Questions tagged [wild-shape]
For questions about Wild Shape, the ability of D&D and Pathfinder Druids to turn themselves into a variety of animals. It is a shapeshifting effect that allows Druids to become more in tune with nature, allowing them to do things they normally could not or to become more fearsome in battle.
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Does the Heart of the Metal spell work on natural attacks?
I have a wildshape focused level 12 druid who's main wildshape form is a huge giant octopus, which gets lots of attacks with reach. The main issue I am finding is things with DR. I do have planar ...
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Can my wild-shaped druid talk to plants?
A druid casts speak with plants, and then wild-shapes into a panther, or whatever.
Can they speak with plants while wild-shaped?
Wild Shape says:
You retain the benefit of any features from your ...
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How is Wild Companion worth it? [closed]
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything contains an optional class feature for druids, "Wild Companion":
You gain the ability to summon a spirit that assumes an animal form: as an action, you can ...
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If you're a Moon druid with a level of exhaustion, and then Wild Shape into an elemental, do you regain this exhaustion when you revert?
Say you're a Circle of the Moon druid, and you have at least 1 level of exhaustion. You then use Wild Shape to transform into an elemental.
Since elementals are immune to exhaustion, you would ...
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Can a druid in animal form use Handle Animal?
My new 1st level druid likes to use the spell "Aspect of the Wolf" for combat. Now the question arose whether he can use Handle Animal in wolf form to use the Attack trick on his riding dog ...
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Can the temporary HPs provided by Symbiotic Entity last longer than 10 minutes?
The Circle of Spores Druid gets the level 2 feature Symbiotic Entity, which does the following:
As an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to awaken those spores, rather than ...
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Can a druid release a readied spell whilst in Wild Shape?
The description of the druid's Wild Shape feature makes it clear that, whilst transformed:
You can't cast spells [...]
With the caveat that:
Transforming doesn't break your concentration on a spell ...
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Can a wildshaped druid deal static attack damage? [duplicate]
If, for example, I wildshape into a boar, can I use Tusk to reliably deal 4 damage, rather than rolling 1d6 + 1 damage?
Is this one of the effects of:
Your game Statistics [being] replaced by the ...
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Can a druid change into a different beast while in wild shape [duplicate]
The question is rather simple, but the answer is not explicitly stated in the rules... Or at least not that I could find.
Can a druid just switch shape by expanding a wild shape use while transformed?
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What happens when a druid is wild shaped and then is petrified?
If a druid is wild shaped into an animal when they are hit by an effect that imposes the petrified condition, are they:
A. A petrified version of the animal they turned into.
B. A petrified version of ...
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What happens if a druid is wild shaped as an Earth elemental and gets turned into stone?
In a D&D 5th edition game I'm running the PCs fought against Gorgons. The druid was wild shaped into an earth elemental (moon druid). The druid got turned to stone by failing two saves in a row to ...
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Can I use an instant bridge as an improvised weapon?
Assuming 40+ strength with shikigami manipulation, could one use an instant bridge as an improvised weapon? Penalties are fine.
I've built a goliath druid / hinyasi brawler, so I do have a secondary ...
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Is a beast with the Change Shape feature of a metallic dragon a valid form for the purposes of the Druid's Wild Shape feature? [duplicate]
The Change Shape feature of an adult gold dragon reads as follows:
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back ...
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Communicate with Conjured Animals in Wild Shape
Can a Circle of the Moon Druid in Wild Shape issue commands to creatures summoned with Conjure Animals?
The accepted answer to this question:
Communicating with Conjured Creatures
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Can extended spell be used on the druid's wild shape to make it last longer? [duplicate]
A player has a druid with the metamagic adept feat and wondered if he could use the extended spell on his "wild shape" class feature.
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