You alter your physical form. Choose one of the following options. Its effects last for the duration, during which you can take a Magic action to replace the option you chose with a different one.
Aquatic Adaptation. You sprout gills and grow webs between your fingers. You can breathe underwater and gain a Swim Speed equal to your Speed.
Change Appearance. You alter your appearance. You decide what you look like, including your height, weight, facial features, sound of your voice, hair length, coloration, and other distinguishing characteristics. You can make yourself appear as a member of another species, though none of your statistics change. You can’t appear as a creature of a different size, and your basic shape stays the same; if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this spell to become quadrupedal, for instance. For the duration, you can take a Magic action to change your appearance in this way again.
Natural Weapons. You grow claws (Slashing), fangs (Piercing), horns (Piercing), or hooves (Bludgeoning). When you use your Unarmed Strike to deal damage with that new growth, it deals 1d6 damage of the type in parentheses instead of dealing the normal damage for your Unarmed Strike, and you use your spellcasting ability modifier for the attack and damage rolls rather than using Strength.
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Posted Sep 8, 2024Really should have updated this spell to allow Change Appearance for Small and Medium size.
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Posted Sep 11, 2024Not a magic weapon anymore, which is a noteworthy nerf.
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Posted Sep 14, 2024It's still magical damage as it comes from a spell. Spike Growth doesn't mention 'magical' piercing damage either.
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Posted Sep 14, 2024Considering the expansions to Unarmed Strikes I kind of wish the Natural Weapons option allowed you to use your spellcasting ability in place of Strength for the Grapple and Shove DCs but they specifically only mention "attack and damage rolls."
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Posted Sep 29, 2024I just wish it was additive to your unarmed strikes damage instead of a replacement.
Seems impossible to find a niche for this.
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Posted Oct 31, 2024Alter Self Legacy This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore. Learn More Basic Rules, pg. 211
Link to the legacy version of this spell
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Posted Dec 12, 2024There are no more magical weapons in that regard.
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Posted Mar 17, 2025Does Change Appearance include clothing, etc.? I have a Warlock who currently has Mask of Many Faces (Disguise Self) and I would like to replace it with Mask of Myriad Forms (Alter Self) but I want to make sure it includes clothing in the appearance (for disguises).
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Posted Mar 19, 2025One time I used alter self to give my character a moustache and nothing else
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Posted Apr 8, 2025For me its nice repleacement for Ilussion, as if You would have an ilussion on the character, the guards, or other villain can simply give You a handshake and its clear, the character is under the spell. In this case NPC`s can pull your ear or nose out and until You drop concentration only the magic can reveal You. Also You can RP to change Your sex at will ;)
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Posted Apr 16, 2025This spell really needs a better version at later levels that can be canst on others and the ability to be upcast for a longer effect or/and to remove the need to concentrate similar to the polymorph spells for it to have any use most of the time and probably add some more uses like for example better eyes , better hearing or a climbing speed . oh and maybe scaling on the damage.
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Posted Jul 28, 2025You're correct.