Question about wild shape

[Erethrin]

wild shape act like beast shape spell I to III

beast shape II for a large animal = 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 just want to make sure that those bonus goes over your normal form stats and not the animal form.

exemple the druid have 14 str , 14 dex and no Natural armor
while in wild shape he would have 18 str , 12 dex and +4 nat armor (whatever the form he assume)

what seem really wrong to me here ... if i assume a dire tiger form , when i look at the *normal* dire tiger from the bestiary. They have +6 natural armor and Str 27, Dex 15, Con 17

even if i start with 20 str i will still be short and im not even talking about my constitution.

am i missing something ?

[wraithstrike]

The bonus is added to your normal stats.

Example:

If your druid(in human form) has a strength of 20, and then wildshapes the Strength goes to 24.

[Are]

You only get the bonuses/penalties granted by the relevant beast shape spell.

The ability scores and natural armor bonuses of the animal you assume the form of doesn't matter at all. So, regardless of if you take the form of a creature with 10 STR or 30 STR, you still get a +4 bonus to STR.