Baleful
Polymorph
Level: 5
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one creature
Duration permanent
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates, Will partial, see text; Spell
Resistance: yes
DESCRIPTION
You change the subject into a Small or smaller animal of no more than 1
HD. If the new form would prove fatal to the creature, such as an aquatic
creature not in water, the subject gets a +4 bonus on the save.
If the spell succeeds, the subject must also make a Will save. If this
second save fails, the creature loses its extraordinary, supernatural, and
spell-like abilities, loses its ability to cast spells (if it had the
ability), and gains the alignment, special abilities, and Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Charisma scores of its new form in place of its own. It still
retains its class and level (or HD), as well as all benefits deriving
therefrom (such as base attack bonus, base save bonuses, and hit points).
It retains any class features (other than spellcasting) that aren’t
extraordinary, supernatural, or spell-like abilities.
Any polymorph effects on the target are automatically dispelled when a
target fails to resist the effects of baleful polymorph, and as long as
baleful polymorph remains in effect, the target cannot use other polymorph
spells or effects to assume a new form. Incorporeal or gaseous creatures
are immune to baleful polymorph, and a creature with the shapechanger
subtype can revert to its natural form as a standard action.