D&D 3E/3.5 [3.5] Wildshape to tree

[Wippit Guud]

Now that a druid can wildshape into a treeform, how long would he have to stay in that form to take in enough nourishment to sustain him/her for the day?

 

[Skaros]

Re: [3.5] Wildshape to tree, and food

Now that a druid can wildshape into a treeform, how long would he have to stay in that form to take in enough nourishment to sustain him/her for the day?

I don't have my 3.5 PH at work with me, but I believe he can wildshape into creatures with the type of 'Plant', meaning a tendrilicus, etc, not common trees and flowers.

Anyone feel free to post actual text and correct my memory.

Skaros

 

[Wippit Guud]

Do they actually eat?
What does a treant eat?

 

[youspoonybard]

Eh. Elemental is probably better suited for that purpose.

Looking at the 3.5 MM, "Plants breathe and eat, but do not sleep."

Elemental: Elementals do not eat, sleep, or breathe.

There you go.

 

[Anubis the Doomseer]

Do they actually eat?
What does a treant eat?

Well, the descriptions of the shambling mound says it is carnivorous, the tentriculous says it consumes vast quantities of meat.

The treant is likely more the standard "air and water and soil nutrients" sort of deal.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Re: [3.5] Wildshape to tree, and food

Now that a druid can wildshape into a treeform, how long would he have to stay in that form to take in enough nourishment to sustain him/her for the day?

Plants survive by absorbing water and nutrients through their roots, and creating sugars through their leaves (photosynthesis).

The osmosis responsible for drawing nutrients through their roots is a slow and continuous process. Photosynthesis, likewise, does not produce more sugers than the plant needs to survive.

Short answer: A plant is "eating" continuously, but only enough to survive on. A druid can't use wildshape to fulfill his daily nutritional needs.

 

[Silver Griffon]

Re: Re: [3.5] Wildshape to tree, and food

I don't have my 3.5 PH at work with me, but I believe he can wildshape into creatures with the type of 'Plant', meaning a tendrilicus, etc, not common trees and flowers.

Anyone feel free to post actual text and correct my memory.

Skaros

You are correct

From the new SRD:


At 12th level, a druid becomes able to use wild shape to change into a plant creature with the same size restrictions as for animal forms. (A druid can’t use this ability to take the form of a plant that isn’t a creature.)

 

[Wippit Guud]

Looking at the 3.5 MM, "Plants breathe and eat, but do not sleep."

Hmm... could a druid stay 'awake' 24/7 now? Just shift to a plant during the hours he'd normally sleep to refresh himself.

Good night guard.

 

[youspoonybard]

I wouldn't say that being a plant refreshes you, but that it doesn't count against the time you spent awake.

So if you were a tree all the time, stopping only to change back, then yes, you could stay awake all the time.

 

[Skaros]

Re: Re: Re: [3.5] Wildshape to tree, and food

You are correct

Thanks a lot. I don't have SRD access either due to firewall restrictions against wizards.com in my office....I could hit the old SRD for 3.0 at opengamingfoundation.org, but 3.5 isn't there, it seems.

Skaros