Do "Form of the dragon" bonuses stack?


Rules Questions


Does Form of the Dragon III benefit from the stat increases gained by Form of the Dragon II?

RAW seems to imply it does, but I want to know for sure.


Example: Does FOTD III gain +20 strength from all three levels, or just the +10 from the third level?


Each spell grants the bonuses that they grant. The bonuses don't stack with different level versions of each spell.


Different Polymorph spells don't stack. Each Form of the Dragon is a distinct, unrelated spell. You can't use two at once any more than you can use two Beast Shapes to become a wolf-bat hybrid.

Sovereign Court

Yeah check out polymorph rules first and then, also size bonuses don't stack.


This spell functions as form of the dragon II save that it also allows you to take the form of a Huge chromatic or metallic dragon.

This sentence is the one that brings up the question for me.


Thank you for clearing that up for me, guys.


I'm pretty sure the "functions as" part was intended to reference the breath weapon shapes, and nothing more.


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.


Well, I used Archives of Nethys to look the spell up, and it had the duration and stuff listed for all three.
So, I couldn't assume either way.

But, yeah.
HIs Cure example works fine.66

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