When a Druid character uses his or her Wildshape class ability and polymorphs into an animal that penalises an ability score, does that character lose the ability to use a feat that is ability score dependent.
For example a Druid with Dex 14 with the Dodge feat wild shapes into a huge animal and receives -4 penalty to Dexterity, while wildshaped does the druid temporarily lose the use of their Dodge feat.
The same with the Bestow Curse spell, do they temporarily lose their feats as well.
I'd say yes, as if you gain a bonus to an ability score, such as from rage, then you can use Power Attack.
It should work the same way the other way around.
That is correct. If you lose the pre-req to a feat, ability, power, class, etc. You lose whatever depends on it.When a Druid character uses his or her Wildshape class ability and polymorphs into an animal that penalises an ability score, does that character lose the ability to use a feat that is ability score dependent.
For example a Druid with Dex 14 with the Dodge feat wild shapes into a huge animal and receives -4 penalty to Dexterity, while wildshaped does the druid temporarily lose the use of their Dodge feat.
The same with the Bestow Curse spell, do they temporarily lose their feats as well.
Ability damage does not make you lose your feats based on ability score prerequisites but ability drain does.
So if its temporary there is no feat loss, only when its permanent like ability drain.
Is Wildshape a permanent or temporary ability score loss?