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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8184991" data-attributes="member: 6790260">You don't use the Gray Wolf's statblock at all. Your body takes on the physical appearance of a Gray Wolf (or Tiger) of your size, but other than that change and the other listed changes, you have all your other normal stats. So if a Ranger Shifter took this PP, they could still use Twin Strike or whatever other powers. A DM might reasonably say that ranged powers don't work when transformed this way, but that would be a DM ruling, not something technically required by the power itself.It doesn't work like 3rd edition shapeshifting, where you completely take on all statistics of the monster you transform into. For 4e shape-changing powers, in every sense except those explicitly called out by the power, &quot;you are still yourself,&quot; more or less. This is why most offensive uses of polymorph effects explicitly say that they prevent the target from making attacks, for example.So, in wolf/tiger form, your friend's character has (up to what you and she think is reasonable) all the same attacks, movement modes, items, etc. Her shape is like a normal animal of whichever kind (though a little on the small side, if choosing tiger--normal 4e tigers are large). She can move extra fast (+Wis mod to Speed) and can shift 1 square before moving as long as she's only walking, not running. In all other respects, her character remains functionally equivalent to her normal, non-transformed self, unless you think a change is necessary to ensure things make sense.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8184991, member: 6790260"] You don't use the Gray Wolf's statblock at all. Your body takes on the physical appearance of a Gray Wolf (or Tiger) of your size, but other than that change and the other listed changes, you have all your other normal stats. So if a Ranger Shifter took this PP, they could still use Twin Strike or whatever other powers. A DM might reasonably say that ranged powers don't work when transformed this way, but that would be a DM ruling, not something [I]technically[/I] required by the power itself. It doesn't work like 3rd edition shapeshifting, where you completely take on all statistics of the monster you transform into. For 4e shape-changing powers, in every sense [I]except[/I] those explicitly called out by the power, "you are still yourself," more or less. This is why most offensive uses of polymorph effects explicitly say that they prevent the target from making attacks, for example. So, in wolf/tiger form, your friend's character has (up to what you and she think is reasonable) all the same attacks, movement modes, items, etc. Her shape is like a normal animal of whichever kind (though a little on the small side, if choosing tiger--normal 4e tigers are large). She can move extra fast (+Wis mod to Speed) and can shift 1 square before moving as long as she's only walking, not running. In all other respects, her character remains functionally equivalent to her normal, non-transformed self, unless you think a change is necessary to ensure things make sense. [/QUOTE]

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