Shapechange (Druid Spell)
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- Level: Druid 9
- School: Transmutation
Casting
- Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action
- Components: V, S, F (A jade circlet worth 17,750 gp)
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.
- Shapechange 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). Shapechange allows you to polymorph yourself into a Small, Medium, Large, or Huge creature of any type that has strong ranged attack abilities. This means you can assume the form of any Player Race, or any Monster of size Small to Huge. 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).
- While Shapechanged, you may change your form to a different form as a swift action. Out of combat, this takes but a moment, subject to GM adjudication. This change allows you to make another Disguise roll each time you do so, as part of the Swift action, against all creatures who did not witness you changing your form. When you change your form, you may also choose a new size, a different template, and a different bonus power from the list below.
- 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, 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.
- Note that if you choose a form which is sized-large, the following rules apply: Size large creatures do not have to Squeeze to fit into a Large space (120 inches or greater, 2 squares), suffer a -1 size penalty to AC, and Stealth checks, and gain a +1 bonus to their Might skill and Maneuver Defense, and their Walk speed is increased by +10 feet. Size Large creatures cannot share a 5-foot-square with another creature, unless squeezing.
- Note that if you choose a form which is sized-huge, the following rules apply: Size huge creatures do not have to Squeeze to fit into a Huge space (180 inches or greater, 3 squares), suffer a -2 size penalty to AC, and Stealth checks, and gain a +2 bonus to their Might skill and Maneuver Defense, and their Walk speed is increased by +10 feet. Size Huge creatures cannot share a 5-foot-square with another creature, unless squeezing.
- 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 -2 penalty.
- Darkvision 60 feet
- Low-Light Vision
- Scent
- Swim 30 feet.
- Greater Flight 30 feet.
- Add +1 to-hit and Reach to all melee attacks, increasing to +2 if size Huge
- Add +1 to-hit with ranged attacks
- 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.
- Any time you dismiss this spell and revert to your normal form (either because the encounter ends, you voluntarily dismiss it, or you are reduced to zero or fewer hit points in your shape-changed form), you temporarily gain the Secured status condition. Then, all damage your shape-changed form suffered prior to being dismissed is transferred over to your normal form's hit points (this is added to any damage your normal form had suffered prior to casting this spell). Because of the Secured condition, this transfer can never cause you to be reduced below zero hit points, but you can certainly be reduced to zero hit points. Once the damage from your shape-changed form has been transferred to your natural form's hit points, the Secured condition ends.
- Because of this effect, it is impossible for the caster of this spell to be killed while in their shape-changed form, or by the act of exiting their shape-changed form. As a result, it can sometimes be useful to cast this spell purely to avoid being killed. Just be aware that, once unconscious, you have no protection against being Coup-de-graced (since the Secured condition wears off immediately after the hit points are moved over to your normal form).
- If the caster is suffering from any status condition, poison, or disease, when they cast this spell, that condition is also present in the shape-changed form. Similarly, if your shape-changed form was suffering from any disease, poison, or any other condition of any sort when the spell ends (or is dismissed), then that condition transfers to your natural 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 a divine 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 a divine charge on you, the caster. Targets which already have a divine charge present must choose which to keep when the new spell is cast. Only one divine 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 |