Changeform, Changedance
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:42 pm
This a spin off of the High Hunt thread in which I reposted part of what Ed said.
In that Ed indicated the lowly male can request to be turned into female for a ritual, clearly an effect of short duration, should the group have the ability to provide such an effect. I flipped though the 3.5 SRD to see what spells might be available for a changeform effect. The closest I could come up with at low levels would be alter self or polymorph. Niether of these spells work will and a variation is required which requires spell research or some kind of divine favor. A group of followers clearly can have arcance spell casters to cause something like change form for a short time. I could not find a divine spell for the effect, except Druid ability. It almost appears a spell or ritual needs to be designed for both change form and changedance.
My thoughts on how to achieve this is circle magic, most common in High Elven Magic in where it takes more then one caster to create the desired effect.
The problem I have concern with even using this, changedance is required at first level for the male seeking to be a priest of the faith, there might not be enough or any other spell casters about.
Thus I invite discussion about how changeform and/or changedance should work within a rules and/or RP process.
In that Ed indicated the lowly male can request to be turned into female for a ritual, clearly an effect of short duration, should the group have the ability to provide such an effect. I flipped though the 3.5 SRD to see what spells might be available for a changeform effect. The closest I could come up with at low levels would be alter self or polymorph. Niether of these spells work will and a variation is required which requires spell research or some kind of divine favor. A group of followers clearly can have arcance spell casters to cause something like change form for a short time. I could not find a divine spell for the effect, except Druid ability. It almost appears a spell or ritual needs to be designed for both change form and changedance.
My thoughts on how to achieve this is circle magic, most common in High Elven Magic in where it takes more then one caster to create the desired effect.
The problem I have concern with even using this, changedance is required at first level for the male seeking to be a priest of the faith, there might not be enough or any other spell casters about.
Thus I invite discussion about how changeform and/or changedance should work within a rules and/or RP process.
(Don't ask- his former tutor had a few odd quirks, including summoning succubi and other questionable practices....)
) Mostly he uses them to play pranks- he's fond of Grease, Invisibility, and Animate Rope for the same reason *wink*- or in the case of Speedy Undress, it's great for removing a plate-covered fighter's armor to deliver that final blow. (Wait, that came out wrong.... 
) He's not what I'd call hedonistic- though he's certainly a horrible flirt- but certainly a romantic at heart, and very much the gentleman joker. That is to say, he loves playing pranks, flirting, and music, not necessarily in that order.