Polymorph (Alchemist Extract)
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- Level: Alchemist 4
- School: Transmutation (polymorph)
Casting
- Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action
- Components: V, S, M (A piece of the creature whose form you plan to assume, worth 1 gp...depending upon the creature....)
Effect
- Range: Self
- Target or Area: you
- Duration: Until the end of the current encounter, the end of the next encounter, or until the start of a full night's rest, whichever is sooner
- Saving Throw: Harmless (Will negates)
Save DC: - - Spell Resistance: Yes
Description
- When you cast this spell, you can assume the form of a creature from the following list of templates, with a CR equal to your character level at the time you cast the spell.
- Polymorph converts you completely and utterly into the form of the creature you choose, and grants you a one-time bonus to a Disguise Skill roll if you wish to blend in with others of that sort (see the Blend In ability in the template you choose for details). Polymorph is limited, however, in that you may only polymorph yourself into a Small or Medium creature of any type that has weak ranged attack abilities. This means you can assume the form of any Player Race, or any Monster of size Medium or Small. Regardless of which type or race you choose, your actual type becomes Protean for the duration of the spell (and, as a result, you gain a vulnerability to silvered weapons, taking 50% extra damage from them).
- Note that if you choose a form which is sized-small, the following rules apply: Size small creatures do not have to Squeeze to fit into a Small space (30 inches or greater, 1/2 of a square), add a +1 size bonus to AC (both regular and flat-footed), and Stealth checks, and suffer a -1 penalty to their Might skill and Maneuver Defense, and their Walk speed is reduced by -10 feet. Size Small creatures cannot share a 5-foot-square with another sized-small creature, unless squeezing. There are no size-based bonuses or penalties applied to sized-medium creatures.
- You may choose one additional power from the list below when you assume your polymorphed shape, but if the form you assume does not normally possess the ability you choose, then your Disguise skill check to blend in as a member of your new form suffers a -4 penalty.
- Darkvision 60 feet
- Low-Light Vision
- Scent
- Swim 30 feet.
- While you are polymorphed, you do not gain access to any of your normal abilities, or any of the abilities of any creature type you are emulating, unless it is part of your ability to change your shape. You cannot use feats or skills based upon your normal self, you do not gain or lose any modifiers for any Stats, you gain no benefit or penalty for any normal magic item, you do not have your normal armor class, hit points, maneuver offense or defense, saving throw bonuses, class abilities, or anything else. For all intents and purposes, the polymorph has 'overwritten' your entire self, and the only abilities you have are those of your assumed form, and any abilities granted to you by the change into this new shape.
- All damage you suffer while polymorphed is tallied against your new form's hit point total. If you change back to your normal form while still damaged, all of that damage transfers to your normal form as non-lethal damage. If you are driven unconscious (your hit points reduced to zero or less) while in your polymorphed form, the spell is immediately dispelled and you revert to your normal form, and all damage your polymorphed form suffered (including any negative hit points the 'final blow' gave you) is doubled, and then applied to your normal hit points as non-lethal damage. This is very likely to drive you unconscious, also leaving you helpless. If your polymorphed form was suffering from any disease, poison, or any other condition of any sort when the spell ends, then that condition transfers to your true form as well.
- While you are polymorphed, you may still be healed by your allies, and you still count as their ally for any abilities they possess.
- This spell lays an arcane charge on its target(s). If the targets are something other than you or another creature (such as an object or area), the spell lays an arcane charge on you, the caster. Targets which already have an arcane charge present must choose which to keep if the new spell has the same charge type. Only one arcane charge can ever be present on a target at a time.
Mana Burn Circle Damage
| Spell Circle | Burn Cost | Req'd Char Level | Base Dice | Max Dice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | N/A | N/A | 1d4 per 2 character levels | max of 4d4 at character level 8 |
| 1 | N/A | 1st | 1d6 per character level | max of 4d6 at character level 4 |
| 2 | +1 | 3rd | 1d6 per character level | max of 6d6 at character level 6 |
| 3 | +1 | 5th | 1d6 per character level | max of 10d6 at character level 10 |
| 4 | +1 | 7th | 1d6+1 per character level | max of 12d6+12 at character level 12 |
| 5 | +1 | 9th | 1d6+1 per character level | max of 15d6+15 at character level 15 |
| 6 | +1 | 11th | 1d6+2 per character level | max of 16d6+32 at character level 16 |
| 7 | +1 | 13th | 1d6+2 per character level | max of 20d6+40 at character level 20 |
| 8 | +1 | 15th | 1d6+3 per character level | max of 21d6+63 at character level 21 |
| 9 | +1 | 17th | 1d6+3 per character level | max of 25d6+75 at character level 25 |
| 10 | +1 | 19th | 1d6+4 per character level | max of 25d6+100 at character level 25 |
| 11 | +1 | 21st | 1d6+5 per character level | max of 25d6+125 at character level 25 |
| 12 | +1 | 23rd | 1d6+6 per character level | max of 27d6+162 at character level 27 |
| 13 | +1 | 25th | 1d6+7 per character level | max of 27d6+189 at character level 27 |
| 14 | +1 | 27th | 1d6+8 per character level | max of 29d6+232 at character level 29 |
| 15 | +1 | 29th | 1d6+9 per character level | max of 29d6+261 at character level 29 |
| 16 | +1 | 31st | 1d6+10 per character level | max of 30d6+300 at character level 30 |
| 17 | +1 | 33rd | 1d6+11 per character level | max of 30d6+330 at character level 30 |
| 18 | +1 | 35th | 1d6+12 per character level | max of 30d6+360 at character level 30 |