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So I was helping a player out with his new PF2 Wild Druid and I noticed something that feels like an error. The base Dinosaur Form spell says it gives a +9 bonus to damage, but when heighted to lvl5 the bonus drops to +6 and that seems extremely counterintuitive. I recognize the heightened spell also increases the number of damage dice, but the lvl7 version of the spell also doubles the damage dice and the damage bonus jumps up to +15. So it starts at +9, then drops to +6, and then goes up to +15? This seems very wrong to me and definitely feels like a typo.
I looked at a few of the other Form spells and I don't see any of them doing something like this, so I'm pretty sure this is an error but I wanted to see what the community thinks or find out if there's been a comment from Paizo about this that I haven't been able to find via google and the forum search.
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The 7th level Dinosaur form is double the damage dice from the base spell, not from the heightened version, so it does make sense. The difference between 4 and 5 is similar to the difference between level 4 and 5 animal form. Elemental form does the same between 6 and 7.
Basically, if you turn into a Stegosaurus with Dinosaur Form, you'll get the following damage.
Level 4 : 2d8+9 (average 18)
Level 5 : 4d8+6 (average 24)
Level 7 : 4d8+15 (average 33)
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No, that's correct. It is, as you mention, due to the extra damage dice.
Let's examine the actual damage progression. At 4th, a Brontosaurus is 2d8+9 (18), at 5th they're 4d8+6 (24) and at 7th, they're 4d8+15 (33).
That's a perfectly reasonable damage progression, the way of getting there is just slightly counterintuitive.
EDIT: Ninja'd. Ah, well.