I'm playing a changling and creating a lot of chaos on our campaign, shape-shifting into dead party member, and attempting to gaslight the still alive party members that he never died, and they're being ridiculous (nearly worked too!), shape-shifting into an alive party member for the whole Spiderman pointing at each other meme. But my question is, does my AC change with me as I shapeshift? I don't think it does as the guide says that my character stats don't change when I do so, but then again, stats typically mean Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, and Cha.
None of your attributes or other game statistics are changed by a feature unless that feature expressly says so. Notably, the changeling feature specifically says it doesn't affect clothes or other worn/held objects, so the only thing you can change with it is the appearance of your physical body.
To expand on the The_Ace_of_Rogues point, if the dead party member was wearing plate and you got on some studded leather you are in fact wearing studded leather (both for AC purposes and for your visual appearance) after you shift.
Your clothing and equipment are not changed by the trait
You wanna pretend to be that guard? don't forget to knock him out and grab his uniform first.
This is something I constantly remind myself and the players of. When you play a Changeling, you need to be very in touch with your apparel. "I'm going to impersonate the king" does not go over well when the monarch is strutting around in dirty leather armor and with a longbow on his back. Changelings are a cool concept but they are very much in need of the balance that they have - i.e. not changing your stats or equipment. Finding the proper attire to suit your different forms is the challenge and best part of playing this race IMO.
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I'm playing a changling and creating a lot of chaos on our campaign, shape-shifting into dead party member, and attempting to gaslight the still alive party members that he never died, and they're being ridiculous (nearly worked too!), shape-shifting into an alive party member for the whole Spiderman pointing at each other meme. But my question is, does my AC change with me as I shapeshift? I don't think it does as the guide says that my character stats don't change when I do so, but then again, stats typically mean Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, and Cha.
None of your attributes or other game statistics are changed by a feature unless that feature expressly says so. Notably, the changeling feature specifically says it doesn't affect clothes or other worn/held objects, so the only thing you can change with it is the appearance of your physical body.
To expand on the The_Ace_of_Rogues point, if the dead party member was wearing plate and you got on some studded leather you are in fact wearing studded leather (both for AC purposes and for your visual appearance) after you shift.
You wanna pretend to be that guard? don't forget to knock him out and grab his uniform first.
Alright, thanks guys!
This is something I constantly remind myself and the players of. When you play a Changeling, you need to be very in touch with your apparel. "I'm going to impersonate the king" does not go over well when the monarch is strutting around in dirty leather armor and with a longbow on his back. Changelings are a cool concept but they are very much in need of the balance that they have - i.e. not changing your stats or equipment. Finding the proper attire to suit your different forms is the challenge and best part of playing this race IMO.