Sorcery: Polymorph Spells

Sorcery: Polymorph Spells

I found the lack of relatively cheap shapeshifting spells. Alter Body only allows the caster to assume one specific form (at least in the way I converted it), and more powerful spells have 4 levels of Reduced Time to bring the casting time down to 1 second. These two spells take 10 seconds to cast, but are much more cheap.

  

Lesser Polymorph

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 20 points or more; see text.

Casting Roll: None.

Range: Self.

Duration: Indefinite.

The caster can assume different forms, as if using the Morph advantage (p. B84). The transformation takes 10 seconds. If he is knocked out or killed, he immediately reverts to his native form (which will also be unconscious or dead).

The caster can only change his outward appearance. His abilities and racial template are unaffected. The caster can only assume forms with the same number of limbs, body layout, posture, etc. as his native form. This would limit a human Morph to humanoids (e.g., elves and giants), a wolf Morph to horizontal quadrupeds, and a bird Morph to other birds.

The caster can always take on the form of a being he can see or touch, provided its racial template cost does not exceed his maximum. Once he has assumed a form, he can opt to memorize it by concentrating for one minute. This allows him to shapeshift into that form at any time. The caster can memorize a number of forms equal to his IQ. If all his “slots” are full, his must overwrite a previously memorized form (his choice) to add the new form. Memorizing cosmetic changes also requires a “slot”.

If the caster can assume any racial template worth no more than his native one, Lesser Polymorph costs 20 points. This makes many forms available – anything no more powerful than his native form. If the caster can assume more powerful forms, add the difference between the maximum racial template cost and the cost of his native template to the base 20 points. For instance, a human who can take on any racial template worth up to 75 points would pay 95 points for Lesser Polymorph.

Statistics: Morph (Cosmetic, -50%; Retains Shape, -20%; Sorcery, -15%) [20].

Polymorph

Keywords: None.

Full Cost: 65 points or more; see text.

Casting Roll: None.

Range: Self.

Duration: Indefinite.

The caster can assume different forms, as if using the Morph advantage (p. B84). The transformation takes 10 seconds. If he is knocked out or killed, he immediately reverts to his native form (which will also be unconscious or dead).

The caster retains his intelligence, but gains all the physical attributes of the new form. Note that FP are not increased for spellcasting purposes. The caster may not add traits to templates, but he may freely omit racial mental disadvantages (e.g., Bestial), and he may always choose to drop the racial IQ modifier from a template and use his own IQ. Such changes raise the cost of animal templates, which are cheap due to limited mental capabilities. This spell includes the ability to make cosmetic changes. This lets the caster impersonate a specific member of any race he can turn into.

The caster can only assume forms with the same number of limbs, body layout, posture, etc. as his native form. This would limit a human Morph to humanoids (e.g., elves and giants), a wolf Morph to horizontal quadrupeds, and a bird Morph to other birds.

The caster can always take on the form of a being he can see or touch, provided its racial template cost does not exceed his maximum. Once he has assumed a form, he can opt to memorize it by concentrating for one minute. This allows him to shapeshift into that form at any time. The caster can memorize a number of forms equal to his IQ. If all his “slots” are full, his must overwrite a previously memorized form (his choice) to add the new form. Memorizing cosmetic changes also requires a “slot”.

If the caster can assume any racial template worth no more than his native one, Polymorph costs 65 points. This makes many forms available – anything no more powerful than his native form. If the caster can assume more powerful forms, add the difference between the maximum racial template cost and the cost of his native template to the base 65 points. For instance, a human who can take on any racial template worth up to 75 points would pay 140 points for Polymorph.

Statistics: Morph (Retains Shape, -20%; Sorcery, -15%) [65].