D&D General The Owlbear Druid: How Would You Do It? (A Poll)

[Professor Murder]

Offer it as an unlock based on some in game quest or action.

 

[Savage Wombat]

Unless she does it more than once in the movie, I'm going to assume that she said she could do it, and the DM didn't want to interrupt the game to look up whether it was legal. Afterwards, they had a talk and the player agreed not to do it again.

 

[MGibster]

Stop making non-superpowered fantastic animals not animals.

What does it even mean to be supernatural in a world were dragons, vampires, and magic are real and palpable forces? Your'e right, stop making them not animals.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

I have a feat for moon druids that give them a list of monstrosities they can change into once a day using their wildshape features.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

This is what I'd do. Just reskin a bear and let them have at it.

I'd let the druid use bear stats but it looks like an owlbear. Replace the bite attack with a beak attack that is the same except for the name.

I'm pretty sure that statwise the owlbear is just a bigger bear.

 

[Vaalingrade]

This is what I'd do. Just reskin a bear and let them have at it.

That poor bear!

 

[Crimson Longinus]

In addition to owlbears, I’d allow certain other monstrosites like griffons and rocs. But not stuff with a magical or supernatural attack like a basilisk. Each creat Is evaluated as it is requested.

Yep. If it is basically a thing that can't do anything real animals couldn't, it is probably fine. Dinosaurs are pretty damn fantastical too, they just happened to be real.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I hope the Anniversary Edition goes back to the early play test rules for wildshape, a handful of stat blocks that represent a wide range of similar animals that you can describe to your want. Players shouldn't be using the MM.

 

[darjr]

It’s a Druid Owlbear that shape changes into a tiefling.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Yep. If it is basically a thing that can't do anything real animals couldn't, it is probably fine. Dinosaurs are pretty damn fantastical too, they just happened to be real.

Remember wen 3x make dinosaurs Beasts just to hose druids?