Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Amora_Swiftstrike 02-12-08, 01:36 AM	In a recent game my friends and I were hired by the lord of a castle to help fend off an army of undead that were basicly digging their way into the castle. My character is a Elf 5/10 Ranger(bow path)/Order of the Bow Initiate also in party Paladin, Monk, Rogue, and Warmage. During an investigation into a crypt, we looted a Scroll of Polymorph from a dead halforc. We returned to the surface to discover that that night would be the night of the main attack. As soon as the battle began our Warmage used the Scroll of Polymorph to turn our Monk into a Red. Thus we now have a dragon on the field killing zombies. I was fairly useless in this battle. Anyway on to the Total Destruction. Our Warmage spent 5 turns casting Delayed Fireball 5 turns, four turns, 3 turns, and so on. On turn Five after Warmage casts Delayed Fireball 1 turn, (there are now 5 Fireballs in the hole) Our dragon sticks his face into the hole. And Breathes. Think about that for a second. Fireballs and a Red Dragon's Breath all triggering at the same time........... Brought down the entire castle!
NoirLotus 02-12-08, 06:22 AM	Too bad !!! Polymorph doesn't work that way : if you polymoprh into a dragon, you only gain the Strength, Dexterity, Constitution and the extraordinay attacks of the creature, but nothing else !!! Thus, a monk polymorphed in Red Dragon doesn't have a breath weapon, nor DR or spell-like habilities. I'm not even sure if he is immune to fire. Polymorph is on the warmage spell list ???
Alediran 02-12-08, 08:34 AM	Polymorph can be in the Warmage's spell list thanks to the Class ability that allows the Warmage to learn arcane spells from other arcane spellcaster's lists. Except for the Dragon's Breath, which doesn't changes the total damage by much (6d10 by taking the highest category Polymorph allowed him to be: Young with 14 HD. Juvenile had 16 HD, invalid for the spell), the Warmage did a good job.
NoirLotus 02-12-08, 03:50 PM	Polymorph can be in the Warmage's spell list thanks to the Class ability that allows the Warmage to learn arcane spells from other arcane spellcaster's lists. Warmages can only learn Evocation spells. Polymorph is a Transmutation spell.
Alediran 02-12-08, 06:38 PM	Warmages can only learn Evocation spells. Polymorph is a Transmutation spell. Yeah, I just checked it. But that's why UMD exists.
Ody_Saraph_of_Karsus 02-13-08, 02:07 PM	Warmages can only learn Evocation spells. Polymorph is a Transmutation spell. There's a alternative class featuresin PHBII for the warmage called Eclectic Learning that letsyou pick a spell for any school but is treated as a spell one lv higer than normal
Alediran 02-13-08, 02:11 PM	There's a alternative class featuresin PHBII for the warmage called Eclectic Learning that letsyou pick a spell for any school but is treated as a spell one lv higer than normal Thanks, I knew I read somewhere that Warmages could learn spells other than evocations.
Ody_Saraph_of_Karsus 02-13-08, 02:40 PM	I have too many books :( ;)
Alediran 02-13-08, 06:40 PM	I have that one too, but I couldn't remember it.
Amora_Swiftstrike 02-13-08, 10:44 PM	Didnt know the spell worked like that. Thats what our DM had it do though. And the spell isnt in his spell list. We found the spell and he could read it.
Alediran 02-15-08, 06:37 AM	He could have used the 9th lvl version spell, Shapechange which would allow the Warmage to do what he did: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/shapechange.htm I'll have preffered to use a Wizard to do the trick, they have better ways than just DBF.