Polymorph bug

[Arshak]

I've encountered a very strange bug with polymorph on my wizard character. Observe:

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A bandit's crush violently hits your right leg.

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A bandit's crush deftly hits your abdomen.

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A bandit's crush crushes your left leg.

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You make a bandit feel he has kicked a huge stone!

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A bandit's crush deftly hits your chest.

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A bandit's crush deftly hits your chest.

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A bandit's crush crushes your right leg.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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A bandit's crush violently hits your chest.

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A bandit's crush violently hits your chest.

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A bandit's crush violently hits your chest.

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You grunt as a bandit's kick lands.

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You grunt as a bandit's kick lands.

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A bandit's crush violently hits your chest.

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With a bonecrunching sound a bandit's crush deftly smashes your right leg.

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A bandit's crush violently hits your chest.

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revert
Your shape slowly reverts to your natural race.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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A bandit makes a nice kick, but your crouch places his foot a mile above your head.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

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A bandit makes a nice kick, but your crouch places his foot a mile above your head.

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You evade a bandit's crushing attack.

While polymorphed into ape form and buffed as I was then, I have 28 AC, which really shouldn't be something bandits can reliably hit, yet I get hit every single time. I don't think this is intentional, feel free to nudge me if you want a clarification

[Harroghty]

Anyone else seen this while in ape form?

[Orplar]

I will test on here in a moment if you like. I have not experienced it that I have noticed, but perhaps I just didn't notice.

[Neleya]

Can confirm. Nothing of note changes in score sheet either.

From original race to ape:

Your punch hammers green slime's protoplasm.
green slime is badly bruised.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch nearly removes green slime's pseudopod.
green slime has a couple of severe gashes.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch nearly removes green slime's pseudopod.
green slime is badly injured.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch viciously pummels green slime's pseudopod.
green slime is bleeding from several injuries.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch viciously hammers green slime's protoplasm.
green slime is bleeding freely.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.

You begin to chant.
Your shape slowly changes into that of an ape!

Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your claw drives deeply in to green slime's protoplasm.
green slime has blood gushing from several grievous wounds.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your claw drives deeply in to green slime's protoplasm.
green slime is leaking heart-blood.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your bite drives deeply in to green slime's protoplasm.
green slime has suffered mortal injury.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your claw impales green slime.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your claw impales green slime.

From ape to original race:

Green slime approaches you and prepares to engage you in combat!
A giant rat approaches you and prepares to engage you in combat!
A giant rat approaches you and prepares to engage you in combat!
Your stone skin absorbs all of a giant rat's damage.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your claw impales green slime.
green slime has several minor wounds.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your claw impales green slime.
green slime is badly injured.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your bite goes straight through green slime's protoplasm.
green slime has several traumatic wounds.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
Your stone skin absorbs all of a giant rat's damage.
Your stone skin absorbs all of a giant rat's damage.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.

Your shape slowly reverts to your natural race.

Your punch brutally pulverizes green slime's protoplasm.
green slime has several traumatic wounds.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You step back out of the range of a giant rat's jaws.
You step back out of the range of a giant rat's jaws.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch brutally pulverizes green slime's protoplasm.
green slime has several traumatic wounds.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You step back out of the range of a giant rat's jaws.
You step back out of the range of a giant rat's jaws.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch pummels green slime's pseudopod.
green slime has blood gushing from several grievous wounds.
Your stone skin absorbs all of green slime's damage.
You step back out of the range of a giant rat's jaws.
You step back out of the range of a giant rat's jaws.
You evade green slime's crushing attack.
Your punch nearly removes green slime's pseudopod.
green slime is leaking heart-blood.

[Arshak]

Update:

This only seems to apply when polymorphed and wearing clothes. Ape form is useful because it saves on stripping down, but an ape not wearing anything avoids blows like normal, somehow.

[Vaemar]

I noticed that the ape is large-sized and, more importantly, like a few other forms the ape keeps the worn clothes on after the transformation.

Apparently if you wear clothes that are undersized you get hit almost always, no matter your AC. I discovered it a few years ago when I used to polymorph into a medium shape on my deep gnome wizard, and I could not understand why my stone skin burned away at such a crazy speed. It turned out that removing my tight clothes fixed it.

It would be interesting to see if that behaviour remains if you guys remove your clothes and equipment after polymorphing.