D&D 5E Daily Limits on Rage and Wild Shape

[Dausuul]

Except that it's not.

Except that it is. "/day" or "per day" is only used in charts where they have to squeeze a lot of data into a very small space. The descriptions of the mechanics all refer to long rests.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Ha -- you are right, I was wrong. I knew that was the case for spells, but not rages and WS. Mea culpa, should've checked.

In answer to the OP, then --

I think the "per long rest" mechanic works fine as is.

 

[Stalker0]

I don;t mind if wildshape is more frequent throughout the day but i think people underestimate the power of at will abilities. To me its not the ability to be a dog all day, is the power to shift between forms freely. One moment I'm flying the next i'm a rat, the next a big animal, etc. With that flexibility comes a lot of power in the right hands.

That said, if wildshape required 1 hour or 30 minutes between changes, i wouldn;t have a big problem letting them have it all day.

 

[Falling Icicle]

I only have the issue with short rest type abilities when there are multiple abilities for each class and when you use up one ability, you still have access to different one. As long as it is a single power or multiple powers attached to a single resource, I have no issue.

That said, Wild Shape at basically At Will would be kind of game breaking for a lot of games as the Druid can shape into animals that can easily by pass encounters. Rage as it is right now, I think it would be overpowered.

How does wild shape allow one to bypass encounters? Even if a druid could use an animal form to sneak past something, swim through something, or fly over something, he can't take the rest of his party with him.

 

[The Myopic Sniper]

How does wild shape allow one to bypass encounters? Even if a druid could use an animal form to sneak past something, swim through something, or fly over something, he can't take the rest of his party with him.

Fly/swim across the moat and let the drawbridge down from the other side was the usual routine back in the day when things were more puzzle based. I am not sure anyone runs encounters like that any more.