D&D General The Owlbear Druid: How Would You Do It? (A Poll)

[Vaalingrade]

I mean 'monstrosity' appears to be very clearly 'we give up', a bin to toss things when the other mismash barrel--aberration--solidified into 'Lovecraft leavings'.

 

[CleverNickName]

Or we could just write a feat!

Improved Wild Shape
Through a combination of natural talent and practice, your wild shape ability improves.
Prerequisite: Wild Shape class feature
You gain the following benefits:

• Your Wisdom or Constitution score increases by +1, to a maximum of 20
• You gain one additional use of your Wild Shape ability per day.
• The following creatures are considered Beasts for you, for the purpose of your Wild Shape ability only: Bulette, Girallon, Griffon, Hippogriff, Owlbear, Purple Worm, and Roc. All other restrictions for your Wild Shape ability still apply.

 

[Steampunkette]

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POW. Just dropped!

 

[Haplo781]

Play 4e where it's already RAW

 

[Stormonu]

Bear with a Greatsword.
Since that's pretty much the damage die of the Owlbear claws.

Owlin Barbarian with Bear totem?

Yeah, I think some creatures should be redone as Beasts.

But aren’t Minotaurs monstrosities? They’re just cow + human.

 

[CleverNickName]

Play 4e where it's already RAW

The old "play something else instead" suggestion is never as helpful as you want it to be.

 

[Haplo781]

The old "play something else instead" suggestion is never as helpful as you want it to be.

I mean the question is "how would you do it?" and I replied honestly.

 

[jmartkdr2]

Owlin Barbarian with Bear totem?

Yeah, I think some creatures should be redone as Beasts.

But aren’t Minotaurs monstrosities? They’re just cow + human.

I had to look that one up - minotaurs are monstrosities in 5e. That's another one I'd probably not allow via wild shape.

 

[CM]

Since the stock 5e owlbear is a pretty sad take on the monster and not much different from a cave bear or polar bear, I'd just make it a beast. It doesn't have any traits that should disqualify it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I wish they’d at least make the owlbear move soundlessly, see in the dark, and like jump it’s full speed or something.

But also idk what anyone says, the Druid is not that powerful, not even the Moon Druid, and letting them turn into monstrosities and Fey would pretty much fix it for me.