Just wondering, since I am sure everyone as a Druid says "What beasts have I seen before?", whose next question is "Where is the local zoo?" or pet shop, etc.?
"you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before."
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Assuming a zoo even exists in a given world, and then assuming it isn’t just a king who has a small menagerie for their own enjoyment, I’d think a Druid visiting a zoo would be horrified and just start opening cages. No matter how well the animals might be treated, it goes against the natural order. But returning a polar bear to the arctic could be a pretty fun side quest.
Assuming a zoo even exists in a given world, and then assuming it isn’t just a king who has a small menagerie for their own enjoyment, I’d think a Druid visiting a zoo would be horrified and just start opening cages. No matter how well the animals might be treated, it goes against the natural order. But returning a polar bear to the arctic could be a pretty fun side quest.
I mean... to be fair, the Zoo doesn't still need to be open by the time you leave for you to get access to all the animals for wild shape.
It'll be weird having a druid going into a zoo without them trying to free everything! But of course that's the beauty of the game! do whatever you want!!
Assuming a zoo even exists in a given world, and then assuming it isn’t just a king who has a small menagerie for their own enjoyment, I’d think a Druid visiting a zoo would be horrified and just start opening cages. No matter how well the animals might be treated, it goes against the natural order. But returning a polar bear to the arctic could be a pretty fun side quest.
I mean... to be fair, the Zoo doesn't still need to be open by the time you leave for you to get access to all the animals for wild shape.
Excellent point. And I guess you could try out the new forms right on the spot.
While I appreciate the concept of needing to see an animal before turning into it, it's awful messy when the rules also allow you to be a 600-year-old Far Traveler/Outlander elf or an 18-year-old human street urchin. So the former can probably be anything right off the bat and the latter can be... a rat. And maybe a pigeon at level 8 aside from what they happen to see on the way. Or alternately you have to say, "No, in your centuries of exploring the wilderness you only saw a handful of beasts."
While I appreciate the concept of needing to see an animal before turning into it, it's awful messy when the rules also allow you to be a 600-year-old Far Traveler/Outlander elf or an 18-year-old human street urchin. So the former can probably be anything right off the bat and the latter can be... a rat. And maybe a pigeon at level 8 aside from what they happen to see on the way. Or alternately you have to say, "No, in your centuries of exploring the wilderness you only saw a handful of beasts."
I assume a druid from any sort of druidic community would have been shown a variety of animals by older druids using their own wild shapes. If it's not too exotic, go ahead and be it
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Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
It'll be weird having a druid going into a zoo without them trying to free everything! But of course that's the beauty of the game! do whatever you want!!
That is also going to be part of my fun as the DM when my players go to my zoo.
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Just wondering, since I am sure everyone as a Druid says "What beasts have I seen before?", whose next question is "Where is the local zoo?" or pet shop, etc.?
"you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before."
Just go to the zoo!
What's a zoo?
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Assuming a zoo even exists in a given world, and then assuming it isn’t just a king who has a small menagerie for their own enjoyment, I’d think a Druid visiting a zoo would be horrified and just start opening cages. No matter how well the animals might be treated, it goes against the natural order.
But returning a polar bear to the arctic could be a pretty fun side quest.
I mean... to be fair, the Zoo doesn't still need to be open by the time you leave for you to get access to all the animals for wild shape.
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this has made me just more interested in becoming a druid lol
Oh, I don't have to assume - I'm the DM and I am making a zoo - a nicey-nicey zoo-zoo, where things are definitely going wrong.
It'll be weird having a druid going into a zoo without them trying to free everything! But of course that's the beauty of the game! do whatever you want!!
Excellent point. And I guess you could try out the new forms right on the spot.
While I appreciate the concept of needing to see an animal before turning into it, it's awful messy when the rules also allow you to be a 600-year-old Far Traveler/Outlander elf or an 18-year-old human street urchin. So the former can probably be anything right off the bat and the latter can be... a rat. And maybe a pigeon at level 8 aside from what they happen to see on the way. Or alternately you have to say, "No, in your centuries of exploring the wilderness you only saw a handful of beasts."
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I assume a druid from any sort of druidic community would have been shown a variety of animals by older druids using their own wild shapes. If it's not too exotic, go ahead and be it
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
That is also going to be part of my fun as the DM when my players go to my zoo.