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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 4733380" data-attributes="member: 53980">Wild Shape lasts until you use it again.  It says that it can only be used once per round.  Resuming your normal form requires you to use Wild Shape again in the same round if you assume that Wild Shape has an instant or one round duration.  Hence, it is obviously a toggle.  Just because every single rule isn't spelled out in big, bold letters doesn't mean they don't exist, just as we can infer that gravity is a default assumption from the falling rules.It also makes you look like the animal whose form you choose, rather than an obvious "druid in sheep's clothing".  If you don't believe that, take a look at the Doppelganger's Change Shape ability on pg 276 of the MM.  Either this ability does absolutely nothing (which makes one question why the designers bothered to write it up in the first place) or it is a tool which facilitates activities that might otherwise be difficult or impossible (such as a gnome attempting to impersonate an orc chieftain).If a doppelganger assassinates your buddy, Rem the Thief, and then attempts to infiltrate the party, the PCs don't magically know that he's a doppelganger.  He had better do a damn fine job of acting the part (via Bluff) though or else they'll realize that something is very wrong with Rem.Similarly, a druid in Wild Shape needs to act the part if he's to use it to his advantage.  Under the right circumstances, as others have suggested, a +2 may be in order.  If the druid fails to blend in however, people are going to take notice that this animal is behaving strangely.  They may not know this animal to be the druid per se, but they can assume that it's been magicked in some way, which means the jig is up and the druid will probably need to make a hasty escape.Magic is a default assumption of the D&D universe.  Even people who don't interact with it on a day to day basis are going to grow suspicious if they realize that the dog across the street is ignoring the children trying to play with it and has instead been staring at them for the past minute.  The default laws of their universe are acknowledged to be far less defined than those of our modern one.While it's your game, I think it would be excessive to delay Wild Shape until level 11.  While the class would still be playable, Wild Shape is the primary dynamic feature that serves to differentiate druids from invokers and wizards.  It probably wouldn't break the class, but I think it would likely make it a little flat.</blockquote>

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