I have two questions about the feyform shifter from Wilderness Origins.
1) Can a feyform shifter still choose and use animal aspects as normal, or does fey aspect replace the innate ability? A friend has stated he believes it doesn't replace the base animal aspects.
Fey Aspect (Su): A feyform shifter can take on a First World aspect and assume fey traits as a swift action.
While in this form, she gains low-light vision (or darkvision with a range of 30 feet, if she already has low-light vision) and DR 1/cold iron. Her body outline becomes indistinct; she is treated as though she has concealment, except that she cannot use this concealment to attempt Stealth checks.
She can maintain this form for a number of minutes per day equal to 3 + her shifter level. The duration does not need to be consecutive, but it must be spent in 1-minute increments.
At 5th level, the feyform shifter’s DR increases to 2/cold iron, and she grows a pair of butterfly-like wings that grant her a fly speed of 30 feet with average maneuverability.
At 10th level, the feyform shifter’s DR increases to 5/cold iron, and she gains a +4 bonus on saving throws against enchantment spells and effects.
At 15th level, the feyform shifter’s DR increases to 7/cold iron, and her fly speed maneuverability increases to good.
At 20th level, the feyform shifter’s DR increases to 10/cold iron. She becomes resistant to movement-impairing effects (as freedom of movement) and gains spell resistance equal to 10 + her level.
This alters and replaces all improvements to shifter aspect.
2) Can the archetype still turn into animals, or does it instead use fey form?
Fey Shape (Su): At 4th level, a feyform shifter can use her wild shape ability to become a fey creature. The fey shifter must spend at least one use of wild shape to transform into a fey creature; this ability functions as fey form IUW, except that it lasts for only 1 minute per use of wild shape spent. Using fey shape or reverting back is a standard action that does not cause attacks of opportunity. At 8th level this ability instead functions as fey form IIUW. At 10th level this ability functions as fey form IIIUW, and at 14th level it functions as fey form IVUW. This alters wild shape.
Considering that the later abilities it grants allows you to do the following...
Fey Shifter (Su): At 9th level, a feyform shifter gains a second shifter aspect, chosen from the animal aspects normally available to shifters. When she uses her shifter aspect ability to take on her fey aspect, she can choose a second aspect and assume the minor form of that aspect, alongside her fey aspect, allowing her to combine her fey aspect with the animal aspects available to her.
This modifies chimeric aspect.
...so it gets animal aspects added later that modify the fey aspect ability, I'm hesitant at best to believe this archetype simply tabs on *fey form* and a free aspect onto already-existing abilities and effectively takes nothing away in return.
Any opinions?
Final Aspect (Su): At 20th level, a feyform shifter gains access to a fourth aspect. When she uses shifter aspect, she can assume the minor forms of all her aspects in addition to her fey aspect, and she can use her major and minor forms at will.
This alters final aspect.
This also adds a whole new ingredient to the broth. What major form is it talking about? Is this an accidental copypasta from other archetypes' capstones for shifter?
'This alters and replaces all improvements to shifter aspect.'
- fey aspect replaces shifter aspect.
Shifter wild shape only allows you to wild shape into creatures allowed by your shifter aspect. You have no such shifter aspect until L9. OTOH once you do 'a feyform shifter can use her wild shape ability to become a fey creature. ... This alters wild shape.' implies to me that once you do you can wild shape into that creature.
& I agree with willuwontu on the capstone.
You both essentially have the same understanding of it that I have. I was just making sure I wasn't being too conservative in reading it.
My one consideration now is this: Which of you is correct about the Wild Shape alteration? I don't think stating my opinion here is ideal as I don't want to swing things either way, as a fellow player has his foot in on this as well.
a) They Wild Shape as fey form instead of beast shape[/1]
/or/
b) They can also [i]beast shape once they acquire animal aspects at mid-level play
Thoughts from the council?
Formatting fail, and too late to edit. SMH.