Polymorph

2nd level Transmutation

Classes: Alchemist, Bard, Magus, Sorcerer, Witch, Wizard

Domains: Animal, Mutation, Plant, Strength

Components: V, S, M (An empty cocoon)

Casting Time: Standard

Range: Personal

Target: Self

Duration: 1 hour (D)

Saving Throw: 0

Spell Resistance: Yes

Description: This spell and all its varieties change your physical form into that of another creature. Polymorph requires you to hold a clear mental image of the new form, so you can only change into creatures you have encountered or studied thoroughly. When polymorphing to another form, worn equipment is melded into the new form and no longer available. Any effects from these objects are temporarily nullified. Melded equipment and clothing return to normal if the spell's effects expire. Carried objects are still carried or dropped after the change.

You gain the basic physical features of the new form, but retain the supernatural, magical, or mental features of your current form. Specifically:

• Features gained from new form
• Type/subtype of the new form
• AC
• Natural or physical attack types and damage (use the creature's damage stats, strength bonuses included)
• Basic physical senses (standard vision, darkvision, low-light vision, scent, all-around vision)
• Extraordinary Abilities (depending on level)
• Features retained from your own form
• Skills, ability scores, and saves (see below)
• All mental, magical, supernatural, or spell-like abilities, including spell resistance and spell casting but only if you can perform verbal, somatic, or other components properly. Most creatures without the ability to speak are unable to vocalize Verbal components properly.
• Hit Points
• Combat proficiency bonus

In your new form you retain your ability scores, but all ability checks, skill checks, and saves are influenced by your new body. If the creature you turn into normally has a higher ability score than yours, then you gain advantage rolls related to that ability. Likewise, you gain disadvantage if the creature would normally have a lower score.

Due to the unfamiliar nature of the new form, no precision damage (i.e. sneak attack) is possible while polymorphed. Also, incorporeal, gaseous, or were-creature forms are not allowed by any polymorph variation.

Leveling: The higher the spell level the more control you have over the new form, allowing you to transform into different creature types at different sizes. Consult the tables below to determine the characteristics of your new form.

Table: Movement at each spell level

Spell Level	Movement Type
	Walk	Climb	Swim	Fly	Burrow	Earth Glide
2	No Max	30	30	--	--	--
3	No Max	30	30	30	--	--
4	No Max	60	60	60	20	20
5	No Max	60	90	90	30	30
6+	No Max	No Max	No Max	No Max	No Max	No Max

Table: abilities gained at each level.

While you don't have access to spell-like and supernatural abilities of your new form, you do gradually gain access to extraordinary abilities, per the table below. If you adopt the form of a dragon, you also gain access to a breath weapon at level 6 and higher.

Spell Level	Extraordinary Abilities	Dragon Breath Weapon
2	Qualities Only	None
3	Qualities Only	None
4	All Actions and Qualities except those gained at levels 5-7	None
5	Bonus damages (poison, fire, cold, sonic, electricity, etc.)	None
6	Immunities, Vulnerabilities, Resistances	1/day, 6d8 dmg
7	Regeneration, fast healing	2/day, 8d8 dmg
8	All	Unlimited, 12d8 dmg, 1d4 round recharge)

Table: creature type, and CR restrictions per level.

The higher the spell level, the more options you have when it comes to polymorphed forms. The Max CR listed below is the maximum challenge rating of a creature you can turn into at the given spell level. Creature types you can change into are also listed. At level 2, you can only polymorph into other humanoids, but at higher levels you unlock more creature types at different sizes. You can never polymorph into a creature larger than Huge size or smaller than Tiny.

Level	Humanoids	Animals	Monstrous Humanoids	Elementals*	Plants	Vermin	Dragon
2	Any	--	--	--	--	--	--
3	Any	CR 2	CR 2	CR 2	--	--	--
4	Any	CR 5	CR 5	CR 5	CR 2	CR 2	--
5	Any	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	CR 5	CR 5	--
6	Any	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level
7	Any	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level
8	Any	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level	Char Level

*Elementals includes only Air, Earth, Water, or Fire elementals. Not all creatures of the Elemental creature type.