Wild Shape I (Druid Spell)
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- Level: Druid 0
- School: Transmutation
Casting
- Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action
- Components: V, S
Effect
- Range: Self
- Target or Area: you
- Duration: Until the end of the current encounter, the end of the next encounter, or until the start of a full night's rest, whichever is sooner
- Saving Throw: Harmless (Will negates)
Save DC: 10 + caster stat modifier + spell level - Spell Resistance: Yes
Description
- When you cast this spell, you change yourself into a random, sized-medium natural animal. You do not get to choose exactly what this animal is; the Green chooses for you. Once you have transformed into this shape, you may not change the form unless you change back to your normal form and cast this spell again. When you cast this spell, your body is utterly transformed into the new animal form, and all of your character's abilities become those of your new form.
- The base abilities of your new animal form are based upon the template below. You gain all of the abilities of the template whose CR (challenge rating) matches your character level at the time you cast this spell.
- This spell converts you completely and utterly into the form of the animal, and grants you a one-time bonus to a Disguise skill roll if you wish to blend in with others of that sort (see the Blend In ability in the template you choose for details). Regardless of which animal you become, your actual type becomes Protean for the duration of the spell (and, as a result, you gain a vulnerability to silvered weapons, taking 50% extra damage from them).
- In addition to the abilities listed on your animal form's template, your form also gains a random movement ability from the table below. Roll 1d20 and look up your result (note that not all results are possible with Wild Shape I):
Movement Powers
| d20 Result | Ability |
|---|---|
| 1 | No bonus movement |
| 2 | Walk 40 ft. |
| 3 | Greater Swim 30 ft. |
| 4 | Greater Climb 30 ft. |
| 5 | Vaulting 30 ft. |
| 6 | Walk 50 ft. |
| d20 Result | Ability |
|---|---|
| 7 | Greater Swim 45 ft. |
| 8 | Greater Climb 45 ft. |
| 9 | Vaulting 45 ft. |
| 10 | Hover 20 ft. |
| 11 | Walk 60 ft. |
| 12 | Greater Swim 60 ft. |
| d20 Result | Ability |
|---|---|
| 13 | Greater Climb 60 ft. |
| 14 | Vaulting 60 ft. |
| 15 | Greater Flight 30 ft. |
| 16 | Lesser Teleport 20 ft. |
| 17 | Greater Swim 90 ft. |
| 18 | Walk 75 ft. |
| d20 Result | Ability |
|---|---|
| 19 | Hover 40 ft. |
| 20 | Walk 90 ft. |
| 21 | Greater Flight 45 ft. |
| 22 | Lesser Teleport 40 ft. |
| 23 | Walk 120 ft. |
| 24 | Greater Climb 90 ft. |
| d20 Result | Ability |
|---|---|
| 25 | Vaulting 90 ft. |
| 26 | Greater Flight 60 ft. |
| 27 | Hover 60 ft. |
| 28 | Lesser Teleport 60 ft. |
| 29 | Greater Flight 90 ft. |
| 30 | Lesser Teleport 90 ft. |
- This spell always makes you into a sized-medium Natural Animal, even if the animal form chosen for you is normally smaller than sized-medium. There are no size-based bonuses or penalties applied to sized-medium creatures. The exact type and description of the animal form is up to the druid casting the spell, but because of the random nature of the powers assigned each time you cast this spell, it may be desirable to declare what your animal form actually is, based on the result of this roll. Choose a natural animal that fits the result (your GM gets final ruling on this, but should generally let you choose). Note that you do not gain any of the abilities of the animal form you declare yourself to be, except for those listed in the template, or the movement power you receive from rolling on the table above. That is, even if you declare yourself to be a giant bat, because you rolled a 15 and received "Greater Flight 30 ft.", your form does not gain the Echolocation sense that most bats typically have.
- Wild Shape cannot transform you into anything other than an actual Animal-type creature. You cannot claim you have transformed into a Monstrous Humanoid, Vermin, Undead, Magical Beast, or any other type or subtype of monster, except a creature with the Animal type or subtype.
- While you are polymorphed, you do not gain access to any of your normal abilities, or any of the abilities of any creature type you are emulating, unless it is part of your ability to change your shape. You cannot use feats or skills based upon your normal self, you do not gain or lose any modifiers for any Stats, you gain no benefit or penalty for any normal magic item, you do not have your normal armor class, hit points, maneuver offense or defense, saving throw bonuses, class abilities, or anything else. For all intents and purposes, the polymorph has 'overwritten' your entire self, and the only abilities you have are those of your assumed form, and any abilities granted to you by the change into this new shape. Your animal form prevents you from speaking or casting spells, using magic items, or even using many skills while you remain transformed (unless you have a class feature or feat that allows you to do one or more of these things).
- Any time you dismiss this spell and revert to your normal form (either because the encounter ends, you voluntarily dismiss it, or you are reduced to zero or fewer hit points in your polymorphed form), you temporarily gain the Secured status condition. Then, all damage your polymorphed form suffered prior to being dismissed is transferred over to your normal form's hit points (this is added to any damage your normal form had suffered prior to casting this spell). Because of the Secured condition, this transfer can never cause you to be reduced below zero hit points, but you can certainly be reduced to zero hit points. Once the damage from your polymorphed form has been transferred to your natural form's hit points, the Secured condition ends.
- Because of this effect, it is impossible for the caster of this spell to be killed while in their polymorphed form, or by the act of exiting their polymorphed form. As a result, it can sometimes be useful to cast this spell purely to avoid being killed. Just be aware that, once unconscious, you have no protection against being Coup-de-graced (since the Secured condition wears off immediately after the hit points are moved over to your normal form).
- If the caster is suffering from any status condition, poison, or disease, when they cast this spell, that condition is also present in the polymorphed form. Similarly, if your polymorphed form was suffering from any disease, poison, or any other condition of any sort when the spell ends (or is dismissed), then that condition transfers to your natural form as well.
- While you are polymorphed, you may still be healed by your allies, and you still count as their ally for any abilities they possess.
- This spell lays a divine charge on its target(s). If the targets are something other than you or another creature (such as an object or area), the spell lays a divine charge on you, the caster. Targets which already have a divine charge present must choose which to keep when the new spell is cast. Only one divine charge can ever be present on a target at a time.