Druid with the Plant Domain and Wild Shaping.


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If a Druid chooses not to take an animal companion, they can instead gain one of the "nature"-realted domains, including Plant. The 1st level ability of the Plant domain is Wooden Fist, a Supernatural ability that prevents you from taking AoOs for making unarmed strikes, as well as granting you a damage bonus equal to 1/2 your caster level.

Would this apply while in Wild Shape? I can't see anything specific in the rules that says you loose supernatural abilities while under Wild Shape, but I thought I might ask for the boards' general consensus, or if Jason has the free time (ha!) to rule on this one.


My two cents: It would work, but remember that a natural weapon is not an unarmed strike. So a druid wildshaped into a wolf could deliver a "wooden" headbutt, but not a "wooden" bite.

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It's not needed in wildshape. Because a Druid attacking with natural weapons (which ordinary hands are not) is considered to be making armed attacks. not unarmed.


but there's whether or not to add the damage bonus.

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