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Can Polymorph Any Object turn a human into a Huge Giant with a Permanent duration, with all the benefits of Giant Form II?

James Jacobs (Paizo Creative Director) says on the Paizo forums in response to someone asking about doing this:

Polymorph any object can't really do this. You're trying to emulate giant form II in this case, and [giant] form II isn't an option for polymorph any object, which functions as greater polymorph for the purposes of what it can do, unfortunately.

But the spell states:

This spell functions like greater polymorph, except that it changes one object or creature into another.

Based on this wording, is the Polymorph Any Object spell able to grant you the form of a Huge creature with the giant subtype with all the benefits of Giant Form II?

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No, it can't. The description of the spell specifically says that it works like greater polymorph except that you can turn living creatures into objects and the other way around. Other than that, it mimics greater polymorph.

The description of greater polymorph specifically says that if you use the spell to turn the target into a humanoid creature it works like alter self, which only allows you to take the form of a small or medium humanoid.

Relevant extract from greater polymorph:

If the form is that of a humanoid, the spell functions as alter self.

Relevant extract from alter self:

When you cast this spell, you can assume the form of any Small or Medium creature of the humanoid type. 

So you can't use this spell to turn someone into a humanoid bigger than medium. Since giants are humanoids, you can't use it to turn someone into a huge giant.

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  • "says that it works like greater polymorph except that you can turn living creatures into objects" Are you referring to the first sentence of the spell? Because that's not what it says specifically, only that "it changes one object or creature into another". – Bielna Aug 05 '18 at 06:36
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    @Bainos well, yes, but since polymorph can already change living creatures into other kinds of living creatures,the only difference is that objects get added into the mix. So while I'm not quoting it verbatim, that's specifically said. – Mr. Sandman Aug 05 '18 at 06:48
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    Also, the main point of the sentence you've quoted from my answer is that the spell specifically says that it works like greater polymorph, which is the relevant information. The exception clause is for the sake of completeness. I could put it in parentheses if that helped. – Mr. Sandman Aug 05 '18 at 06:52