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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 525809" data-attributes="member: 259">I'm with the &quot;terrain&quot; rule, although I can imagine that a druid would have done a bit of traveling in his apprenticeship and learned other animals.Definitely it's up to the DM to adjudicate animals the druid has seen before the game began.&nbsp; Once the game begins, the druid should know what animals are allowed.Of course, if a druid has some down time, he could do worse than changing into an eagle and flying to other regions to learn about other animals; and druids at groves may teach one another new and useful forms.&nbsp; I imagine that the tiger, the bear, and the shark forms get passed around a lot at groves, considering how useful they are (although you might rule that a druid can't properly demonstrate the fun of being a shark absent a suitable body of salt water:&nbsp; flopping around on land might not be enough of a visual aid!)This latter idea -- of druids exchanging forms -- is not completely within the rules:&nbsp; the DM should decide whether a rookie druid can achieve &quot;familiarity&quot; with an animal form by seeing a veteran druid take it on.&nbsp; I personally think that would be okay, but it might make for a more fun, less minmax campaign if the druid must encounter the animal personally before taking on the form.Even then, travelling druids might be popular guests at groves if they have exotic companions.Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 525809, member: 259"] I'm with the "terrain" rule, although I can imagine that a druid would have done a bit of traveling in his apprenticeship and learned other animals. Definitely it's up to the DM to adjudicate animals the druid has seen before the game began. Once the game begins, the druid should know what animals are allowed. Of course, if a druid has some down time, he could do worse than changing into an eagle and flying to other regions to learn about other animals; and druids at groves may teach one another new and useful forms. I imagine that the tiger, the bear, and the shark forms get passed around a lot at groves, considering how useful they are (although you might rule that a druid can't properly demonstrate the fun of being a shark absent a suitable body of salt water: flopping around on land might not be enough of a visual aid!) This latter idea -- of druids exchanging forms -- is not completely within the rules: the DM should decide whether a rookie druid can achieve "familiarity" with an animal form by seeing a veteran druid take it on. I personally think that would be okay, but it might make for a more fun, less minmax campaign if the druid must encounter the animal personally before taking on the form. Even then, travelling druids might be popular guests at groves if they have exotic companions. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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