I’m playing a druid, and the GM has said that I can only wildshape into animals that I would know from my local area. This does make sense because of the “being familiar” rule for decided what animals a druid can wildshape into. As we go through the campaign, I may come across rare animals, and I will then be able to access that form.
Every list I’ve found gives me no amazing options for animals. They all include things like Deinonychus, leopard, cheetah etc. which my character wouldn’t know. I would have thought with all the optimisation guides, that someone would have come up with a list of animals from a standard European climate to wildshape into. I know some don’t use dinosaurs, but then if you’re not using dinasaurs, why would you use a leopard (for example)? Unless you are from an area that has leopards.
So far I’ve been using wolverine as my primary form. Are there any better options?