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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glomus Jugulare" data-source="post: 4024110" data-attributes="member: 59728">I don't have much experience with wild shape, having not had a druid up to now in any campaign I've been in or run.  I've just created a druid character for a new game, and realised I didn't have a clear idea of how fighting wild shaped worked.  I have a few questions (and my current understanding of how the rules work) - any clarifications would be much appreciated.(1) Attack sequenceMy current understanding is that a druid gains the natural weapons and natural 'attack sequence' of the animal form they take on.  If the form has multiple natural weapons, the druid may use all of them, even if they do not have Two-weapon Fighting (or similar) Feats. The druid does not get to use iterative attacks, even if the animal form has only a single natural weapon.  So a full attack sequence for a druid in bear form would be 'claw at full BAB, claw at full BAB, bite at BAB-5', and in crocodile form would be 'bite at full BAB' only, no matter whether the druid would normally be entitled (BAB +6 or more) to additional attacks or not.(2) Special attack routinesMy current understanding (from the wild shape description) is that the druid gains the special attacks (but not special qualities) of the form taken on, so can take advantage of Improved Grab if in bear form, Trip if in wolf form, Pounce if in Lion form, etc.(3) Combat feats and 'stacking' with SAsMy current understanding is that the druid retains use of combat feats when in wild shape.  My druid has the Improved Trip and Combat Expertise feats, and I would think they can still be used in animal form.  If in a form with a Trip SA (e.g. wolf) a successful bite attack gives a free trip attempt, so I would be entitled to add my +4 bonus from the Feat to that attempt, and entitled to a follow-up bite attack (from the Feat) if successful.  Is this correct, or does the SA 'override' the Feat (or vice versa)?Thanks in advance for any help!!</blockquote>

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