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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1886134" data-attributes="member: 545">I have a 4th level Druid, so we are going to try this stuff out soon enough.&nbsp; I have chatted with the DM and he basically agrees with me.&nbsp; We will attempt to split the difference of the extremes.The tact we are going to take is that everything meld's into the wildshaped form, but I will only gain benefits from &quot;continuous&quot; magical effects.&nbsp; So, yes, to Resistance, Enhancement, Deflection, Insight, Luck, many Competence, etc.&nbsp; No to armor, weapons, scrolls, wands, potions, anything that require's an action to activate, etc.&nbsp; (Of course, an explicitly &quot;Wilding&quot; item would be an exception, but those would be very rare.&nbsp; And I can drink a potion or use an item in my normal form, then wildshape.)On one hand I am getting some reasonable latitude to minmax, and I can get my AC, stats, and saves up to healthy values.&nbsp; OTOH I am stuck with all the boring stuff, much of which I could cast on myself if I really wanted it (e.g. Bull's Strength, Bear's Endurance, Londstrider, Spider Climb, etc.).&nbsp; It is doubtful that any character in the party will craft a non-scroll magic item, so the DM will have a lot of control (if necessary).I think this is both fair and very playable.&nbsp; We would both want to avoid the headache of form specific haggling.&nbsp; (&quot;If I am in Ape form, I can use X &amp; Y &amp; Z.&nbsp; But if in Bear form I only get Y &amp; Z.&nbsp; Y only in Octopus form.&nbsp; Z only as a Snake.&quot;&nbsp; Blech!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 1886134, member: 545"] I have a 4th level Druid, so we are going to try this stuff out soon enough. I have chatted with the DM and he basically agrees with me. We will attempt to split the difference of the extremes. The tact we are going to take is that [i]everything[/i] meld's into the wildshaped form, but I will only gain benefits from "continuous" magical effects. So, yes, to Resistance, Enhancement, Deflection, Insight, Luck, many Competence, etc. No to armor, weapons, scrolls, wands, potions, anything that require's an action to activate, etc. (Of course, an explicitly "Wilding" item would be an exception, but those would be very rare. And I can drink a potion or use an item in my normal form, then wildshape.) On one hand I am getting some reasonable latitude to minmax, and I can get my AC, stats, and saves up to healthy values. OTOH I am stuck with all the boring stuff, much of which I could cast on myself if I really wanted it (e.g. Bull's Strength, Bear's Endurance, Londstrider, Spider Climb, etc.). It is doubtful that any character in the party will craft a non-scroll magic item, so the DM will have a lot of control (if necessary). I think this is both fair and very playable. We would both want to avoid the headache of form specific haggling. ("If I am in Ape form, I can use X & Y & Z. But if in Bear form I only get Y & Z. Y only in Octopus form. Z only as a Snake." Blech!) [/QUOTE]

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