Polymorph: Black Cat, Serpent found in Dalaran

I don't know how new this is but it's news to me, and great news to Mages looking for more Polymorphing fun -- reader Alassiel on Uldaman (thanks!) was poking around Dalaran in the beta, and in the Sisters Sorcerous shop, he found a new Polymorph spell, Black Cat, for... wait for it... 2500g. Yes, it'll cost you more than twice a Gigantique bag, but if you're looking for a new Poly spell and don't want to muck around in the waters of ZG, there you go. And apparently Polymorph: Serpent is also occasionally sold by the same character for the same price.
Both spells seem to be level 60 spells, strangely enough (Update: Because, I learned in the comments, the highest rank of Polymorph is obtained at level 60), so if your 60 Mage has 5000g just sitting around or has a rich alt willing to pay the price, you could be using them then. WoWWiki also says the prices are rep-related, so if you do a little grinding for the Kirin Tor, you might be able to pick them up for cheaper. And don't forget that this is Wrath -- 2500g is likely only a few days of dailies anyway. Polymorph on!
Both spells seem to be level 60 spells, strangely enough (Update: Because, I learned in the comments, the highest rank of Polymorph is obtained at level 60), so if your 60 Mage has 5000g just sitting around or has a rich alt willing to pay the price, you could be using them then. WoWWiki also says the prices are rep-related, so if you do a little grinding for the Kirin Tor, you might be able to pick them up for cheaper. And don't forget that this is Wrath -- 2500g is likely only a few days of dailies anyway. Polymorph on!
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Masaru Oct 3rd 2008 1:50PM
The minor Glyph of the Bear Cub is way better in my opinion.
Jewbanks Oct 3rd 2008 1:55PM
all in all at least their will be diversity
Skarlette Oct 3rd 2008 1:55PM
This is awesome news! I have a random polymorph macro so I never know if I'm going to get a sheep, pig or turtle when I hit it. I'd love to add even more random hilarity to the mix. I intend to get every polymorph variant I can get my magely mitts on!
Dabura Oct 3rd 2008 4:23PM
Please tell me your macro, I've been trying to work one out for ages, but it never works :(
Fireflash38 Oct 3rd 2008 5:23PM
Dabura:
#showtooltip
/castrandom Polymorph, Polymorph:Pig(Rank 1), Polymorph:Turtle(Rank 1)
Shift click the spell name into the macro window, as I do not recall the exact name of the Pig/Turtle cast.
Skarlette Oct 3rd 2008 8:42PM
/castrandom Polymorph(Rank 4), Polymorph(Rank 1: Pig), Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)
Jewbanks Oct 3rd 2008 1:56PM
what would happen if you had to minor polymorph glyphs
Jewbanks Oct 3rd 2008 2:07PM
two*such as the bear cub and the penguin
Tseran Oct 3rd 2008 2:47PM
I have never seen the serpent on the vendor, and I check constantly. The Black cat one definitely is there, but still no official word on the serpent. Until I see it there myself, or see a screen cap, I won't believe it.
rat Oct 3rd 2008 4:25PM
The serpent is there--my mage has it (though he only paid 950g for it; they must have raised the price since he bought it). Both it and the Black Cat are (or were) limited-supply items. I kind of hope they change that, since I'd rather not have to camp the store waiting for it to respawn on the dealer.
gridwerk Oct 3rd 2008 4:34PM
What would be really neat is if it had a fear debuff in black cat form that lowered/dumped aggro on the caster in case the CC'd guy broke early or he would go into a 3 or 4 second fear. Penguin could add a frost/slow debuff- so could turtle. SOMETHING is better than nothing.
I dunno, get crazy with it, but so far all it is is another version of a spell but doesnt actually do anything of new value. Kinda like the changing of spell names or icons- remember how fun that was?
When I see a mage cast poly and a little pig pops up these days I just ask him if I can haz goldz plsthxbai cause he obviously has too much dough. Course, Im so broke in-game Im trying to make a tabard that says Will Sheep For Food.
(Not sure how the above post got dropped in the wrong spot so I re-posted. Sorry for the repeat.)
LA Dave Oct 3rd 2008 6:00PM
You actually do a quest chain as a Mage to get the Polymorph Pig spell.
The Turtle variant is what can be bought or sold on the AH.
peagle Oct 3rd 2008 6:06PM
"When I see a mage cast poly and a little pig pops up these days I just ask him if I can haz goldz plsthxbai"
Given that is a free spell, learned via an easy quest, you appear to be a few marshmallows short of a bowl of Lucky Charms.
gridwerk Oct 3rd 2008 6:46PM
'splains why they never part with the dough.
I've never seen the turtle, where's it drop?
Jewbanks Oct 3rd 2008 7:03PM
the turtle drops off the fish boss in ZG
Blondy Oct 3rd 2008 9:08PM
I'm excited about this, and the turtle isn't that rare, first time going into zg it dropped for me. After it reset, went in with another mage in my guild and it dropped for them. I guess its just a matter of our guild havin some good luck