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OK,
So I'm looking over the Pairaka Div, and I have a mental problem. Is the Shakes disease, a contact disease, still contagious when the Pairaka is under the effects of Change Shape (lets say a human female). Change Shape references Polymorph, which references Alter Shape.
The part that I'm having issues with is that Change Shape says ", but retains most of its own physical qualities." versus the Polymorph subschool saying ", you lose all extraordinary and supernatural abilities that depend on your original form".
How do you other folks rule this? Does the Polymorph rule stand above the ambiguous retainer in Change Shape? Could the Div Change Shape into something that still had the boils the Pairaka has and still be contagious? Does it fall completely into the next sentence in the Polymorph subschool entry about GM fiat? Input appreciated.
Thanks.
Specific trumps general. Change Shape is more specific than general Polymorph school rules so it takes precedence.