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Originally Posted by Squirrelloid
Couldn't change his form anymore, but that mostly meant he couldn't become pretty. The only story involving Sauron in a physical fight is Beren and Luthien, and then it involves shapechanging. In fact, afaict he never takes a form substantially larger than man-sized.
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Specifically, he was no longer able to take a fair form, and thus was no longer able to deceive Elves or Men about his true nature, but had to rule by force and terror.
The other case of Sauron in a physical fight is when he is overthrown by Gil-Galad and Elendil. It is not described in any detail, but I got the impression of an epic struggle. A larger than human, though not titan sized form could be justified.
Isuldir did describe the Ring as shrinking.
I do like the idea of multiple Sauron forms to choose from for a pretender, even if justifying them is a stretch. Gives the player some options, while remaining appropriate.