The creature is friendly to you and your companions. It acts on each of your turns. You decide what action it takes and how it moves. The GM has the creature’s statistics and resolves all of its actions and movement. If the spell becomes permanent, you no longer control the creature.
What happens when you make a wisdom saving throw with true polymorph?
If you concentrate on this spell for the full duration, the transformation lasts until it is dispelled. This spell has no effect on a shapechanger or a creature with 0 hit points. An unwilling creature can make a Wisdom saving throw, and if it succeeds, it isn’t affected by this spell.
How long does the true polymorph spell last?
The transformation lasts for the Duration, or until the target drops to 0 Hit Points or dies. If you concentrate on this spell for the full Duration, the transformation becomes permanent. Shapechangers aren’t affected by this spell.
What happens to a target in a polymorph spell?
The target’s game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the new form. It retains its alignment and personality. The target assumes the hit points of its new form, and when it reverts to its normal form, the creature returns to the number of hit points it had before it transformed.
Can a beast be a form of polymorph?
Since it does not say “beast”, it is not an applicable form for polymorph. If you look at the statblock of a cat or a black bear it says “beast”, so it would be allowed. Don’t confuse the spell polymorph with the spell true polymorph, because true polymorph has no such creature type restrictions on its transformation.
Can the polymorph spell turn a character into a dragon?
The polymorph spell’s description says “new form” at first, but then later specifies that the new form must be a beast (emphasis mine): This spell transforms a creature with at least 1 hit point that you can see within range into a new form. […]
Can you transform into a polymorph more than once?
Shapechange lets you transform multiple times, but any transformations after the first won’t increase your HP. Even if you transformed into a form that can cast another polymorph-like spell, you can’t concentrate on two spells at once. Thank you, that was helpful
