I have a Moon Druid player that wants to be able to Wildshape into a Displacer Beast. Reading through the stat block, this doesn't seem to be too powerful for a 9th level Druid. Is there any reason (other than the RAW that it must be a Beast) to disallow this?
I have seen other forums discussing Wildshaping into an Owlbear (thank you, Honor Among Thieves) with the general consensus that it was not game breaking and it was fun for the player. It looks like there are a lot of Monstrosities that would fit in with Wildshape.
If I were going to allow it, I’d be clear it’s just this one creature, not all monstrosities. Not because I think of a crazy broken one off the top of my head, but because I don’t have them all memorized. And also they could theoretically release a new one that is crazy broken. Then, allowing any others would also be case-by-case. I think, in game, the reason is mostly flavor as opposed to game balance. Druids are nature types and monstrosities are pretty much by definition not natural.
How about the Moon Druid would have to do a ritual the evening before etc to gain a monstrosity for wildshape. Also give them a possibility to do it only once a day etc to make it more special to use and not that overpowering.
I'd allow it for the Displacer Beast, but I would avoid creating a general rule that might come back to bite you later. You can just approve this one thing as a special case, and if they want more special cases later you can look at those as they come up.
I have a Moon Druid player that wants to be able to Wildshape into a Displacer Beast. Reading through the stat block, this doesn't seem to be too powerful for a 9th level Druid. Is there any reason (other than the RAW that it must be a Beast) to disallow this?
I have seen other forums discussing Wildshaping into an Owlbear (thank you, Honor Among Thieves) with the general consensus that it was not game breaking and it was fun for the player. It looks like there are a lot of Monstrosities that would fit in with Wildshape.
As others have said I think it would be ok so long as you limit it to just the displacer beast. You could even make it a character thing, you mention the Owlbear from HAT and the prequel novel actually had an explanation why she could become an owlbear (a childhood encounter meant she saw them only as animals and not monsters) and no one else could figure out how she did it so you might try something similar for your player
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I have a Moon Druid player that wants to be able to Wildshape into a Displacer Beast. Reading through the stat block, this doesn't seem to be too powerful for a 9th level Druid. Is there any reason (other than the RAW that it must be a Beast) to disallow this?
I have seen other forums discussing Wildshaping into an Owlbear (thank you, Honor Among Thieves) with the general consensus that it was not game breaking and it was fun for the player. It looks like there are a lot of Monstrosities that would fit in with Wildshape.
If I were going to allow it, I’d be clear it’s just this one creature, not all monstrosities. Not because I think of a crazy broken one off the top of my head, but because I don’t have them all memorized. And also they could theoretically release a new one that is crazy broken. Then, allowing any others would also be case-by-case.
I think, in game, the reason is mostly flavor as opposed to game balance. Druids are nature types and monstrosities are pretty much by definition not natural.
I'd probably be okay with most things that were classed as magical beast in 3e; the monstrosity category in 5e is such a catch-all.
How about the Moon Druid would have to do a ritual the evening before etc to gain a monstrosity for wildshape. Also give them a possibility to do it only once a day etc to make it more special to use and not that overpowering.
I'd allow it for the Displacer Beast, but I would avoid creating a general rule that might come back to bite you later. You can just approve this one thing as a special case, and if they want more special cases later you can look at those as they come up.
As others have said I think it would be ok so long as you limit it to just the displacer beast. You could even make it a character thing, you mention the Owlbear from HAT and the prequel novel actually had an explanation why she could become an owlbear (a childhood encounter meant she saw them only as animals and not monsters) and no one else could figure out how she did it so you might try something similar for your player