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Polymorph Any Object is one frickin' badass eighth-level arcane spell that can royally fuck with your favorite PCs. Did you want a save with that? Suck it up (at least in the realm of Paragon). How about at least getting to use your defense against a touch attack? Not with this one.
Ironically however, this insane transmutation spell can also backfire on game masters when they least expect it. Case in point was the use of this badass spell on my primary PC in Anthony's long-running Paragon campaign. The rakshasa uber-villain opted to use this on my bronze dragon (formerly griffon) Celeres to turn him into an adorable little lion cub instead.
However, rather than viewing this magical mishap as a setback, I quickly realized it was the perfect opportunity in disguise. You see, Anthony's campaign now bore a striking resemblance to a certain 1994 Disney feature film.
So rather than bemoan my character's loss of draconic abilities and the nuking of his physical ability scores (except dexterity), I ran with it as a full-round action. It would have been awfully hard for a large-sized bronze dragon to hop on top of the Counsel Meeting Table, but it's no problem for Celeres to do so in order to belt out his best rendition of I Just Can't Wait To Be King!
It's just like they all say: hakuna matata. Or, in Paragon-terms: hakuna ma-lemon.
