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<blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 6011655" data-attributes="member: 78958">Actually, this is no longer correct. Wildshape uses the rules for the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#alternateForm" target="_blank">Alternate Form </a>special ability, not for Polymorph. But the gist of it is more or less unchanged.Basically, what you do is the following:0. Keep your HD, HP, base saves, base attack bonus, mental ability scores (Int, Wis, Cha)!1. Replace your physical ability scores (Str, Dex, Con) with the animal's ability scores.2. Lose your natural form's special qualities and special attacks.3. Lose your movement modes and natural attacks, and your ability to speak.4. Gain the (Ex) special attacks of your wildshape form.5. Gain movement modes and natural attacks of your wildshape form, along with its general physical capabilities (paws instead of hands etc.).6. Recalculate total Fort and Ref save and attack bonuses using your base saves and BAB, but adding the wildshape form's ability score modifiers.7. Recalculate skill modifiers. Note that you gain racial skill bonuses of the wildshape form (often nice for scouting, hiding, climbing, jumping etc.)!8. Subtract all effects of magical gear that you are wearing when wildshaping, since it melds into your new form and becomes nonfunctional. You may, however, drop your gear before wildshaping, then re-wear it after wildshaping if your wildshape form is capable of wearing it! Amulets, for example, are fair game.9. ???10. Profit!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Empirate, post: 6011655, member: 78958"] Actually, this is no longer correct. Wildshape uses the rules for the [URL="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#alternateForm"]Alternate Form [/URL]special ability, not for Polymorph. But the gist of it is more or less unchanged. Basically, what you do is the following: 0. Keep your HD, HP, base saves, base attack bonus, mental ability scores (Int, Wis, Cha)! 1. Replace your physical ability scores (Str, Dex, Con) with the animal's ability scores. 2. Lose your natural form's special qualities and special attacks. 3. Lose your movement modes and natural attacks, and your ability to speak. 4. Gain the (Ex) special attacks of your wildshape form. 5. Gain movement modes and natural attacks of your wildshape form, along with its general physical capabilities (paws instead of hands etc.). 6. Recalculate total Fort and Ref save and attack bonuses using your base saves and BAB, but adding the wildshape form's ability score modifiers. 7. Recalculate skill modifiers. Note that you gain racial skill bonuses of the wildshape form (often nice for scouting, hiding, climbing, jumping etc.)! 8. Subtract all effects of magical gear that you are wearing when wildshaping, since it melds into your new form and becomes nonfunctional. You may, however, drop your gear before wildshaping, then re-wear it after wildshaping if your wildshape form is capable of wearing it! Amulets, for example, are fair game. 9. ??? 10. Profit! [/QUOTE]

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