Clothes / armor for the shapeshifting adventurer?

[Argol]

So I get that with Polymorph, your equipment absorbs into you, but what if you don't want this to happen. What if you want your bear form to be an armored bear form, what if you want to be a Dragon garbed in fine silks as befitting a majestic creature. Dragon form implies it is more of an anthro dragon instead of a true dragon form. (Ok yes, Dragons claws are dexterous enough to be hands, so that doesn't confirm that dragon form is an anthro form) so surely instead of absorbing, it would make sense for the clothes to resize with holes that form for the wings and tail.

I had the idea that Glamoered could be used, but that can't be activated and unless you can set the illusion to conform to your new shape before you transform, it probably doesn't work.

[The Raven Black]

Put the set of clothes / armor for your second form next to you before shifting. Then don it after shifting. Or have someone do it for you.

[SuperBidi]

Violet pants.

[Onkonk]

I would ask your GM if you are allowed to have clothes on with no statistical benefits on you.

You would really have to stretch to figure out a reason a top hat on your t-rex would give you a benefit so I imagine it all comes down to the tone of the game the GM would want to run.

[graystone]

Onkonk wrote:

You would really have to stretch to figure out a reason a top hat on your t-rex would give you a benefit so I imagine it all comes down to the tone of the game the GM would want to run.

With no top hat, how can he pull a rabbit out of a hat?

Argol wrote:

So I get that with Polymorph, your equipment absorbs into you, but what if you don't want this to happen.

This only happens when you take on a battleform so if you want to use a polymorph action and continue to wear clothes, use one that doesn't give a battleform.

[Megistone]

graystone wrote:

Onkonk wrote:

You would really have to stretch to figure out a reason a top hat on your t-rex would give you a benefit so I imagine it all comes down to the tone of the game the GM would want to run.

With no top hat, how can he pull a rabbit out of a hat?

Now I'm imagining a t-rex struggling to take off their hat with those short arms...

[Guntermench]

I've got a big head, and little arms... I don't think this plan was very well thought through...

[graystone]

Guntermench wrote:

I've got a big head, and little arms... I don't think this plan was very well thought through...

That only makes it more impressive when they pull it off. ;)

[Abyssalwyrm]

For bear you can ask someone to carry animal barding for you, and put it on you after you polymorph into bear.
Obviously worth doing only if you can have at least one hour duration of polymorph (so, druid only), preferably permanent duration.

For dragon... even if polymorph would absorbed all your gear (and it's just always does), it wouldn't be transformed to suit dragon. So it would be as hell uncomfortable and ugly.
Best i can advise for Dragon Form is to cast Illusory Disguise on yourself after the transformation. And yes, standard battleform rules not allow you to cast any spell. But practically it come to simple old lore of been able to perform somatic and verbal components of spell, which you can't in majority of polymorph forms. With exception of dragon... since dragons, well, are damn renowned spellcasters. I am personally think that there should be no issue for character polymorphed into dragon to be able keep casting spells.

[WatersLethe]

Dragon Form is 1200% NOT (at all) "anthro" by default.

[nick1wasd]

So you want an Oda style Zoan clothing transformation? I'd just talk to your GM about flavor and that's that. If you want actual statistics, then yeah, barding somehow fused into your clothing to come out during your transformation would be something to think about and figure out how to make that work with runes or something.

[Abyssalwyrm]

WatersLethe wrote:

Dragon Form is 1200% NOT (at all) "anthro" by default.

They are absolutely not. Nor have customs of wearing any clothing, even when working with humanoids. Unless of course themselves polymorphing into humanoids (especially if plans to infiltrate, rather than co-operate), in which case they do their best to fit into society (well, at least definitely not walking around naked :P ).

Best i can think for dragon is just wearing little bit of jewelry. Fancy bracers maybe, perhaps some horns decoration, maybe specially designed neckless for them. Still goes against their own customs. But if dragon stays in their natural form most of time, and it "helps" wearing jewelry, to enhance their status in society they are working with.

Now half-dragons, that's totally different story.