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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7094544" data-attributes="member: 22779">Yeah, I gotta pull against the current here.  I've always thought of Shapechanging as THE defining ability of Druids.  This was a 7th level ability in AD&D, in a game where you didn't get much in the way of class abilities.  This was a BIG deal.  The only other thing you got after that was followers (other than more spells).  Granted, in AD&D, because of the rules, it could be abused nine ways from Sunday, but, it was still there.  Follow that with 3e, where shapeshift was also a huge deal because you could take feats that would let you cast while wild shaped.  To me, it's pretty obvious that wild shape is the defining characteristic of druids.  I mean, pretty much everything else, someone else in the party can do.  Healing?  Blasting?  Casting Spells?  Lots of classes could do this.  But, shape change?  No one else can do that.There's a reason that Moon Druid is a pretty darn popular option.</blockquote>