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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Using Absorb Elements after coming out of wildshape due to reaching 0 HP [duplicate]
Let's say we have a druid without the Beast Spells feature. They take enough elemental damage to reach zero HP, thus reverting them from Wild Shape. They are already in their original form, so they ...
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Does a Druid's Wild Shape allow extra attacks from Barbarians Beast Totem Rage Power?
The Barbarian's Rage Power Lesser Beast Totem adds two claw attacks:
While raging, the barbarian gains two claw attacks. These attacks are considered primary attacks and are made at the barbarian’s ...
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Do the benefits of the Dwarven Fortitude feat carry over when you wild shape?
I got into a discussion recently about a druid using Dwarven Fortitude to spend the hit dice of their wild shape form, and someone suggested that it couldn't be done because you lose access to Dwarven ...
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How do you determine a druid's eligibility to use Elven Accuracy's reroll while in Wild Shape (assuming they do have advantage)?
Consider a druid who has the Elven Accuracy racial feat (available to Elves and Half-Elves). Among other things, this feat says:
Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll using Dexterity, ...
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What determines if a Wild Shaped Druid/Rogue can use a finesse weapon to gain Sneak Attack?
A Druid/Rogue multiclass gains access to Wild Shape and Sneak Attack.
While Wild Shaped, a character gets access to most features it has normally. Sneak Attack is one of those features.
I am aware ...
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If a Wild Shaped Druid takes extreme damage due to the Fire Elemental’s Water Susceptibility trait, does the damage carry over to their normal form?
I had a situation come up in my game tonight where a gunslinger opponent used powerful shot to push the druid, who was wild shaped into a fire elemental, off a ship into the ocean. The fire elemental ...
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What happens when taking damage during Wild Shape and trying to use the Absorb Elements spell?
The Wild Shape feature includes the following:
[...] if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. [...]
Meanwhile, the absorb elements ...
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Does the Tough feat's hit point bonus apply to a Druid's wild shapes? [duplicate]
A Druid in Wild Shape takes on all the wild shape creature's physical ability scores, and those creatures have a number of listed Hit Dice, so does the Druid get to add the additional 2 hp per hit ...
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Can a Druid wildshape into a Bestial Spirit form, and if they can, what are the mechanical effects of doing so for the Spirit's stat block?
Summon Beast (Summon Bestial Spirit, freely available UA version of the spell)
Note that I'm linking to the UA because it is freely available and the content for this spell is almost identical to its ...
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Can a druid in Wild Shape use the Medicine skill to stabilize a dying creature?
The PHB description of the Medicine skill is paltry. Wild Shape doesn't seem to cover skills like Medicine, though it does say you retain skill proficiencies.
Can a druid in Wild Shape use the ...
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How can someone steal from a Wild Shaped druid?
As stated in the Wild Shape druid feature (emphasis mine):
You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it.
As far as I know, this ...
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What happens to magical tattoos when a druid uses wild shape?
Wild shape states that:
You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it.
Since magical tattoos (from XGtE and TCoE) are not '...
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What happens to Ability Score changes when shapeshifted?
A low strength druid has been hit twice by a Shadow's Strength Drain ability, reducing their strength score from 9 to 3. Fearing potential instant death, the Druid uses Wild Shape to turn into a ...
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As a wildshaped druid, I’m getting polymorphed. What happens when the polymorph ends, do I revert to wildshape form or to normal form?
Imagine that I’m a druid, wild-shaped into a beast.
I got polymorphed by a wizard.
I want to know which form my druid will revert to when the polymorph spell ends because of the wizard losing ...
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Can a target escape a Wild Shaped Portable Hole/Bag of Holding
Inspired by this question here: Can you use Wild Shape to meld a Bag of Holding into your Wild Shape form while creatures are inside the Bag of Holding?
Portable holes state that you can use a ...
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