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041391klr 03-16-07, 06:09 PM	Just an idea I've been bouncing around in my head, and Its prolly been done before, but Im thinking of making a sorceror who accidently switched minds with his familiar via mad scientist sorta experiments (He was lawful evil... now hes a weasel) anywho anyone got some ideas to flesh the now True Nuetral Sorceror out? :) Hes gonna start at level 1, and its gonna be sweet to have an evil mastermind on my shoulder (Even though hes not gonna be that smart)
JulesCARV 03-18-07, 03:32 PM	Well... one issue is that it seems that if their minds were switched, then each should, according to traditional D&D rules, retain their own intelligence, wisdom, and charisma scores. Furthermore, spellcasting ability isn't inherent in the body of the spellcaster, so it seems fairly likely that the weasel-bodied evil mastermind will retain spellcasting abilties (although he may have difficulties with somatic components), while the humanoid-bodied familiar would not gain spellcasting abilities, unless the familiar had learned to cast spells previously. These aren't insurmountable issues, but you might want to think about how you'd address them in your backstory. Maybe it could just be a personality-switch, rather than a full mind-switch?