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Alters the appearance of the caster, enabling a change to physical features, sex and size.  Even the appearance of the caster’s clothing or equipment carried. The caster must appear as a humanoid, but the spell allows an augmentation of the character's apparent beauty and wealth, even the tone of the caster’s voice.
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Alters the appearance of the caster, enabling a change to physical features, sex and size.  Even the appearance of the caster’s [[Clothing|clothing]] or equipment carried. The caster must appear as a humanoid, but the spell allows an augmentation of the character's apparent beauty and wealth, even the tone of the caster’s voice.
  
 
Adjusted [[Height & Weight|height & weight]] may be anywhere from 50% to 150% of the caster’s original size (attack or damage, as with the [[Enlarge (spell)|enlarge]] spell, is not conferred). A [[Gnome Race & Physiology|gnome]] caster could make a short but believable orc — and would make a more believable pixie than a [[Human Race & Physiology|human]] caster.
 
Adjusted [[Height & Weight|height & weight]] may be anywhere from 50% to 150% of the caster’s original size (attack or damage, as with the [[Enlarge (spell)|enlarge]] spell, is not conferred). A [[Gnome Race & Physiology|gnome]] caster could make a short but believable orc — and would make a more believable pixie than a [[Human Race & Physiology|human]] caster.

Revision as of 01:17, 2 December 2021

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Change Self
Range self
Duration 10-60 rounds +5 rounds per level
Area of Effect self
Casting Time 1 round
Saving Throw none
Level bard (1st); illusionist (1st)

Alters the appearance of the caster, enabling a change to physical features, sex and size. Even the appearance of the caster’s clothing or equipment carried. The caster must appear as a humanoid, but the spell allows an augmentation of the character's apparent beauty and wealth, even the tone of the caster’s voice.

Adjusted height & weight may be anywhere from 50% to 150% of the caster’s original size (attack or damage, as with the enlarge spell, is not conferred). A gnome caster could make a short but believable orc — and would make a more believable pixie than a human caster.

Charismatic appearance may be adjusted from -6 to +4 points; however, once the caster began discourse, the true charisma would quickly become evident.

The caster is not quite able to duplicate the exact appearance of another individual, except perhaps from a distance. It would be easy to cause a viewer to recognize the changed character as a distant family member, by adopting a strong resemblance to another member.

The spell’s strongest virtue is in causing an enemy to misconstrue, or otherwise misjudge the caster’s true nature or strength; this enables the caster an opportunity to catch others off guard. Naturally, passing undetected through an enemy camp is useful also; but a strange individual, even when the expected race or type, will still be suspicious.


See Alter Self (spell)