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I have a player with a 6th level shifter with the octopus aspect(a class I wasn't familiar with until now). He used Wild Shape for the first time last session to become a giant octopus, giving him 8 tentacle attacks a round (with grab). I went with it at the time because it was late, but is this right?

Wild Shape:
At 4th level, a shifter gains the ability to turn herself into the major form of one of her aspects and back again. This ability functions as beast shape II, except as noted here. The shifter can turn into the major form of only one of her aspects at a time. Using wild shape to change to a major form or back is a standard action that doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity. Often a particular aspect’s major form grants abilities beyond the normal effect of beast shape II. Each major form details the abilities the shifter gains with that major form and at what level; she gains these instead of the form abilities from beast shape II, but she still gains beast shape II abilities that are size dependent.

Beast Shape II:
This spell functions as beast shape I, except that it also allows you to assume the form of a Tiny or Large creature of the animal type. If the form you assume has any of the following abilities, you gain the listed ability: climb 60 feet, fly 60 feet (good maneuverability), swim 60 feet, darkvision 60 feet, low-light vision, scent, grab, pounce, and trip.

Large animal: If the form you take is that of a Large animal, you gain a +4 size bonus to your Strength, a -2 penalty to your Dexterity, and a +4 natural armor bonus.

I can see where he's going from one to the other, but it seems to me, the wording about major form of the aspect takes precedent over the spell description. According to that, he would be limited to a regular octopus. Can someone please double-check my reasoning on this? Thank you in advance.

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Thank you, for your time and attention.