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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5250051" data-attributes="member: 957">Well, this is more a balance side of things than flavor, but at low levels it doesn't make sense to get that big a bump to stats.You have to be 6th level to go large anyway.&nbsp; And Wildshape at that point gives a +4 to STR.&nbsp; This is on par with Bull's Strength.&nbsp; The halfling simply doesn't have enough mojo to truly become a bear.&nbsp; But the STR 12 limitation will show that he just ain't all that.He can CHOOSE to take the shape of a bear, but his starting point, plus the limits of his power just don't have the juice to make a real bear.&nbsp; A bear is a poor choice of form for a STR 8 halfling.&nbsp; You can just as easily say that it is ridiculous for the little guy to even think he can turn into a bear.And, again on the balance side, you can say it is ridiculous to get +10 bonus to STR ( a bear's STR mod) at Level 6, when a spell is limited to +4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5250051, member: 957"] Well, this is more a balance side of things than flavor, but at low levels it doesn't make sense to get that big a bump to stats. You have to be 6th level to go large anyway. And Wildshape at that point gives a +4 to STR. This is on par with Bull's Strength. The halfling simply doesn't have enough mojo to truly become a bear. But the STR 12 limitation will show that he just ain't all that. He can CHOOSE to take the shape of a bear, but his starting point, plus the limits of his power just don't have the juice to make a real bear. A bear is a poor choice of form for a STR 8 halfling. You can just as easily say that it is ridiculous for the little guy to even think he can turn into a bear. And, again on the balance side, you can say it is ridiculous to get +10 bonus to STR ( a bear's STR mod) at Level 6, when a spell is limited to +4. [/QUOTE]

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