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As I posted elsewhere if they change the bonus from Beast Shape 1-5 from Enhancement to Racial it will work. As an enhancement bonus it just leaves a lot to be desired.I'm completely fine with the stat boni being an "enhancement" bonus. the boni remain on par with any magic items the character may be wearing, just use the higher bonus is all.
One of the things I like about 3.5 was the simplicity of just taking the base animals physical (Str, Dex, Con) modifiers (without adjusting hit points...) The scores were not modified ("enhanced"), but they simply changed.
Making the bonus Racial makes more sense. But should the bonuses and penalties take into consideration the racial stat modifiers of the druid's race? For example, a halfling will have to remove the Str penalty and then add the bonus for Beast Shape X (netting an additional +2), or does it factor from score the character has at the start?
For simplicity, the bonus should not be labeled at all...and let it stack with everything...(Of course magic items need to still meld and become nonfunctional after the change...)