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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8674767" data-attributes="member: 57383">Updating <a href="https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8504768" target="_blank">Opal the Sun Dragon Working Draft</a>.I also fixed a stray &quot;her&quot; to &quot;his&quot; that got missed from copy-and-pasting Pearl's stats.I'm still inclined to keep them separate as Alternate Form and Wild Shape are different things in 3E.For a start, there are a whole bunch of Feats that are usable while in wild shape (i.e. Natural Spell) that don't work in alternate forms.Also, wild shape heals the druid when used.So I'd give him:Wild Shape (Su): Opal can wild shape as a 20th-level druid, but can only assume animal shapes of Tiny to huge size. If the Sun Dragon gains the wild shape ability from class levels, the uses per day stack with the 5/day animal forms transformations of his innate ability.I'd also fancy adding a special rule to Alternate Form (Su):When in the alternate form of an animal, Opal can use wild feats but does not regain lost hit points as if you had rested for a night like he does each time he uses wild shape.Maybe add a note to the SQ line to reflect that, i.e. alternate form [animal wildshape, neutral dragon or humanoid]?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8674767, member: 57383"] Updating [B][URL='https://enworld.org/index.php?posts/8504768']Opal the Sun Dragon Working Draft[/URL][/B]. I also fixed a stray "her" to "his" that got missed from copy-and-pasting Pearl's stats. I'm still inclined to keep them separate as Alternate Form and Wild Shape are different things in 3E. For a start, there are a whole bunch of Feats that are usable while in wild shape (i.e. Natural Spell) that don't work in alternate forms. Also, wild shape heals the druid when used. So I'd give him: [B]Wild Shape (Su):[/B] Opal can wild shape as a 20th-level druid, but can only assume animal shapes of Tiny to huge size. If the Sun Dragon gains the wild shape ability from class levels, the uses per day stack with the 5/day animal forms transformations of his innate ability. I'd also fancy adding a special rule to [B]Alternate Form (Su)[/B]: [INDENT]When in the alternate form of an animal, Opal can use wild feats but does not regain lost hit points as if you had rested for a night like he does each time he uses [I]wild shape[/I].[/INDENT] Maybe add a note to the SQ line to reflect that, i.e. alternate form [[I]animal wildshape, neutral dragon or humanoid[/I]]? [/QUOTE]

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