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almost correct, but it takes survival to track

I assume we are talking about the revised shapeshift/polymorph/wildshape rules (Issued around July 2006 I think) in comparison to the PHB2 druid variant? In other words: WS only gains movement forms, physical stats (but no hitpoints change), size and special attacks. No special qualities, no...

Actually, I consider the SS elemental forms superior to the WS ones, certainly levels 16-19 (WS becomes huge only at level 20). Remember that WS druids fall back to 1-3 elemental changes per day. Too bad all the forms get superseded by the next form. Predator quickly becomes nothing more than...

I started playing one, straight druid 20 prolly. No combat experience yet. Improved Unarmed Strike Improved Grapple Augment Healing Spontaneous Healer Those are my 4 benchmark feats to start with. The rest is still open. Got the impression on paper that the first 7 levels will be tough, 8-11...

A FS that takes augment healing and the PHB2 variant will outheal most clerics (Radiants of Pelor/Initiates of Ilmater might do better). It's indeed a challenge to cover all bases as status effects go with a limited spell selection. Don't forget you can swap out spells. e.g. Once you have heal...

Interesting. I'm currently playing a human druid using the PHB2 shapeshifter variant. He's got Improved Unarmed Strike. He can shapeshift to a predator form (wolf, bite attack for d6) as a swift action. So it's possible for him to use the full attack action, attack once with a scimitar at...

Another example. Thornskin (Spell Compendium Drd 3). Your skin sprouts thorns ... increasing the damage you deal with an unarmed strike. By the RAW it looks that you can't use this with your natural attacks from wildshape/shapechange.

mmm, I think you're right. the second key word would be "Attempts" I guess. So you get the +4 bonus on the initial opposed grapple check when an opponent tries to grapple you. But not afterwards. Not even when you try to disengage from the grapple using an opposed grapple check (or escape from...

Benefit: You gain a +4 bonus on checks or rolls to resist bull rush, disarm, grapple, overrun and trip attempts made against you. Considering you're grappling. When do you get the bonus? Whenever your opponent makes a check and you oppose? When you try to escape the grapple and your opponent...

Actually that's not in the text. I must admit the text as a whole is badly written and open for different interpretations. IOC we make a distinction between the state "dervish dance" and the actual combat dance. The state "dervish dance" is treated much in the same way as rage. It has a...

rules of the game ... http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20050301a doesn't seem to help either.

I'm not impressed with Spontaneous Rejuvenation. I don't see myself using a standard action to burn a level 9 spell slot for fast healing 9 for 3 rounds. Might as wel cast some mass cure spell. Getting Improved Natural Attack for all those attack forms seems a bit over the top. I would stick...

But grapple isn't a bison's typical way to attack. So it would rather use it's grapple check to escape the grapple rather than doing damage or, even less likely, pin it's opponent. Asking a bison to actually start a grapple, doing damage during the grapple or pin it's opponent would at least...

Points for roleplay ... but an Evil cleric can't summon a Hound Archon (LG), since the summon spell would gain the Lawful and Good descriptors. Evil clerics can't cast Good spells (the deity doesn't even matter).

Ghostwise Halflings (FR) have a nifty way around the "no talking" rule with their telepathic speech, giving up the racial bonus on saves (or the Strongheart's bonus feat). Their savage/forest background meshes well with the class too.

And a few months worth of animal training ...

"Imp Buckler Defense works with a two handed weapon. I remember it being spelled out somewhere, even." mmm, so you impose a -4 off-hand penalty to hit and a max of 1/2 str bonus when fighting with a 2-hander? to me it's rather clear that, in 3.5, off-hand weapon is specifically meant for a...

DMG Using Items: Spell Trigger: "... and a single word that must be spoken". Command Word: If no activation method is suggested either in the magic item description or by the nature of the item, assume that a command word is needed to activate it. PHB Combat Section: Activate Magic Item: Spell...

"Except that weilding too weapons explicitly does cause you to incur the TWF penalties."\ This is where people disagree ... If you wield a second weapon in your off hand, you can get one extra attack per round with that weapon. Fighting this way is very hard ... It all depends where you hook...