And not (mono)morph since its only able to be applied to one target.Poly means many and mono means singular in definition.
poly - (many) Synonyms : multi-, pluri- Antonyms : mono-, uni-
Was wondering on how others thought of it.
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You transform the billions of cells in that person’s body.
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Because it’s the imperative verb form of polymorphism, “The ability to assume different forms or shapes.”
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Maybe because there are many different sorts of polymorphs themselves, like you could make a sheep… but also a bumble bee or a pig etc.
I think there’s even an random critter one, thats poly!
I think the original intention of the spell was to shape the target in numerous different critter forms.
Which is exactly what is does through different glyphs.
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Probably because it assumes you can transform the target in to multiple different things.
Polymorph in the Dungeons and Dragons setting (which was a major inspiration for WoW) would be a spell that was usually a random form unless you focused on doing something specific.
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Makes sense because of the different shapes or animals that can become of it I suppose, but if it was only a sheep as its default appearance then it would only be mono.
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it fits the definition.
That’d be my guess.
Actually it’s this.
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What Mages need is a Pan-polymorph spell that turns everything in the area into a sheep.
Graze at the awesome power!
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More than one form - two in this case. Their original form, and the form you turn them into (cat, bunny, pig, whatever)
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We used to be able to turn others not just into sheep but monkeys, frogs, etc…
Idk if we still can, as mages, but I remember that. Maybe that’s why.
How about Monopolymorph, it turns the target into an old shoe that goes directly to jail
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Monkey is still there, along with turtle, pig, cat, and a few others. (Bee?)
Frog on the other hand is the shaman Hex.
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Rabbit (from Noblegarden) and Black Cat (from some lady in Dalaran) are my favorite variants on my Mage.
They gave the dinosaurs and amphibians to Hex Shamans.
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I’ll just assume you’re right
^ This is your reason OP.
It has nothing to do with target numbers and more to do with what the spell actually does which is morph something/someone into myriad of forms.
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many shapes
theres glyphs to transform people into other things aside from sheep.
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