Couldn't you just wildshape into the ape, change appearance into the human, and then put the armor on?
Put up or shut up time Capn: show us one official example of an ape wearing armor built for a humanoid in 5e.
Personally, I would just houserule a ban on double-shapeshifting, but this kind of thing aught to be dealt with in the description (which would have been done automatically if they had simply been given unlimited Alter Self).
Hey man, I've already got a plot to capture the king's dog, wildshape into a generic dog, change appearance to the king's specific dog, and then infiltrate the castle!
Put up or shut up time Capn: show us one official example of an ape wearing armor built for a humanoid in 5e.
Except that when you wildshape into the ape, you lose all your current abilities, which includes the changeling ability to change shape.How to abuse changling druid: Wildshape into an Ape (not the giant variety). Then use your changling ability to change back to your normal appearance. You can now use all your weapons and armour normally, and not draw unwanted attention when trying to infiltrate the Ambassador's ball, whilst having the stats and hp buffer of an ape.
The envoy spy built for theft and espionage sounds like an awesome character.As for warforged envoys, consider this: You are still trying to infiltrate the Ambassador's ball in order to steal her golden chocolates, which are locked in a safe. The party are frisked at the entrance, and the rogue's lockpicks are discovered, and they are dragged off to the dungeon. The remaining party reach the safe. "LEAVE THIS TO ME" intones the warforged, as lockpicks extend from its fingertips. (Not to mention with light armour proficiency and a good dex it has AC bloody stupid if it needs to fight it's way out).
The thing that matters is spellcasting, and that happens at level 17(?) Changeling or no Changeling.That was what I was thinking of. You would be as strong as an ape (16), have extra hp, but still be able to use your normal gear and speak (since the description of wildshape allows you to use any gear permitted by your current shape, and speak if the form allows it).
It's notI can't believe this actually a serious conversation, I'm literally LMFAO.