Wild Shaping on Druid... how do you handle that as a DM?
Seriously, I'm wondering what WotC was thinking back then... This has happened to me multiple times... A player takes on the druid class, wild shapes into an animal of equivilant HD that he likes.. so...
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I agree with you that high level druids are problematic to run in a balanced fashion.In terms of items, I would prefer to say that the items do not work for humanoids in animal form, unless created to...
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Quote:In addition, his gear are functionalUmm... how so? For example, a druid with a belt, 2 rings, a vest, and a cloak shapeshifts and... none of it works, unless you're using some other rules than...
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The idea is many item slots (aka chakras) don't change based on a creature's form. The size of the equipment required to fit the chakra may change, but the equipment itself will generally resize...
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Exactly as noldor said.... With the exception of armor and weapons... everything else is resizable as per the book.Arturick: Yeah, I took everything unrealistic out of the game. No spells, no magic,...
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Well, I guess the important thing to note is simply that you've been playing it wrong (unless you chose to house rule appropriately, which would also be fine)... so if you're finding the druid too...
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Quote:a vest for a human is still not adjustable to be worn by a tigerWhy not? A dragon can wear it. Check out the magic item resizing rules and the Draconomicon (wherein it is discussed how even a...
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A tiger is not a bipedal creature with arms. It is not a 'humanoid' and thusly does not have the same item spots as a humanoid, and items crafted for a humanoid will not necessarily be able to be worn...
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I thought armor always melded into the animal form and became non-functional, regardless of 3.0 or 3.5. In that case, animal AC's are generally pretty crappy compared to a warrior type of the same...
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Armor does always meld, but you can get wild armor, and depending on how you rule on it, you can get exotic wild stone heavy armor with a nice +9 base armor, no dex, _huge_ penalty... wild shape, and...
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See there goes my beef.....A vest of +3 resistance.. is not armor... the rules so far stated are not explicit rules and seem to rely on 'realistic interpretations'Look at the following so far. You...
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Good luck--there was a long, long thread about this last year.The DMG has guidelines about humanoid shaped beings and item slots. Some of the expansion books (Draconomicon and Lords of Madness) have...
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I would get rid of Natural Spell. Make Natural Spell a meta-magic feat which raises the spell level required by one or two just like any other meta-magic spell. This doesn't solve all the problems,...
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Also note that a druid in animal form cannot speak, either. Only normal animal sounds are allowed--a parrot shape can't speak, for instance._______________________Schindleria praematurusSchindleria...
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3) It cannot adjust itself to its size.Why not? It says that none armor/weapons that are magical can grow or shrink to accomodate the wearer, and it doesn't state how much larger or smaller.That's...
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So, the real problem/question is:Can a druid shift into a form 'for the day', putting on all their magic items _except armor and weapons_ at that time?So, the halfling druid takes off their vest, hat,...
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There are contrary quotes in alter self, errata, FAQ, rules of the game, etc predicated on the concept of body shape mattering for items that contradict the draconomicon, but I'm not going to argue...
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I dont think a single person here disagrees that armor and weapons dont resize... you even got an ability known as SIZING.My issue is .... you are wearing a +6 amulet of natural armor.... you...
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Most likely, all equipment melds when a druid wild shapes, no matter what errata version or variant.The big question is whether you can just put it on afterwards/separately... with elementals in...
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Funny, latest sage in Dragon magazine just quoted the Draconomicon that a dragon can wear pretty much anything a human can except for armor unless it is design for it.I have such evil thoughts of...
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