This spell transforms you or a willing creature you touch into a new form.The spell has no effect on a shapechanger or a creature with 0 hit points.
The transformation lasts for the duration, or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. The target can revert early as a bonus action. The new form can be any beast whose challenge rating is equal to or less than the target's (or the target's level, if it doesn't have a challenge rating). The target's game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast. It retains its alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores.
The target assumes the hit points of its new form. When it reverts to its normal form, the creature returns to the number of hit points it had before it transformed. If it reverts as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to its normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn't reduce the creature's normal form to 0 hit points, it isn't knocked unconscious.
The creature is limited in the actions it can perform by the nature of its new form, and it can't speak, cast spells, or take any other action that requires hands or speech.
When you cast the spell, you choose whether your equipment falls to the ground, merges into the new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal. The DM determines whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature's shape and size. The equipment doesn't change shape or size to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can't wear must either fall to the ground or merge into the new form. Equipment that merges has no effect in that state.
If the target reverts early as a bonus action, it can return to the form as an action, as long as the duration has not expired.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 6th level, the duration is 1 hour. When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 7th level, the duration is 8 hours. When you cast this spell with a spell slot of 9th level, the duration is 1 day. Casting this spell with a spell slot of 6th level or higher grants a duration that doesn't require concentration.
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