i am dreadding doing my playtest sessions whith this new druid luckily created a ingame backstory to explain the change in abilities and that it is a temporary shift allowing to playtest 1dnd druid as is and then some homebrew changes to see what works better so can give more creative feedback but gonna be some bad sessions
one thing im not keen on is how you can just choose how your form appears why wouldnt we just choose a form that can use our equipment so get benefits that way so being able to use a +3 longsword and shield etc just seems a bit too odd
They have taken away the language allowing you to keep your gear & use it while in WS, all your gear is absorbed into the new form, so you can't get benefits from it.
This makes me think, I'd really like a Druid in One D&D that can inflict it's WS onto enemies....
Amusingly monkeys and apes are the optimal wildshape for OneDnD Druid. The only thing your chosen form affects is what appendages you have access to, which means an ape has all the combat power of any other animal choice but can ALSO pick up items and manipulate objects. So choosing a monkey form is objectively better than being a wolf or bear with no downsides.
Actually, strike that. Octopus or Squid form is better. By RAW, nothing stops you from turning into one as your Land form and you'd have eight to ten limbs to manipulate objects with, all without any loss in combat power!
That is something the selectable powers thing could fix. Have tool using be a level 5 choice. If you are picking between tool using and web shooting or something it might be something you skip on. But a giant ape wielding a club sounds like a lot of fun.
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nope you get to choose drop it or absorb it just cant keep it worn so shields and weapons just need repicking up
yh but polymorph is better than this ws
Amusingly monkeys and apes are the optimal wildshape for OneDnD Druid. The only thing your chosen form affects is what appendages you have access to, which means an ape has all the combat power of any other animal choice but can ALSO pick up items and manipulate objects. So choosing a monkey form is objectively better than being a wolf or bear with no downsides.
Actually, strike that. Octopus or Squid form is better. By RAW, nothing stops you from turning into one as your Land form and you'd have eight to ten limbs to manipulate objects with, all without any loss in combat power!
That is something the selectable powers thing could fix. Have tool using be a level 5 choice. If you are picking between tool using and web shooting or something it might be something you skip on. But a giant ape wielding a club sounds like a lot of fun.