When wild shaped into a Cameroceras would the druid get the creatures movement speed of 5ft? Or would he retain his own movement speed of 30ft?
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When wild shaped into a Cameroceras would the druid get the creatures movement speed of 5ft? Or would he retain his own movement speed of 30ft?
It's a polymorph effect, so
While under the effects of a polymorph spell, you lose all extraordinary and supernatural abilities that depend on your original form (such as keen senses, scent, and darkvision), as well as any natural attacks and movement types possessed by your original form.
So his usual 30' land speed goes away for the duration.
Ahh ok thanks! my GM in the past had said I wouldn't get the Megaraptors 60ft movement, I guess he was wrong.
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Your base speed changes to match that of the form you assume.
Note that this is just your base speed. For other movement speeds (e.g., swim, fly), you get only what the spell says that you get.
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I yearned for the day blahpers and fuzzy wuzzy both replied to one of my threads. Two walking encyclopedia's right here, thank you both.
Also, while you're wild shaped, you gain the physical attributes (str/dex/con) of the new form, but you keep your mind stats (int/wis/cha).
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Also, while you're wild shaped, you gain the physical attributes (str/dex/con) of the new form, but you keep your mind stats (int/wis/cha).
That is not true. Wild shape works like beast form spells which are polymorph spells, so you may be thinking about the rule:
While under the effects of a polymorph spell, you lose all extraordinary and supernatural abilities that depend on your original form (such as keen senses, scent, and darkvision), as well as any natural attacks and movement types possessed by your original form.
However, ability scores aren't extraordinary or supernatural abilities. For them you have:
While these spells make you appear to be the creature, granting you a +10 bonus on Disguise skill checks, they do not grant you all of the abilities and powers of the creature. Each polymorph spell allows you to assume the form of a creature of a specific type, granting you a number of bonuses to your ability scores and a bonus to your natural armor.
Your use your original ability scores, you get size modifiers depending on the creature you're polymorphing into:
Small animal: If the form you take is that of a Small animal, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Dexterity and a +1 natural armor bonus.
Medium animal: If the form you take is that of a Medium animal, you gain a +2 size bonus to your Strength and a +2 natural armor bonus. (...)
Tiny animal: If the form you take is that of a Tiny animal, you gain a +4 size bonus to your Dexterity, a –2 penalty to your Strength, and a +1 natural armor bonus.
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. (...)
Diminutive animal: If the form you take is that of a Diminutive animal, you gain a +6 size bonus to your Dexterity, a –4 penalty to your Strength, and a +1 natural armor bonus.
Huge animal: If the form you take is that of a Huge animal, you gain a +6 size bonus to your Strength, a –4 penalty to your Dexterity, and a +6 natural armor bonus.
Also, while you're wild shaped, you gain the physical attributes (str/dex/con) of the new form, but you keep your mind stats (int/wis/cha).
This was how 3.5 worked. Pathfinder abandoned it immediately because Druidzilla. The synthesist's writer apparently didn't get this memo either and we all saw how that turned out.
The synthesist's writer apparently didn't get this memo either and we all saw how that turned out.
They probably thought "well, it's weaker than vanilla Summoner, so it should be ok!"; ignoring subjective party balance.
Ah good to know. Thank you for clearing that up :)