Polymorph Any Object - Where's the shrew?

[Uwotm8]

I'm trying to see what kind of changes are considered same kingdom, class, etc. but can't find a monster entry for shrews. To what is this referencing?

[Rynjin]

Shrew.

[blackbloodtroll]

I would just use the the stats for the Rat.

[Uwotm8]

So, not another bestiary entry?

[Gauss]

Not every creature in existence is going to be referenced in the Bestiary.

Unless you are playing PFS the GM can probably figure what the stats for common animals are if the situation comes up by comparing the creature to something in existence of just eyeballing it. For most of these non-combat type creatures the stats are more or less meaningless.

[blackbloodtroll]

Yep.

Still no stats for a chicken.

I still want my chicken familiar.

[Uwotm8]

Gauss wrote:

Not every creature in existence is going to be referenced in the Bestiary.

Unless you are playing PFS the GM can probably figure what the stats for common animals are if the situation comes up by comparing the creature to something in existence of just eyeballing it. For most of these non-combat type creatures the stats are more or less meaningless.

When Paizo's materials reference it, yes, I do expect to be able to see what that means. It's hardly asking for "every creature in existence."

[Rynjin]

Do you need stats for a rock too?

Because Polymorph Any Object references those as well.

A shrew is a tiny insignificant rodent creature. It doesn't matter. There is no reason to have stats for it.

It "references" them only in the sense that they are mentioned in reference to a creature in a different Kingdom, Class, and Size category as a Manticore.

None of those factors would be clarified or expanded on by a statblock, because only one of those is a game term (size). They are scientific terms.

[Uwotm8]

Stone has a hardness and HP entry and the spell already addresses nonexistence statistics, so, yes, Paizo already took care of that for rocks. It's not a wild question.

[Nefreet]

Little known fact: shrews are one of only two groups of mammals that are venomous (the other is the platypus).

They are also distinctly not rodents.

[Uwotm8]

Interesting!

[blackbloodtroll]

They also taste terrible.

[DominusMegadeus]

I hear taming them is rather popular.

[blackbloodtroll]

DominusMegadeus wrote:

I hear taming them is rather popular.

Tame ones don't taste any better.