kestral287 |
bigrig107 wrote:
I'm pretty sure the "functions as" part was intended to reference the breath weapon shapes, and nothing more.
Nah, it does more than that. We get a lot of 'functions as' for spells; it's a space-saving thing. For the Form of the Dragons, that means they got to cut the Casting Time, Components, Range, Target, Duration, Saving Throw/SR, and a good bit of the spell text-- because, except where the later Forms are called out as being different (size bonuses, breath weapon, senses, defenses, natural weapons), you can just refer back to Form I. That's a lot of space saved, because those bits at the top can really soak up room.
But they're not the same spell. Similarly, Cure Moderate Wounds does not heal 2D8+caster level and then another 1D8+caster level since it functions as Cure Light Wounds.