Altering Wild Shape flavor (but not mechanics)

[Rostiphan]

Is it at all possible to alter the flavor of shape you assume with Wild Shape without running afoul of rules?

To be more specific, I've been playing around with the notion of a grizzled old Druid whose animal companion is a grizzled old lion, and once he reaches 4th and starts Wild Shaping, he joins his friend in Liondom and they engage in glorious feline combat.

So this works out great until 8th level, at which point his Wild Shape allows for Huge animals. The complication of course being that there are no Huge lions. Which is a pretty big hit to the Lion-team flavor.

So, to the point, is it a foul to shift into, say, an Allosaurus (whose attack pattern follows that of the Large lions very nicely,) use all of the mechanics of said Allosaurus, and simply give it a once-over with a coat of Lion-colored paint? (Obviously assuming GMs are up for it, I'm throwing it out here to get an idea of whether or not it's permissible on an organizational level before I start asking if it's permissible on a table-by-table level.)

[Auke Teeninga]

Nope, sorry, not possible.

[Philo Pharynx]

How about using a Warcat?

[Auke Teeninga]

Philo Pharynx wrote:

How about using a Warcat?

Warcat is not PFS legal

[technarken]

Somewhere...out there...the warcats of Belkzen roam. The rules of reality prevent your druid, even if they are intimately familiar with Belkzen's fauna (say, if they are a half-orc from Belkzen), from using wild shape to transform into a creature that exists. Heck, if a scenario ever wound up pitting a party against a Warcat, the druid would be able to identify it as an animal, yet they can't wild shape into.

Hopefully Bestiary 5 includes Warcats (or some other form of huge cat). If not, may our new Canadian overlord permit all campaign setting bestiaries as valid polymorph forms. Just saying...

[Rostiphan]

Slightly silly but not unexpected. Oh well. It's workable up to 8th at least. 21 games of a fun concept ain't nothing.

[Nizari]

Slow Advancement and that's even more feline frolics :) Remember you dont have to wild shape huge even if you have it.

[pauljathome]

My PFS lion shaman is now level 17. She NEVER transformed into a huge land animal and never needed to. You'll do absolutely fine with Large lions.

In fact, there really are fee scenarios where a huge animal is even an option. And for them you've got animal growth and your friend.