| miniatureian |
1. Is a beast bonded witch's transfer permanent? (Will DC 15+INT)
2. Can an outsider be transferred too, since their body and soul is one? (reading the spell Trap the Soul)
3. Could a creature be called via Planar Binding to be transferred into?
4. Would the called body revert back to its original location after the duration of the binding ends?
5. Could a wish reveal the true name of a creature to help bind it?
6. Could you engineer a plan to bust out of a binding circle yourself if you end up in one in your new body?
So one option for a Beast Bonded Witch is to hunt and subdue a creature, inflict it with as many penalties to saves as possible, carefully suicide, and take over the body. This would provide a different way to do that.
| Tinalles |
Relevant links:
the archetype
the spell Magic Jar
2012 discussion of Twin Soul
StackExchange question about Twin Soul
In future, please provide more context. Something like "I'm thinking of using the Twin Soul ability of the Beast-Bonded witch archetype to permanently transfer my consciousness into a more powerful body. Would that actually work? <list of questions>"
As for answers -- this is squarely in GM territory. If your GM is okay with you murder-suiciding your way into a new body, go for it.
| miniatureian |
Sorry, I felt I did provide context below, but perhaps it was not enough. I've read quite a bit of discussion about Twin Soul, in part the links you provided, the ability itself, but what other people on the Internet usually provide is an alternate perspective in topics I'm not so widely read on.
If a beast-bonded witch is dying and transfers to her familiar, she can later transfer to another creature. Is that transfer permanent, and uses the words of 'magic jar' to adjudicate the transition, or have you cast the spell 'magic jar', and need to hop back to your familiar's body at the end of level hours?
The other questions pursue an interesting potential subplot, but that is the gist of the question, and is unanswered by many links, houseruled in others.
| Byakko |
Good luck.
This archetype's abilities are very loosely written and are in serious need of rewordings.
Here's a thread I made about it a while ago, which may provide some clarifications... or perhaps it may just raise more questions for you:
Here's a bit of feedback from Mark Seifer basically agreeing that it's going to be a GM call:
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| miniatureian |
Great, I'll chalk the whole thing up to houserule if required.
I personally like permanent transfer, I think it fits the archetype. I also like the suggestion to use the mechanics for Marionette Possession, and only jump to unconscious or willing targets. Keeps a witch in a familiar from OHKOing anything.