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<blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 3046598" data-attributes="member: 381">It's definitely an overall power-down--how much of one depends on your level. At 3rd, for example, I'd say it's a net slight&nbsp; increase, as your animal companion is really a bit of a liability rather than an asset at that point, and you don't get regular wildshape yet. But for the most part, you won't be as tough in combat as a standard-issue druid.I still like it, because: a) keeping track of an animal companion is a pain, b) keeping track of virtually unlimited wildshape options &amp; your alternate stats in those forms is a pain, and c) keeping track of uses per day is a pain. And I hate pain. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Plus, I really don't like the flavor of Natural Spell, but you can't pass it up without cutting your own throat. And, while you can get effectively 'unlimited' wildshape for combat purposes by 8th level (three uses per day at 8 hours each, picking a good combat form and staying in that form all day), I don't like the flavor of that so much either. I'm an elf that can take a panther or eagle form, not a bear that will sometimes revert to elf form in order to converse, dangit. (Although I find, in practice, that I'm very often in animal shape most of the day when travelling in the wilderness. Predator speed and/or flight are just so useful for scouting and eating up mileage.)I agree that an aquatic form would be awfully handy ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Christian, post: 3046598, member: 381"] It's definitely an overall power-down--how much of one depends on your level. At 3rd, for example, I'd say it's a net slight increase, as your animal companion is really a bit of a liability rather than an asset at that point, and you don't get regular wildshape yet. But for the most part, you won't be as tough in combat as a standard-issue druid. I still like it, because: a) keeping track of an animal companion is a pain, b) keeping track of virtually unlimited wildshape options & your alternate stats in those forms is a pain, and c) keeping track of uses per day is a pain. And I hate pain. :) Plus, I really don't like the flavor of Natural Spell, but you can't pass it up without cutting your own throat. And, while you can get effectively 'unlimited' wildshape for combat purposes by 8th level (three uses per day at 8 hours each, picking a good combat form and staying in that form all day), I don't like the flavor of that so much either. I'm an elf that can take a panther or eagle form, not a bear that will sometimes revert to elf form in order to converse, dangit. (Although I find, in practice, that I'm very often in animal shape most of the day when travelling in the wilderness. Predator speed and/or flight are just so useful for scouting and eating up mileage.) I agree that an aquatic form would be awfully handy ... [/QUOTE]

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