Brother MacLaren
Explorer
Darklone said:Halflings are the best druids. Better: Druid is the best halfling class. Flameblade? One handed weapon with 1d8 and no strength penalty?
Humans are the best wildshaped druids. Why? Halfling wildshaped loses racial skill bonuses, racial save bonuses, Dex bonus (and Str penalty), and racial thrown weapon bonus - loses all halfling bonuses.
Human wildshaped does not lose bonus skill points or bonus feat. Keeps all human bonuses.
No, I picked halfling because a) I like halflings and b) more survivable when not Wildshaped. I like WS as it is, because Jerrin will be able to turn into a bear or leopard if the need for combat arises, a cheetah to chase down the escaping foe, an eagle to escape, or a burrowing or swimming animal if those needs arise. Small and Tiny seems to offer a lot less versatility than Small and Medium.
Tiny doesn't give you much advantage for stealth beyond what Small can do. A rat is Diminutive IIRC, and a cat is Tiny. And counting on the indeterminate chance of a Tiny animals being unnoticed is far less of a sure thing than having a high enough speed to get away. Take form of a cat to infiltrate the goblin camp? Worgs see dinner, goblins see sport. A hawk? Not as fast as an eagle if he needs to get away. "Inconspicuous" is in most cases not as safe a bet as "invisible" or "fast." We have a rogue to do our scouting.
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