So with all that out of the way - and assuming the DM has allowed Awaken to be cast in such a way that it overlaps with the duration of Polymorph - what happens in the example case in the question? It would stop being a valid target as soon as the spell took effect.) (Although this elucidates a problem with Crawford's ruling in general, since if the target was "a humanoid," Polymorph would never work at all. The target condition is being "a creature," which the creature still is. No, because the beast form isn't the target condition of Polymorph, it's the effect. But Crawford has previously ruled that no longer being a valid target could prematurely end a spell effect - does Awaken end Polymorph? The polymorphed character meets both those requirements. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know.Īwaken doesn't care about the conditions of the beast except insofar as it is a) Huge or smaller and b) has an Intelligence of 3 or less. The target must have either no Intelligence score or an Intelligence of 3 or less. You touch a Huge or smaller beast or plant. So a polymorphed character is a beast for all game purposes, unless they specify they exclude shapechanged targets or targets under spell effects. The target’s game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast. Usually I summarize the answers up top here but this is a mess.
So after reverting from an awoken polymorphed state would you keep the 10 intelligence and a new language, only the new language, or not keep either? Say I use find familiar to get an owl (classified as a fey)įamiliar, then polymorph it to an owl (classified as a beast) so myĭruid friend can cast Awaken on it, does my familiar keep an intelligence of 10 and/or the ability to speak?.Can I now communicate with them when they turn back? If their original intelligence was higher then 10 is it reduced to 10? Meet an NPC I don't share a language with, Polymorph them then Awaken their beast form so they can speak my language.These are two examples I can see this having significant impact on my campaign: I'd argue the experience of a stranger turning you into a mouse, then gifting you the ability - as a mouse - to speak a language you have never used before would be an experience you couldn't lose I'm not sure if the language and intelligence granted from awakening should remain linked. Language has been classified as being independent of creature statistics and act more as the character's experience. I would guess the modification to intelligence would apply to the beast's stats and therefore end with polymorph. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. The other two effects of awakening (other than making a plant mobile) are less clear-cut: The awakened beast or plant is charmed by you When the charmed condition ends, the awakened creature chooses (Basic Rules, pg. The charm effect of Awaken seems pretty clear from the logic shown here and reinforced by the specific wording referring to the target as a beast or plant during effects and a creature afterwards: So this leaves ambiguity when game statistics are altered during polymorph, The target's game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast. The transformation lasts for the duration, or.
Polymorph does not give any explicit information on what happens to your statistics when the polymorph ends: If you cast Polymorph on a non beast creature then cast Awaken on their beast form how much carries over after polymorph ends?
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