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Q: What are the circumstances of Traxigor's transformation and do they explain how he retained his magical abilities as an otter?

Thomas MarkovTraxigor is an Archmage with a rather unique morphology, who is encountered during Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus: Traxigor was polymorphed into an otter years ago, and decided he preferred the new form to his original one (that of a wizened old man). His otter form was made permanent by a ...

dnd-5e dungeons-and-dragons lore spellcasting polymorph
 
 
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BESW
BESW
4:20 AM
John Erwin shared on twitter the map for a recent 4e encounter and his thoughts on "what good 4e games are."
 
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4:45 AM
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Q: How to protect myself against Divination with the least amount of resources

anonymeI am a fairly high-level wizard. I could learn Mind Blank or Nondetection, or use an amulet of protection against detection and location. But 8th level slots are too valuable, burning 25gp every day is annoying, and I don't want to use an attunement slot on this. Is there anything that I can do? ...

dnd-5e divination
 
 
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A. B.
A. B.
7:11 AM
The answers that have been posted to rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/181031/… look good, but, on a less serious note, with the fact that it's a tabaxi I can't help being reminded of Red Dwarf :-D
 
 
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SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
9:24 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer, pattern-matching email in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer (349): Healing Word in a Higher Level Slot -- is it still a Bonus Action to cast? by Hudson Chase on rpg.SE (@Rubiksmoose)
 
 
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11:14 AM
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Q: What happens if a character's declared action becomes impossible?

Phantom WatsonWhat happens if a character’s declared action becomes impossible before they can attempt it in the attack phase? Do the core rules support the idea that they get to pick a different action, or perform a similar action, or do they effectively lose the ability to act in that round? For example, if ...

vampire-the-masquerade vampire-20th-anniversary
 
 
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kviiri
kviiri
1:20 PM
@BESW thanks!
 
 
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Medix2
Medix2
3:17 PM
Alt title for the D&D/Dungeon World question:
"What to do about poor unfortunate rolls?"
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
 
Medix2
Medix2
@ThomasMarkov That's the joke!
Or perhaps I'm the Jonas Brothers now...
 
RevenantBacon
RevenantBacon
3:48 PM
Oh wow, they updated the review page
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
Yup, took me a second to get it straight
 
 
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Glazius
Glazius
5:47 PM
Yeah, I VTRed that question. Handling a run of bad luck is different from handling one potentially diastrous failure.
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
I agree with Akixkisu's assessment. Leave Closed, needs details, but not a dupe.
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
6:32 PM
Not gonna lie, Glorfindel should just be given basic edit privileges here.
 
 
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Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
8:52 PM
@Someone_Evil For a user with a patterned history of poor, under-substantiated answers, it seems like adding citations for them will only reinforce an attitude of "I can post poor answers and someone will come along and fix it for me".
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
@ThomasMarkov It's a correct, useful answer, our institutional fetish for citations notwithstanding.
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
I'm actually not fully sure it is correct, and for this case I'm willing to do the extra step of clarifying what step of the spell they're referring to
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@MarkWells I dont know if it's correct or useful because the answer doesnt really explain the argument or cite sources.
Im not saying its wrong.
Im saying the answer doesnt have enough information for me to even tell
Im sure there's something to be said for treating everyone equally, but 168,000 rep seems like a lot of rep to have and to also need moderators to come behind and clean things up.
 
Medix2
Medix2
I know I've seen them use short and concise answers effectively. But this question very much seemed to be asking for citations
 
NautArch
NautArch
It's asking for an applicable definition. If we think there is one, then you've got show it, no?
And we have that thing from wizards to figure out if something is magical.
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
9:05 PM
The core here is whether is whether it is transformed, not whether that transformation is magical, no?
 
NautArch
NautArch
"perceives the original form of a shapechanger or a creature that is transformed by magic."
seems like it is about magical transformation
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
Well, the transformation would be find familiar which is magical as it is a spell
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Someone_Evil If you can link that together, I think that'd be a reasonable answer.
The spell summons them as that creature. Is the spell transforming them? Or are they transforming when called by the spell?
and if so, how?
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
@NautArch Doesn't the caster of the spell get to specify the form? That sounds a lot like the spell is transforming them.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@MarkWells Caster does get to specify, but maybe that works like a request to a temp agency?
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
9:10 PM
I mean, or it's communicating your wishes to them and they transform for you, but I'm having trouble seeing how that's not still transforming by magic.
 
NautArch
NautArch
It's a black box, as far as I know.
It very well could be, but I think it's a DM's call.
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
There's also a bit about changeing the form, no?
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
Aren't they shapechangers, anyway?
 
NautArch
NautArch
They are not.
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
...but they change shape
they literally do the thing that qualifies one as a shapechanger
 
NautArch
NautArch
9:10 PM
That's a specific tag, no?
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@NautArch It is
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
Truesight doesn't say "with the shapechanger tag"
 
NautArch
NautArch
@MarkWells We have things that are "shapechangers". They aren't fey, they are shapechangers.
i'm pretty sure we have a question on this...checking
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
No, but it wouldn't say "creature with the devil tag" either
 
NautArch
NautArch
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Q: Can I true polymorph into an Ancient Brass Dragon, and then use its Change Shape ability?

PixelMasterIf I were to cast True Polymorph (which permits all creatures, not just beasts, as the regular Polymorph does) on myself to turn myself into, say, an Ancient Brass Dragon (provided that I'm level 20, which is required due that dragon's CR) - could I then use the Change Shape "racial" feature of t...

dnd-5e polymorph
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
9:12 PM
Sure.
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
Either way, Dale has 168000 rep and is like 25% of the way to a good answer. They can fix the answer if they want.
 
NautArch
NautArch
9:32 PM
Is magic the only way a creature can transform?
Seriously asking, no snark
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
It can go through lifecycle stages
not sure if you call that "transforming"
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch is the Druid's Wild Shape ability magic? Is the couatl's change shape ability magic?
Is that me, or is that my dog? Only truesight(TM) can tell for sure! 😎
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
but, say, a young dragon and an adult dragon are mechanically different kinds of creatures
 
NautArch
NautArch
@KorvinStarmast hahaaha
is that your dog?
I want to rub my face in his fur
@MarkWells There isn't any sort of non-magic powers that can do it? Or are all 'powers' magic?
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch Looks almost exactly like our golden .... but it's a general golden picture from a friend ....
 
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
9:43 PM
Wildshape: you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
Guy with TrueSight looks at a Giant Scorpion: "You can't fool me, you are really a hobbit, so you must be a druid"
 
NautArch
NautArch
and Couatl magically polymorphs
which is a very interesting way of putting it
not just polymorphs
but magically polymorphs
I was just starting to think that Truesight should see that a familiar is a spirit, but that trips me up.
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
Vampires?
 
NautArch
NautArch
hmm
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch Normal polymorphing is like what my wife does: she backs the car out of the driveway and turns into a tree. (Yeah, she did that once)
 
NautArch
NautArch
9:46 PM
@Someone_Evil they're "shapechangers"
@KorvinStarmast My wife cast that! She went with fence, though.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
Picket or split rail?
 
NautArch
NautArch
I cast it once at a gas station and turned into a yellow bollard.
And yes, I totally told everyone I got sideswiped by a cab (this was in NYC)
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch And now I know a real Druid. Cool! :)
 
NautArch
NautArch
@KorvinStarmast split
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
@NautArch Either they're magical, or they're outside the scope of the guidelines for determining what's magical, and so can be deemed "magical" without contradicting the rules :)
 
NautArch
NautArch
9:48 PM
@MarkWells hey, you can't do that!
:D
I'd rule that yes, they'd see them as a spirit. Whatever the rules may or may not be.
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
 
NautArch
NautArch
But if you're the DM and you're trying to bork someone's familiar...then i'm not a fan.
 
Mark Wells
Mark Wells
**True appearance:**
1. small, misshapen version of you.
2. nauseous cloud of impossible colors.
3. hole in the universe.
4. empty skin, twitching/fluttering as if in a wind.
5. misshapen human child
6. pulsing mass of roiling meat.
7. there is nothing there and never has been.
8. suspiciously, it looks the same (or does it?).
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch that also
 
NautArch
NautArch
@MarkWells feels very Dresden
from a very quick glance
I honestly wouldn't mind if a DM played the familiar.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
9:51 PM
@MarkWells pulsing mass of roiling meat - I picked that one. Did I win?
 
NautArch
NautArch
Wouldn't it be different by type?
@KorvinStarmast I'd kill for Meatwad to be my familiar
 

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