Just wanted to ask a small question. When a druid uses Wild Shape, is the druid able to do the beast's abilities? (that they're transforming into). For example, if you were a Level 2 Druid and transformed into a Blink Dog, could you use its teleportation ability? Could you use a boar's Relentless ability? It might be in the PHB but I just can't find it so I wanted to come on here and ask. Sorry if I'm being dumb.
Druids can wildshape into anything in the "beast" category.
Blink dogs are categorized as fey.
Other than that you can use things like the senses of a beast form.
While you are transformed, the following rules apply:
Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature’s bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can’t use them.
When you transform, you assume the beast’s hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. For example, if you take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren’t knocked unconscious.
You can’t cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn’t break your concentration on a spell you’ve already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you’ve already cast.
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can’t use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.
Hi, I'm making a dire wolf character sheet and i'm wondering if I can add a scratch or claw attack to have 2 attacks insted of one?
If you're talking about using a Dire Wolf form when you're Wild Shaped as a Druid, then the answer is no; you have to use the stat block for the creature you're turning into. Though most DMs would probably be fine if you reflavored the existing bite attack as a claw attack.
If you're talking about actually playing a character who's naturally a Dire Wolf, that's not an official playable species, so you'll need to work with your DM to figure out how it will work mechanically.
Just wanted to ask a small question. When a druid uses Wild Shape, is the druid able to do the beast's abilities? (that they're transforming into). For example, if you were a Level 2 Druid and transformed into a Blink Dog, could you use its teleportation ability? Could you use a boar's Relentless ability? It might be in the PHB but I just can't find it so I wanted to come on here and ask. Sorry if I'm being dumb.
Edit: I got an answer! You don't need to reply!
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Druids can wildshape into anything in the "beast" category.
Blink dogs are categorized as fey.
Other than that you can use things like the senses of a beast form.
While you are transformed, the following rules apply:
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That's fine, thanks for the answer anyway 👍
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Hi, I'm making a dire wolf character sheet and i'm wondering if I can add a scratch or claw attack to have 2 attacks insted of one?
No. You can't just invent new attacks for a character.
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If you're talking about using a Dire Wolf form when you're Wild Shaped as a Druid, then the answer is no; you have to use the stat block for the creature you're turning into. Though most DMs would probably be fine if you reflavored the existing bite attack as a claw attack.
If you're talking about actually playing a character who's naturally a Dire Wolf, that's not an official playable species, so you'll need to work with your DM to figure out how it will work mechanically.
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Sorry, but thank you, just wanting to be sure