapeshifting ability and you don't get the at-will detect thoughts. Nor do you get sleep or charm immunity. What you get is mimicry and a boost to your strength and natural armor.
Mind you mimicry is a pretty cool ability as it lets you use ANY spell completion or spell trigger items as well as ANY weapon, armor, or shield.
Mind you mimicry is a pretty cool ability as it lets you use ANY spell completion or spell trigger items as well as ANY weapon, armor, or shield.
Oh absolutely. I am not trying to denigrate mimicry or doppelgangers. I'm just saying that if you are wanting to monstrous physique into one to take advantage of it, then you are going to be walking around as a lanky, grey skinned monstrosity. You can't grab mimicry and then walk around in your own faked form.
Are you talking about Monstruous Physique??
Yes, I am. Wrote this while very tired and slightly inebriated... You are right about the stat changes and such, I was reading it wrong. Still, it could be very funny in-game.