Monstrosity Form
Monstrosity Form
Level 8
Concentrate
An action with this trait requires a degree of mental concentration and discipline.
Manipulate
You must physically manipulate an item or make gestures to use an action with this trait. Creatures without a suitable appendage can’t perform actions with this trait. Manipulate actions often trigger reactions.
Polymorph
These effects transform the target into a new form. A target can't be under the effect of more than one polymorph effect at a time. If it comes under the effect of a second polymorph effect, the second polymorph effect attempts to [counteract](/Rules.aspx?ID=371) the first. If it succeeds, it takes effect, and if it fails, the spell has no effect on that target. Any Strikes specifically granted by a polymorph effect are [magical](/Traits.aspx?ID=103). Unless otherwise stated, polymorph spells don't allow the target to take on the appearance of a specific individual creature, but rather just a generic creature of a general type or ancestry.
If you take on a battle form with a polymorph spell, the special statistics can be adjusted only by circumstance bonuses, status bonuses, and penalties. Unless otherwise noted, the battle form prevents you from casting spells, speaking, and using most [manipulate](/Traits.aspx?ID=104) actions that require hands. (If there's doubt about whether you can use an action, the GM decides.) Your gear is absorbed into you; the constant abilities of your gear still function, but you can't activate any items.
duration: 1 min.
source: Player Core pg. 344
spell_type: Spell
tradition: ArcanePrimal
type: Spell
You transform into the shape of a legendary monster, assuming a Huge battle form. When you Cast this Spell, choose phoenix, cave worm, or sea serpent. While in this form, you gain the beast trait (for phoenix) or the animal trait (for cave worm or sea serpent). You can Dismiss the spell.
You gain the following statistics and abilities regardless of which battle form you choose:
- AC = 20 + your level. Ignore your armor’s check penalty and Speed reduction.
- 20 temporary Hit Points.
- Darkvision.
- One or more unarmed melee attacks specific to the battle form you choose, which are the only attacks you can Strike with. You’re trained with them. Your attack modifier is +28, and you use the listed damage. These attacks are Strength based (for the purpose of the enfeebled condition, for example). If your unarmed attack modifier is higher, you can use it instead.
- Athletics modifier of +30, unless your own is higher.
- Phoenix Speed 30 feet, fly 90 feet; Melee
beak (reach 15 feet), Damage 2d6+12 piercing plus 2d4 fire and 2d4 persistent fire; Melee talon (agile, reach 15 feet), Damage 2d8+12 slashing; Shroud of Flame (aura, fire, primal) 20 feet. You gain an aura of fire that extends out from you. A creature that enters or ends its turn within the aura takes 2d6 fire damage. A creature can take this damage only once per turn. You can activate or deactivate this aura with a Sustain action. - Cave Worm Speed 40 feet, burrow 30 feet, swim 20 feet; Melee
jaws (reach 10 feet), Damage 2d12+20 piercing; Melee stinger (agile, reach 10 feet), Damage 2d8+15 piercing plus 2d6 persistent poison; Melee body (reach 10 feet) Damage 2d8+20 bludgeoning; Inexorable You automatically recover from the paralyzed, slowed, and stunned conditions at the end of each of your turns. You’re also immune to being immobilized and ignore difficult terrain and greater difficult terrain. - Sea Serpent Speed 20 feet, swim 90 feet; Melee
jaws (reach 15 feet), Damage 2d12+20 piercing; Melee tail (reach 25 feet), Damage 2d8+20 bludgeoning; Spine Rake (move) You extend your spines and Swim or Stride. Each creature you’re adjacent to at any point during your movement takes 4d8+10 slashing damage (basic Reflex against your spell DC).
Heightened (9th) You instead gain AC = 22 + your level, 25 temporary HP, attack modifier +31, increase damage by one damage die, and Athletics +33.
