Wild Shape

Wild Shape is an Action gained by Druids at Level 2 that allows them to magically transform into various creatures in order to fight in combat or explore the environment.

See also:  Combat Wild Shape, the  Circle of the Moon enhanced version with extra exclusive forms. See also: Features that work in Wild Shape, an extensive list of equipment, feats, and passive features that do or do not work in Wild Shape.

Description

Magically assume the shape of a beast.

While in animal shape, you can't talk or cast Spells. You take on the attributes of your beast form -- excluding your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores.

When your beast form drops to 0 Hit Points, you revert to your normal form.

Properties

Cost:

Action + Wild Shape Charge

Details:

• Grants access to the forms  Wild Shape: Badger,  Wild Shape: Cat,  Wild Shape: Spider, and  Wild Shape: Wolf.
• Your physical Ability Scores ( Strength,  Dexterity, and  Constitution) become the Ability Scores of the creature while Wild Shaped. Your Hit Points and  Armour Class also become that of the transformed creature. You retain the mental Ability Scores ( Intelligence,  Wisdom, and  Charisma) of your original form. Your movement speed is based on your racial movement speed, but some shapes add a bonus.
• When you reach 0 Hit Points, you revert back to your original form (with the same Hit Points you had before Wild Shaping). If you take damage that reduces the Wild Shape form's Hit Points below 0, the remaining damage is applied to your original form. If the remaining damage is also enough to reduce your original form to 0 Hit Points, you die instantly, skipping the usual Death Saving Throws.
• If you cast a Concentration Spell before entering Wild Shape, entering Wild Shape does not end your Concentration on it.
• You can't cast spells while in Wild Shape, and furthermore can't take any action outside of those available to your Wild Shape.
• Your equipped items are merged into your beast form and do not have any effect until you revert back.
• You retain your normal Skill and Saving throw Proficiencies while Wild Shaped, but the total bonuses for Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution-based rolls are influenced by your new animal form ability scores.
• Your beast form has a fixed number of base Hit Points that increase every two levels that you advance in the Druid class after unlocking each unique creature type. The Hit Point increase is calculated by a factor depending on the shape you are using:
  • Sabre-Tooth, Panther: 1.15
  • Myrmidons, Rothe, Owlbear: 1.2
  • Bear, Badger, Spider: 1.3
  • Wolf: 1.4
• The damage dealt by beast form attacks depends on the form used:
  • 1d4 damage: Bear (Claws), Dire Raven (Beak, Rend Vision), Panther (Bite), Owlbear (Rupture, claws, Crushing Flight)
  • 1d6 damage: Badger (Bite), Spider (Bite), Rothe (Gore, Charge), Panther (Jugular Strike, Pounce)
  • The damage die for all these attacks increases by one size (e.g., from 1d4 to 1d6) at level 4, again at level 8, and again at level 12.
• The DC of the (Special) Attacks of the Wild Shape forms is determined as follows: 8 + Proficiency + WIS Modifier.
• When shapeshifted, speaking to current party members while roaming the world, or talking to active/inactive party members in the camp reverts you temporarily to your original form while the dialogue lasts. This does not work with non-companion NPC's with the exception of Withers and Mizora.
• Being shapeshifted into an animal-type form lets you understand other animals in the world freely, without using spells or potions, even though shapeshifting does not grant the player condition of  Speak with Animals. This does not work with the Myrmidon forms from  Circle of the Moon's  Combat Wild Shape.
• Unfortunately many items, feats, and class passives do not work while in Wild Shape. See Features that work in Wild Shape for an extensive list of what does and does not work.

At Higher Levels

• At 4th level grants access to the form  Wild Shape: Deep Rothé.
• At 6th level grants access to the forms  Wild Shape: Panther and  Wild Shape: Owlbear.
• At 10th level grants access to the form  Wild Shape: Dilophosaurus.

(For  Circle of the Moon's exclusive forms, see  Combat Wild Shape).

All Wild Shape Forms

Creature	Level Learned	Base AC	Dex Mod to AC	AC	HP (Base)	HP (At Level 12)	STR	DEX	CON
Badger	2	10	+0	10	13	48	14	10	15
Bear	2*	12	+0	12	30	111	19	10	16
Cat	2	10	+2	12	2	2	6	15	10
Spider	2	11	+3	14	20	74	14	16	12
Wolf	2	12	+2	14	18	97	17	15	15
Dire Raven	4*	14	+2	16	13	13	6	14	8
Deep Rothé	4	10	+0	10	23	48	18	10	14
Panther	6	12	+2	14	45	68	14	15	10
Owlbear	6	14	+1	15	65	112	20	12	17
Sabre-Toothed Tiger	8*	12	+1	13	67	89	18	13	15
Dilophosaurus	10	13	+1	14	74	96	19	13	17
Air Myrmidon	10*	16	+2	18	90	108	18	14	14
Earth Myrmidon	10*	18	+0	18	103	124	18	10	17
Fire Myrmidon	10*	14	+4	18	90	108	13	18	15
Water Myrmidon	10*	16	+2	18	90	108	18	14	16

• * Only available to Circle of the Moon Druids.

Variants

•  Wild Shape: Badger
•  Wild Shape: Bear
•  Wild Shape: Cat
•  Wild Shape: Spider
•  Wild Shape: Wolf
•  Wild Shape: Dire Raven
•  Wild Shape: Deep Rothé
•  Wild Shape: Panther
•  Wild Shape: Owlbear
•  Wild Shape: Sabre-Toothed Tiger
•  Wild Shape: Dilophosaurus
•  Wild Shape: Air Myrmidon
•  Wild Shape: Earth Myrmidon
•  Wild Shape: Fire Myrmidon
•  Wild Shape: Water Myrmidon

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 2: Druid

Notes

• For April Fools 2023, Larian Studios posted a tweet "announcing" a new wild shape for Druids: the Waterdhavian Cheese Wheel.
•  Aberrant Shape was an Illithid Power Druid Bonus Action in Early Access that morphed the Druid into an Intellect Devourer.

External links

• Wild shape on the Forgotten Realms Wiki