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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1675676" data-attributes="member: 1465">As a guideline, I would substitute the Wildshape ability with one or more supernatural or spell-like abilities which replicate druidic spells.Quickly on the top of my head...An aquatic druid could get some daily use of widened Obscuring Mist/Fog Cloud as SLA a few times per day, and extended use of Water Breathing as supernatural.A plant druid could get Detect Plants at will , Tree Shape and Wood Shape a few times daily (SLA) at different levels, and permanent Barkskin as supernatural ability.An animal-oriented druid could have an extra animal companion at level 5, and maybe a third later on.Ok it would take some time to come up with appropriate balancing of these abilities and choosing at which level they are granted, but if you are willing to do that, you could just decide which type of druid you are looking for and browse the spell list... Consider that Wildshape is effectively a 4th level spell (Polymorph is a top-end 4th level spell) with extended duration but restricted choices (animals only), with some tweaks. Granting low-level spells as spell-like abilities is good because SLA don't have components; granting them as supernatural is even better, at least because they cannot be dispelled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 1675676, member: 1465"] As a guideline, I would substitute the Wildshape ability with one or more supernatural or spell-like abilities which replicate druidic spells. Quickly on the top of my head... An aquatic druid could get some daily use of widened Obscuring Mist/Fog Cloud as SLA a few times per day, and extended use of Water Breathing as supernatural. A plant druid could get Detect Plants at will , Tree Shape and Wood Shape a few times daily (SLA) at different levels, and permanent Barkskin as supernatural ability. An animal-oriented druid could have an extra animal companion at level 5, and maybe a third later on. Ok it would take some time to come up with appropriate balancing of these abilities and choosing at which level they are granted, but if you are willing to do that, you could just decide which type of druid you are looking for and browse the spell list... Consider that Wildshape is effectively a 4th level spell (Polymorph is a top-end 4th level spell) with extended duration but restricted choices (animals only), with some tweaks. Granting low-level spells as spell-like abilities is good because SLA don't have components; granting them as supernatural is even better, at least because they cannot be dispelled. [/QUOTE]

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