Sandstorm Druid with touchstone ability and wildshape

[vociferate]

Quick question. I am not a min/max type player, and this druid I have built is very heavy roleplay based, but I do have a question about some rules.

Ok so. Get out your Sandstorm book.

I have a druid with the Touchstone feat. He is attuned to the Sunken City of Panzar which gives this bonus:

Base Ability: Once per day, for a period of 1 minute,
you function in many ways as if you were one size larger
than normal. While so functioning, you gain the bonuses
associated with being one size larger for the purposes of
opposed checks (such as grapple checks and bull rush
attempts), but not the penalties. You are also considered
one size larger for the purposes of the effects of any ability
(such as improved grab or swallow whole). Further, while
this ability functions, you can use weapons designed for a
creature one size category larger than you without penalty.
Your space and reach remain those of a creature of your
actual size. The benefits of this ability do not stack with
any similar ability.

Now, say I wildform into a rhino (just an example, you can consider any wildform). Could I use my touchstone ability to up in size while in wildform?

Next, assuming I can use the ability, would I increase in size from my natural size (small to medium) or my wildform size (large to huge)?

Also, what benefit would increasing my size for a minute do? Could I use it right before a Power Charge rhino attack?

Finally, which wildforms would greatly benefit from a +size?


And hello! I am new here

 

[Loonook]

Quick question. I am not a min/max type player, and this druid I have built is very heavy roleplay based, but I do have a question about some rules.

Ok so. Get out your Sandstorm book.

I have a druid with the Touchstone feat. He is attuned to the Sunken City of Panzar which gives this bonus:

Base Ability: Once per day, for a period of 1 minute,
you function in many ways as if you were one size larger
than normal. While so functioning, you gain the bonuses
associated with being one size larger for the purposes of
opposed checks (such as grapple checks and bull rush
attempts), but not the penalties. You are also considered
one size larger for the purposes of the effects of any ability
(such as improved grab or swallow whole). Further, while
this ability functions, you can use weapons designed for a
creature one size category larger than you without penalty.
Your space and reach remain those of a creature of your
actual size. The benefits of this ability do not stack with
any similar ability.

Now, say I wildform into a rhino (just an example, you can consider any wildform). Could I use my touchstone ability to up in size while in wildform?

Next, assuming I can use the ability, would I increase in size from my natural size (small to medium) or my wildform size (large to huge)?

Also, what benefit would increasing my size for a minute do? Could I use it right before a Power Charge rhino attack?

Finally, which wildforms would greatly benefit from a +size?


And hello! I am new here

As presented . . . I honestly don't see an issue. It seems to be an effect which occurs for 1 minute, isn't reliant on your current form, and is technically just the boost given to a half-giant or similar 'large but not large' character type.

This ability is seemingly mystical vs. a racial trait, and I would rule it carries over as an ability into the size. However, it really is for a DM to decide.

Slainte,

-Loonook.

 

[akbearfoot]

If your wild shape makes you into a Large rhino, this ability would give you most of the benefits of being a Huge rhino....but would NOT increase the damage of its natural attacks. If you could somehow wield a manufactured weapon in wild shaped form then you could use a bigger weapon for more damage. That is possible to do, although unlikely to be beneficial considering the costs.

You'd be better at grappling or overrunning for example, but you wouldn't hit any harder.