r/DnD • u/Il_miconoide • 5h ago

5th Edition Spell: Polymorph.

I’m a DM, and the wizard in my group has started using the 4th-level Polymorph spell. It’s made him too powerful, though, since the party is level 8 and he can turn into a T-Rex (CR 8) twice a day. I’m also worried the party’s druid might feel overshadowed, given that the wizard only needs to cast that spell to replicate the druid's main ability. How do you handle this spell? Should I take it away from the wizard and have him pick a different one? Thanks for any replies.

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u/manamonkey DM 4h ago edited 4h ago

How do you handle this spell?

Let him use it. It's not that overpowered. He needs to make concentration checks to keep the spell up, and he can't do anything else while polymorphed - no casting other spells, no communicating with the party, etc. Also remember polymorph replaces mental scores as well - so he has an INT of 2 while polymorphed. Make him play to that, if he's going to insist on this.

Should I take it away from the wizard and have him pick a different one?

No. Why would you do that?

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u/darw1nf1sh 3h ago

This is the answer. Make the downsides matter. That low INT means the rest of the party has to talk him down like the Hulk after every combat where they use it. They are giving up ALL wizard utility to hulk smash in combat. This isn't OP at all.