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Why assume that offspring would inherit the druid's intelligence? After all, he is a human (or whatever) in the form of a wolf, not actually a hyper-intelligent wolf. If you allow breeding to work at all, I would rule that the offspring are normal. Now, your question about "enhanced" animals...

Re: Shifter I don't really see this as a problem -- you're a 15th level character by this point, so healing generally isn't much of an issue (compare 15th level Druid or Cleric -- you're giving up all those spell levels for something). On the other hand, I'm a little more concerned about the...

I would argue for "seen once." One of the designers (Monte or Sean, I believe) suggested that as a limiting factor for the polymorph spells, and I think that it would serve well with Wildshape and Greater Wildshape. IMHO, requiring anything more would too greatly limit this ability -- and, in...

Well, I do agree with you in some respects. There seems to be some power inflation in the newer products (mostly 3rd party). However, although I don't care for the class books for other reason, in general the PrC's aren't unbalanced (with some notable exceptions). MOTW in particular requires...

But historically (and that seems to be the concern in this particular thread), the church did wield a great deal of political power. And if DMs are so concerned about properly refeflecting social and class division in society, how can you ignore that? An individual cleric may not have more...

what about the church? All this discussion of "caste" systems (something of a misnomer) in fantasy games brought another question to my mind -- what about the role of religious organizations in games? Historically, the Catholic church had a great deal of power (abbots and monk did not during...

A few points.... (1) People seem to be confusing caste with class. Although there are some similarities, a caste-based society is quite different from a class-based one -- and medieval Europe was most definitely not caste-based (compare to India or Japan). (2) If you're indeed using a feudal...

Absolutely correct! And as I tried to point out earlier, the "typical" fantasy setting is not really medieval -- at least not in a historical Western European sense. It's closer to Renaissance, when there was an emerging middle class.

If we're going to try to enforce some sort of "historical accuracy" regarding feudal relations and caste systems, then by all rights PCs (as "adventurers") should be considered pariahs, at best -- mercenaries, freebooters, vagabonds, and thieves, at worst. The idea of "adventuring" is as...

I would argue a restriction like that would make greater wildshape useless, particularly considering that you sacrifice so much spell power for the ability. IMHO, "familiar with" implies "having seen." That is still a significant restriction, and should limit abusive players.

Yes, when you change size with polymorph or greater wildshape, your weapons change size to match your new form (if applicable) -- use the chart in the Monster Manual to determine new weapon damage. Also, according to the new wildshape rules, you gain the attacks of the form you assume. So, in...

I find that rather odd -- it seems to me like the shifter, while very cool, is actually less powerful than a single-classed druid, particularly once you reach high levels. And the exotic weapon master is an interesting concept character, but hardly more effective than single-classed barbarian...

As a former player who now only DMs, I'd suggest giving it a cautious try for a couple sessions -- but only if you really enjoy gaming with this particular DM and group. Your description reminds me of my own experience. In the past I played in a series of campaigns under a brilliant DM; he was...

Actually the DMG suggests just that as an option, under "customizing classes" (I don't have the exact page number, unforfunately). The example given in the DMG, I believe, is that of a fighter who gives up heavy and medium armor proficiency for access to some Rogue skills. As long as the...

Questions like these (along with other problems with the original and errata'd polymorph spells) forced me to do a complete overhaul of polymorph. For details, check out this thread in House Rules.... http://www.enworld.org/messageboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1194

Amazon Oddly enough, Amazon now shows that MOTW will be published March 6. Maybe I should cancel my order with them....

Actually, the most recent revision is in the Psionics Handbook errata at http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/er/er20010819a

I think a medicine bag approach (or something similar) would be interesting, but I'd want to give some small boost to the druid in return (you're effectively requiring a material component/focus for an ability that has none) -- maybe +2 to the animal form's physical stats, or give the equivalent...

In general, I like the revised sorceror. I particularly appreciate the improved skills, but the larger hit dice doesn't really matter to me. I also like the fact the you gain a few more known spells. The changed spell list hurts quite a bit, though. I know it doesn't affect every campaign...

In general, I like the revised sorceror. I particularly appreciate the improved skills, but the larger hit dice doesn't really matter to me. I also like the fact the you gain a few more known spells. The changed spell list hurts quite a bit, though. I know it doesn't affect every campaign...