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<blockquote data-quote="Prism" data-source="post: 6905807" data-attributes="member: 9501"><p>The reason that there is no single answer to your question is that the default game doesn't assume you are playing on a grid or squares. There is a small sidebar in the PHB and a single page in the DMG but neither cover a situation like yours. Saying that, I can't find anything that says that two creatures can't occupy the same squares as each other. So there is nothing from preventing the druid from changing. </p><p></p><p>In a larger room I would say that the bear pushes the opponents back slightly by changing. If using a grid I would just move the figures back a square each for simplicity. In a small 10' room then all opponents including the bear are crammed in together. I don't think the squeezing rules are designed to cover this situation - they are more for narrow corridors and the like. You could argue that in fact the bear isn't squeezing but takes up the full room, and that the medium sized opponents are crushed against the walls. Or you could say they are all impeded equally. I certainly wouldn't say that the medium opponents are able to stop a full sized bear from filling their space. So a fair outcome would be to say that they are all squeezing or hampered to some degree which gives them all advantage and disadvantage to attack (therefore no real change). They all get disadvantage to dex saves since they all find it more difficult to maneuver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prism, post: 6905807, member: 9501"] The reason that there is no single answer to your question is that the default game doesn't assume you are playing on a grid or squares. There is a small sidebar in the PHB and a single page in the DMG but neither cover a situation like yours. Saying that, I can't find anything that says that two creatures can't occupy the same squares as each other. So there is nothing from preventing the druid from changing. In a larger room I would say that the bear pushes the opponents back slightly by changing. If using a grid I would just move the figures back a square each for simplicity. In a small 10' room then all opponents including the bear are crammed in together. I don't think the squeezing rules are designed to cover this situation - they are more for narrow corridors and the like. You could argue that in fact the bear isn't squeezing but takes up the full room, and that the medium sized opponents are crushed against the walls. Or you could say they are all impeded equally. I certainly wouldn't say that the medium opponents are able to stop a full sized bear from filling their space. So a fair outcome would be to say that they are all squeezing or hampered to some degree which gives them all advantage and disadvantage to attack (therefore no real change). They all get disadvantage to dex saves since they all find it more difficult to maneuver. [/QUOTE]
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