04-27-2014, 04:25 PM | #1 |
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Transmogrification (RPM)
Why doesn't the Transmogrification spell in RPM include any Altered Traits for the changes needed to turn a person into something else?
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04-27-2014, 04:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Transmogrification (RPM)
Because most animal templates are 0 or less. For spells that add traits above your racial template then you need to add Altered Traits. See Sylph Form (same page) for a RAW example of that.
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04-27-2014, 04:40 PM | #3 | |
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Hmmm... I ported this over from the Evolve thread, I'll have to look into a lot of my other spells now. Unless it was adding something majorly super human (which would use Energy or Matter), I assumed as per above. |
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04-27-2014, 04:45 PM | #4 |
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Re: Transmogrification (RPM)
Put another way, transforming a stone statue into a living breathing version of itself requires a Greater Transform Matter + Greater Transform Body + Greater Create Mind (and that's RAW), but requires no Altered Traits. You almost never use Altered Traits unless it's adding a ability that's under the control of the subject, not the caster. In this case, the subject cannot change shapes back and forth, therefore you don't need Altered Traits.
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04-27-2014, 05:13 PM | #7 | |
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That brings me to my next question: in uplifting an animal with Greater Transform Mind, would the same apply? Not changing the body at all, just giving my Dog human-like intelligence while keeping his paws and such - even keeping his lack of speech - would I need to buy off all of the negative mental animal traits AND raise his IQ, or would (as I understood it) Greater Transform Mind do it? |
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Put another way, you would be charging the caster more effort/energy that you would if you did it by RAW. Turning someone into a frog via powers is just Affliction + Alternate Form. Which is what Transmogrification simulates. FWIW that is one of the spells I submitted and it was changed from submission to final draft by PK himself. Quote:
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