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Abberation sorcerers gain the 9th level spell of shapechange.
"You transform yourself into any form you could choose with a
different polymorph spell you know of 7th level or lower. You
choose the type of creature as you cast the spell rather than
when you prepare it. You can Concentrate on the Spell to change
your form to any other form you could choose with this spell.
You can dismiss this spell by using an action (this action has the
concentrate trait)."
SO umm there are no polymorph spells on the occultist list, nor on the list of gained spells from your abberation bloodline. So you cast this spell to become yourself I guess for one minute.
The spell seems a little underwhelming anyway even just for a primal sorcerer. One of the few advantages I have as a spontaneous caster is that I dont have to pick the form I become in the morning. So if I have dragon form I can become whatever color dragon I need to fit the occasion. That is slightly better than say a druid who will have to guess. That said, the only advantage that shapechange gives a primal sorcerer is that I can change into a red dragon, then a dinosaur(I guess), then into a blue dragon. That is provided that
1)I know both the polymorph dino spell and polymorph dragon spell and
2) I need to change into those forms within one minute of casting the shapechange spell.
This spell seems a bad option for primal sorcerers and of course a bad joke for abberation sorcerers as printed.
If they allowed sorcerers to duplicate any of the lower level non offensive polymorph spells with it, I could see it being a pretty decent spell with lots of potential utility.