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    Default Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Is there anthing fine I can Shapechange into that will still allow me to cast spells?

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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    A single shimmerling? (MM3)

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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Silithars are fine but can assume a humanoid form, so maybe those fit the bill?
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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Are the stats listed for an individual creature or the swarm as a group?
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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    The stats for both of those are for the swarm as a whole.

    It shouldn't be a big deal for you though, since shapechange keeps your mental stats and HP, and since you just want a very small form for spellcasting, you can try talking to your DM about having a low strength, high dex character that won't enter combat.

    I had suggested the shimmerlings because they're wee humanoids, so you should be able to do whatever speaking and hand gestures your character needs to do to cast.

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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Ok. My DM is pretty cool so I'm sure we'll be able to work something out. Thanks!

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    Nobody ever suspects the butterfly…
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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Quote Originally Posted by Âmesang View Post
    Nobody ever suspects the butterfly…
    Is there a Natural Spell feat for wizards?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goladar View Post
    Is there a Natural Spell feat for wizards?
    Yeah. Silent spell, Still spell, and Eschew Materials. Or Surrogate Spellcasting, under somewhat liberal interpretations of how prerequisites work.
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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Only fine-sized creature I can find that isn't in a swarm... puppeteer in the XPH. However, it's described as "possessing no discernible anatomy or sensory organs", so that's going to make spellcasting problematic. You might be able to fix that with Surrogate Spellcasting (Savage Species).

    There's also the sparrow form in OA. Fine-sized, and while there's no hands or speech immediately, it's a bit easier to sell Surrogate Spellcasting. Pearl of Speech can fix verbal at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Necroticplague View Post
    Yeah. Silent spell, Still spell, and Eschew Materials. Or Surrogate Spellcasting, under somewhat liberal interpretations of how prerequisites work.
    Also Innate Spell (horrible feat, but decent if you have the prerequisites anyway), and Archmage's ability to turn spells into SLA's, and a Dweomerkeeper's ability to turn them into SU's.
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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dire_Stirge View Post
    Also Innate Spell (horrible feat, but decent if you have the prerequisites anyway), an Archmage's ability to turn spells into SLA's, and a Dweomerkeeper's ability to turn them into SU's.
    I don't know. The PGtF version looks interesting.

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    I don't know. The PGtF version looks interesting.
    Except Complete Arcane is more recent. Even with neither source being more important than the other, CA supersedes PGtF because it was released a few months later.
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    Default Re: Any Fine sized creatures for Shapechange?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dire_Stirge View Post
    Except Complete Arcane is more recent. Even with neither source being more important than the other, CA supersedes PGtF because it was released a few months later.
    Thankfully, my DM doesn't rule that way. Although I'm not going to go on a side quest just to rebuild my character so I can take that feat.

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