If I am permanently turned into an  with  and then use the Change Shape trait to become a humanoid again, can I buy new weapons and use them? Can I use my class abilities and my spells like before?
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If you are a level 20 Wizard who is True Polymorphed into an Ancient Brass Dragon, can you then use the Dragon's Change Shape ability to turn back into a level 20 Wizard, maintaining all your class abilities, but also gaining the dragon's hit points, and various other statistics listed in the text of Change Shape?
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The rules for the 5E druid's  ability simply say:     you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before   There is  asking if you can go beyond the exact form of a beast you've seen (like, if you want to be a dog, and you've only seen corgis, are you stuck with that?) but I think the general assumption tends to go the other way: once you've seen some example of a beast, you can become that type of beast, but only a generic form of it. For example, a  says:     you can't even wild shape into a specific kind of beast. You always become a generic, average representative of that species.   However, I don't see any wording around that. The  spell says:     You transform into an average example of that creature, one without any class levels or the Spellcasting trait.   ... but I don't see anything similar for Wild Shape (and for that matter, for any of the other transformation spells and abilities in the rules).  Can a druid look exactly like the watchdogs of a particular estate? And if she can, can she also choose sometimes to just be a generic dog? Somewhat related: the Monster Manual has a , but not other types of dogs — so, if you've seen  (challenge rating presumably somewhat less than zero), can you take the form of a mastiff? What about an Irish wolfhound, as CR ½ or 1 instead of the mastiff's ⅛? What about a wolf? What about a dire wolf? Where does it stop?  Or, not to get all fixated on dogs, if you've seen a garden spider, can you become the more dangerous  listed in the rules, with its lethal-to-many-commoners 1d4 poison bite? What about a  then?  Finally, if it's not in the 5E rules, where did this idea of "average representative" come from? I know 4E had this whole thing where shapeshifting and summoning worked on a sort of platonic-ideal spirit, not real animals at all, but that doesn't seem to have carried over here. Was there something in 3.5? I remember playing it that way, but can't find a specific rule there either.  That's a lot of text, I know. Summary questions:   Can you take the exact form of a specific, individual animal you've seen? Can you take the form of a "generic" animal of the same general species or name or categorization as a specific individual you've seen? If you can generalize, can you then vary from that generalization? What defines the platonic ideal of a given creature? What if there's no Monster Manual entry that comes close? If you can generalize, how far away can you go? Spider to Giant Spider? Tiny Lizard to Riding Lizard? Tapir to Elephant? Where did this idea of generic, average example come from, if not 5E rules?   ... and I'd like to see rules references for any answers, please.
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Could I first cast Mage Hand, then Polymorph into a Tiny creature less than 10 pounds then use the Mage Hand to pick myself up and fly at 30 Ft per turn?  Polymorph says:     The new form can be any beast ... The target's game statistics,   including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the   chosen beast. It retains its alignment and personality ... The   creature is limited in the actions it can perform by the nature of its   new form and it can't speak, cast spells, or take any other action   that requires hands or speech.   This keeps me from casting spells, which keeps me from just casting Mage Hand to fly as long as I want to over and over. But for that initial duration of the Mage Hand cantrip, could I use the Mage Hand to fly as a Tiny polymorphed creature until the spell runs out?
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Say that I want to become an Animagus, and am really hoping to be a certain animal (say, a stag). I study a whole bunch and manage to perfect the technique. Do I get to pick the animal I wind up as, so that I wind up being a stag like I want? Or is it something where I just find out what I turn into (and if I wind up as a dung beetle, tough luck)?    This is not a duplicate of  because that question is about which animals an Animagus can potentially transform into. Mine is about if I can decide which potential animal I wind up being.
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My DM and I have been having friendly arguments, and we recently came to what would happen if my character lost all their limbs.  As a gnome beastmaster I said I would always sit on my mount and use mage hand (from magic initiate) when I need to eat or lift things. HOWEVER he argues I wouldn't be able to perform the somatic component.  So, I ask: is there a way to cast spells without arms? My argument is that since I am learning the cantrip after losing my arms I would have learned it in a way that works with my stumps, but he points out the PHB is pretty clear you need a free hand.
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Are there any drawbacks to using a wish spell to increase ability scores? If not then what would stop players from just using wish repeatedly and raising their ability scores to 30?  I'm just getting back into RPGs with D&amp;D 5e after not playing for years, and I seem to remember this being covered in the editions we played back then.
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says:     A humanoid killed by this spell rises at the start of your next turn as a zombie that is permanently under your command   If a player is hit by finger of death and dropped to 0hp, do they turn into a zombie immediately? If they subsequently fail death saves and die, do they then turn into a zombie?
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After my group's last session, it was pointed out that Polymorph does not require the caster to have ever seen the creature they are attempting to transform the person into. This has spawned a conversation between our Wizard and Druid.  Polymorph states:     The new form can be any beast whose challenge rating is equal to or   less than the target's (or the target's level, if it doesn't have a   challenge rating).   There is, as far as I can tell, no other restrictions. It must be a beast, and it must be CR lower than or equal to the character's level. You need not have any knowledge of the creature, other than knowing it exists at all.  Druid's Wild Shape states:     Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the   shape of a beast that you have seen before.   So, the Wizard and Druid player in the party began thinking this over. Wild Shape only requires that the druid has seen the animal before, but Polymorph has no such restriction.  The DM has been enforcing the "must have seen it before" rule on the Druid's wild shapes, but now the druid is coming up on 9th level and will be able to shift into CR3 beasts. Issue being, he hasn't ever seen one.  As far as I can tell, there is nothing stopping the wizard from polymorphing a willing ally into a beast that the druid hasn't seen before, which would enable the druid to then wild shape into it as long as the level requirement is met. Is there any rule preventing this, or any other reason why it wouldn't work?
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I'm wondering if any feats might carry over when a druid assumes a Wild Shape. I'm specifically looking at the Alert and Lucky Feats.  PHB p.67 stipulates:     Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast...   So I would tend to think that that precludes the +5 to Initiative in the Alert Feat, but I thought it would be a good idea to check with you guys.
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The fighter's  feature (PHB, p. 72) says:     Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.   Assuming I am holding two different weapons, and don't want to spend my bonus action on Two-Weapon Fighting, can I attack once with each weapon?
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If I cast spiritual weapon, would it be possible to grab it and make a melee attack with it?  Of course the attack would take my action and I would have to use my strength modifier to hit because I am physically swinging it, but is it possible to do that? Could I even just grab it and run thirty feet, then release it so it can move and attack for my bonus action?
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The rules for truesight state:     A creature with truesight can (..) perceive the original form of a shapechanger or a creature that is transformed by magic   A druid player argued that since the druid is still a "humanoid" (not a "shapechanger"), and since , a creature with truesight should not see through it.  As the DM, I ruled against it because I believed the intent of truesight is to see through all kinds of shapechanging effects but I was still left wondering if I missed anything. I couldn't find anything about this in the errata either.  So, going by strict RAW, should a creature with truesight be able to see the druid's true form while a druid is using wild shape?
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When Mystique shape-shifts, she looks like the person she wants to imitate with their clothes on.  Now, if she removes these clothes and puts them away and then returns to her original form, do the clothes stay there? If so, isn't she violating one of the fundamental laws of physics, that something can't be created from nothing?
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I've begrudged some of the choices I've made in regards to ability choices while progressing through the Witcher 2, and now that I've reached Act 3, I've heard rumors that some sort of "secret quest" will allow me to reassign all my abilities from scratch.  Are there any truths to these rumors? If so, how do I accomplish this?
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How many spell slots does a character get, and how do you calculate that if there's a calculation involved? I've been looking everywhere for this, but can't find it.  I started playing just about a month ago and I've had to make about 2 character sheets for my friends already (Human Fighter and a Wood-Elf Ranger) and now I'm making myself a Cleric of Life but can't figure out how many spell slots I have.
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Is it possible to create a playable character who's a dragon in D&amp;D 5e? Not a dragonborn, but an actual dragon.  I'm new to D&amp;D and planning on playing D&amp;D 5e because it's the newest.
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My Dragonborn character is about to get the Extra Attack ability and I'm curious if it can be used with the breath attack. Since a Dragonborn can only use the attack once per short rest I know he can't use it twice, but could he use his breath weapon and then make a melee attack?  I've only seen extra attacks used for the same weapon attacking twice for PCs so I'm not sure if a Dragonborn can use both their breath weapon and melee weapon as an extra attack.