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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4887185" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>I would swap the con and dex scores. Nice rolls.</p><p></p><p>I'd recommend being an afflicted lycanthrope if possible (instead of natural) and buying ranks in the skill to control your form, rather than lose another precious CL to level adjustment.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The ECL of a werewolf (or any ECL) makes it a bad fit for a druid to begin with. You mentioned a wolf theme. Have you seen the Totem Druid variant? It's in dragon mag, but also crystalkeep's database, page 35 here: <a href="http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/rules/DnD3.5Index-Classes-Base.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/rules/DnD3.5Index-Classes-Base.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>If you could try to swing some sort of "deal" with your DM to tie in your lycanthrope shape changing ability to your totem shape, then be a wolf totem druid. By a deal, I mean something reasonable like stacking your wolf HD (or maybe even your full werewolf ECL) towards your effective druid level for totem shaping into a wolf / dire wolf, and the related benefits at certain levels. Since you'd be basically getting nothing from your totem shape (can already switch to wolf form whenever you like anyway), that seems fair to me. I'd think you could even merge the two abilities, and thus get all the totem shape benefits like being able to speak even in hybrid form. Certainly, it would help make an argument for allowing natural spell to benefit you while shape changed due to lycanthropy.</p><p></p><p>In case it's not clear what exactly you're giving up in being a wolf totem druid: access to any wildshape forms or animal companions that aren't wolves. Including elementals and plants. I really can't even describe how massive a loss that is. But if your DM is cool and works some kind of arrangement out with you, a werewolf wolf totem druid could be really cool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 4887185, member: 35909"] I would swap the con and dex scores. Nice rolls. I'd recommend being an afflicted lycanthrope if possible (instead of natural) and buying ranks in the skill to control your form, rather than lose another precious CL to level adjustment. The ECL of a werewolf (or any ECL) makes it a bad fit for a druid to begin with. You mentioned a wolf theme. Have you seen the Totem Druid variant? It's in dragon mag, but also crystalkeep's database, page 35 here: [url]http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/rules/DnD3.5Index-Classes-Base.pdf[/url] If you could try to swing some sort of "deal" with your DM to tie in your lycanthrope shape changing ability to your totem shape, then be a wolf totem druid. By a deal, I mean something reasonable like stacking your wolf HD (or maybe even your full werewolf ECL) towards your effective druid level for totem shaping into a wolf / dire wolf, and the related benefits at certain levels. Since you'd be basically getting nothing from your totem shape (can already switch to wolf form whenever you like anyway), that seems fair to me. I'd think you could even merge the two abilities, and thus get all the totem shape benefits like being able to speak even in hybrid form. Certainly, it would help make an argument for allowing natural spell to benefit you while shape changed due to lycanthropy. In case it's not clear what exactly you're giving up in being a wolf totem druid: access to any wildshape forms or animal companions that aren't wolves. Including elementals and plants. I really can't even describe how massive a loss that is. But if your DM is cool and works some kind of arrangement out with you, a werewolf wolf totem druid could be really cool. [/QUOTE]
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