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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rlphay" data-source="post: 1328522" data-attributes="member: 7241">In the Masters of the Wild (3.0 ruleset) it states that when a Druid Wild Shapes, his/her appearance changes and he/she is effectively disguised as an average member of the chosen form, "Gaining a +10 Bonus on Disguise checks". Considering this, when the Druid encounters an NPC should the NPC receive a Spot check vs. the Druids disguise check to be able to see through the shapechange and recognize that the Druid is indeed "not" a true animal?Why do I ask? In the 3.0 ruleset Druids retain their type (i.e. Human). If a Wizard (or another Druid) wasn't able to recognize the Druid for anything but an animal, he might be inclined to cast "Hold Animal" or "Reduce Animal" on him, which wouldn't work (because he's still considered humanoid). On the other hand if a Cleric were to recognize that the Druid was not actually an animal but was in a shapechanged form, he might be inclined to conclude that he must be a Druid and then use "Hold Person" or some other Humanoid effecting spell.The only other interpretation I can see as valid is that the comment regarding Disguise was in case the Druid wanted to disguise himself as a "specific" animal. Maybe the Druid wants to pretend that he's some Rangers animal companion so he shapechanges into that specific form trying to look just like the Rangers real companion . . .Thoughts?</blockquote>