Ranger druid multiclass question (possible catch 22)

[Rani]

If I understand the snippets I've seen on the internets, changing from human to beast form or back is a minor action, usable once per round. 1/round restriction is because you get to shift 1 square when you go back to human form, and there's a feat that lets you change as a free action. So it really isn't a problem to change back and forth several times per encounter if you need to.

Yup! That is exactly correct! It is an at-will power, and a minor action usable once per round. It can be used to go from human-form to beast-form, and vice versa. When going from beast-form to human-form, you get to shift one square.

So essentially you can switch your form every turn if you want to.

 

[Betrayer]

I just figured I'd make an account simply to tell of my experiences playing as a beastmaster ranger multiclassing druid.

My DM said that I could command my beast companion as well as take part in attacks containing the "beast" keyword while I was transformed into the same type of beast as my companion. For example, if my companion is a tiger, I could transform into any cat-type beast and still maintain control of my companion and invoke it's powers. This allows for some pretty cool tag team attacks

 

[Akaiku]

Nice use of half elf and paragon multiclassing...
The thing that is sad to me, however, is until 11th level you can't make a basic attack in beast form more than once an encounter. Basic melee attack is an attack power, after all. Similarly, even if you could make one, it'd be unarmed vs ac, which would normally be keyed off str and always miss from the lack of magic and prof bonuses. Also it'd do no damage either.