Out of curiosity, any reasoning behind why druids can no longer wild shape into elementals? Also is there any plans to bring the ability back? I miss the ability to be so in tune with nature that you can literally turn into a creature made of one of the 5 elements of life.
So only moon druids could do so in 5e and Elementals don't align with theme of the Circle of the Moon.
I expect they will introduce another subclass that does elemental shapes, probably as templates in a future product.
Personally I like the idea of a moon druid like wild shaper but with elemental spells in wild shape like Elementalism, Sorcerous Burst (call it Elemental Burst), Absorb Elements, Dragon breath, Elemental Weapon, Conjure Minor Elementalss and Conjure Elemental. Tack on Cure wounds as an extra.
Druids already get Elemental Weapon, Absorb E, Conjure Minor Elementals and Conjure Elementals. However, all conjuration spells have been nerfed hard in 2024.
The fact is that b/c the devs wanted to re-do the Wildshape feature entirely, Elemental Wildshape became harder to justify b/c it added another thing for the devs to try to to balance. They probably could have done it, but Chris Cox, the current CEO of Hasbro, has had the dev team on a tight timeline for over 2 years. Makes sense because he just laid off a bunch of people last year and plans to lay off a bunch more this year.
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Out of curiosity, any reasoning behind why druids can no longer wild shape into elementals? Also is there any plans to bring the ability back? I miss the ability to be so in tune with nature that you can literally turn into a creature made of one of the 5 elements of life.
So only moon druids could do so in 5e and Elementals don't align with theme of the Circle of the Moon.
I expect they will introduce another subclass that does elemental shapes, probably as templates in a future product.
Personally I like the idea of a moon druid like wild shaper but with elemental spells in wild shape like Elementalism, Sorcerous Burst (call it Elemental Burst), Absorb Elements, Dragon breath, Elemental Weapon, Conjure Minor Elementalss and Conjure Elemental. Tack on Cure wounds as an extra.
Druids already get Elemental Weapon, Absorb E, Conjure Minor Elementals and Conjure Elementals. However, all conjuration spells have been nerfed hard in 2024.
The fact is that b/c the devs wanted to re-do the Wildshape feature entirely, Elemental Wildshape became harder to justify b/c it added another thing for the devs to try to to balance. They probably could have done it, but Chris Cox, the current CEO of Hasbro, has had the dev team on a tight timeline for over 2 years. Makes sense because he just laid off a bunch of people last year and plans to lay off a bunch more this year.