Wildshape/healing

[rich]

Wildshaping is (mostly) like polymorphing, which allows:

Upon changing, the subject regains lost hit points as if it had rested for a night (though this healing does not restore temporary ability damage and provide other benefits of resting; and changing back does not heal the subject further).

so my question is, what does "changing back does not heal the subject further" mean? Does this mean the the subjects gets hit points when they change from their normal shape into a new shape, but then no more hit points when they "change back" into their normal shape?
Or does this mean that the extra hit points only happen for one shape change per day, or something?

I ask because our Druid is 10th level now, and gets 4 wildshapes per day. Does she get more hit points each time she wildshapes? That's a lot of healing...

I'm also considering a PrC (BoED) which allows wildshaping (bear only) at will -- that seems to be a ridiculous amount of healing!

it seems reasonable to me to limit the healing to one shapechange per day (like resting overnight) but this is not how I would read the rules. Any comments? Am I missing something?

 

[shilsen]

my question is, what does "changing back does not heal the subject further" mean? Does this mean the the subjects gets hit points when they change from their normal shape into a new shape, but then no more hit points when they "change back" into their normal shape?

Correct.

Or does this mean that the extra hit points only happen for one shape change per day, or something?

Nope. It happens every shape change (but see below).

I ask because our Druid is 10th level now, and gets 4 wildshapes per day. Does she get more hit points each time she wildshapes? That's a lot of healing...

Yes, she gets the ehaling each time she wildshapes. And in comparison to the healing a 10th lvl cleric (or druid) can do with a single spell, that's really not all that much healing.

I'm also considering a PrC (BoED) which allows wildshaping (bear only) at will -- that seems to be a ridiculous amount of healing!

it seems reasonable to me to limit the healing to one shapechange per day (like resting overnight) but this is not how I would read the rules. Any comments? Am I missing something?

The rules don't specifically restrict it but it is a good idea to put some restriction on it, IMO. The FAQ (3.0, IIRC) suggested restricting it to 7 changes per day. Of course, that's just a random number picked by Skip.

 

[rich]

The rules don't specifically restrict it but it is a good idea to put some restriction on it, IMO. The FAQ (3.0, IIRC) suggested restricting it to 7 changes per day. Of course, that's just a random number picked by Skip.

Thanks!
I guess if I take the PrC I'll talk it over with my DM...