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Animal Form ~ Required Score: 4

polymorph, transmutation


  • Duration: 1 minute per Proficiency Score (D)

You transform into a Medium animal form. You count as an animal in addition to your normal tags. Your gear is absorbed into you; the constant abilities of your gear still function but you cannot activate them. When you prepare this extract, you chose one of the following and gain the attacks, speed(s), and special abilities listed:

Ape Speed 25 feet, Climb Speed 20 feet; Scent; Fist with a number d8s bludgeoning damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Bear Speed 25 feet; Scent; Jaws with a number of d8s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score; Claw (agile) with a number of d6s slashing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Bull Speed 30 feet; Scent; Horn with a number of d10s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Canine Speed 40 feet; Scent; Jaws with a number of d6s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Cat Speed 30 feet; Scent; Jaws with a number of d6s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score; Claw (agile) with a number of d4s slashing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Deer Speed 45 feet; Scent; Antler with a number of d8s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Frog Speed 25 feet, Swim Speed 25 feet; Scent; Jaws with a number of d4s bludgeoning damage equal to half your Proficiency Score; Tongue (reach 15 feet) with a number of d4s bludgeoning damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Shark Swim Speed 35 feet; Scent; Water Breathing (as per the extract with the exception that it lasts as long as you remain in this form); Jaws with a number of d10s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

Snake Speed 20 feet, Climb Speed 20 feet, Swim Speed 20 feet; Scent; Fangs with a number of d4s piercing damage equal to half your Proficiency Score and d6s poison damage equal to half your Proficiency Score.

You can choose the specific type of animal (such as lion or snow leopard for cat). You also gain the following statistical changes:

  • Add +2 Strength bonus and +2 Dexterity bonus
  • Ignore armor check penalty and reduced Speed.
  • Trained in natural attacks and you gain an extra +2 damage bonus.
  • Gain 10 temporary Hit Points while you have the form.
  • Low-light vision.
  • Gain advantage to Athletics.

These special statistics can be adjusted only by Insight bonuses, Assist bonuses, advantage, and disadvantage. Your battle form prevents creating extracts, speaking, or using most actions with the manipulate tag that require hands. (The GM decides if there is doubt).

Heighten (8, 12, 16, 20): For each heightening, your form increases a size step and, for the first heightening only, your attacks gain a 10 foot reach. You must have enough space to expand or the extract is lost. For each size increase you take a size penalty to AC: –1 for Large, –2 for Huge, –4 for Gargantuan, –8 for Colossal Your damage bonus increases by 2; and your temporary Hit Points go up 10.