If I use the Soulswitch spell to swap bodies with my familiar, then use abominate or baleful polymorph on my old body (and the familiar fails its saves), what happens when the duration of soulswitch ends?
1. Do I return to the abominated body?
If I do:
2. Can I use any of the body's abilities?
3. Do I keep my Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma and class abilities? or am I now under the effects of baleful polymorph because my familiar failed its save?
4. Does the familiar that's now back in it's original body still think its the aberration? or does it revert back to normal?
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5. Conversely, if I use abominate on my familiar, then take control of it with the possession spell or magic jar, do I suffer the effects of abominate because the body i'm now in is under the permanent effects of abominate?
6. Is abominate limited to 1HD creatures? (I assumed it was but ive seen lots of threads recommending using abominate to turn into various aberrations that have higher HD)
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Abominate (Sp) (Magical Marketplace pg. 28): The witch transforms a creature within 30 feet into an aberration. This hex acts as baleful polymorph, except the target is transmuted into a Small, Medium, or Large aberration. The target’s abilities are modified as monstrous physique IV (see Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic). Whether or not its save is successful, a creature cannot be the target of this hex again for 1 day.
As beast shape III, except that you change the subject into a Small or smaller animal of no more than 1 HD. If the new form would prove fatal to the creature, such as an aquatic creature not in water, the subject gets a +4 bonus on the save.
If the spell succeeds, the subject must also make a Will save. If this second save fails, the creature loses its extraordinary, supernatural, and spell-like abilities, loses its ability to cast spells (if it had the ability), and gains the alignment, special abilities, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores of its new form in place of its own. It still retains its class and level (or HD), as well as all benefits deriving therefrom (such as base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points). It retains any class features (other than spellcasting) that aren't extraordinary, supernatural, or spell-like abilities.
As written, you can give the target only the form of an aberration with 1 HD or less, not the form of more powerful aberrations.
He still retains his HD. If he fails the Will save he gets the special abilities of the new form.I have some serious doubt on Soulswitch working on a familiar that failed its Will save. All its abilities are "special" and will be lost after a failed save. Essentially, after a failed save, it will not be a familiar anymore.
Note that you will be unable to regain your spells until the Baleful Polymorph is canceled.
If you use possession or magic jar the effect is that of the spell used. Baleful Polymorph is a permanent effect, but it don't affect a new mind after the initial casting.