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Quote from: Tshern on March 10, 2011, 12:05:09 AMSo what do you count as familiar? They need to be married or something? The druid needs to raise a few dozen of those animals and open a zoo for them?Familiar=Actually seen the thing in the fur, scale, featherAlso, what the crap does your signature say, cause it looks Finnish
So what do you count as familiar? They need to be married or something? The druid needs to raise a few dozen of those animals and open a zoo for them?
Quote from: Dictum Mortuum on March 10, 2011, 03:37:53 AMGuys, I think you're doing it wrong. That ruling is there to limit a druid, from, say, becoming a yeti in a sandstorm-like world. Besides, it's dumb, because if you take it literally, it means that if you get out of a temperate forest, you gain the ability to wild shape to a polar bear. And if there happened to be a druid living in that forest with a polar bear animal friend, the polar bear would be DEAD.
Guys, I think you're doing it wrong. That ruling is there to limit a druid, from, say, becoming a yeti in a sandstorm-like world. Besides, it's dumb, because if you take it literally, it means that if you get out of a temperate forest, you gain the ability to wild shape to a polar bear.
Quote from: The_Mad_Linguist on March 10, 2011, 03:46:44 PMQuote from: Dictum Mortuum on March 10, 2011, 03:37:53 AMGuys, I think you're doing it wrong. That ruling is there to limit a druid, from, say, becoming a yeti in a sandstorm-like world. Besides, it's dumb, because if you take it literally, it means that if you get out of a temperate forest, you gain the ability to wild shape to a polar bear. And if there happened to be a druid living in that forest with a polar bear animal friend, the polar bear would be DEAD. pretty okay with its constant Endure Elements.FIXT
Quote from: Dictum Mortuum on March 10, 2011, 03:37:53 AMGuys, I think you're doing it wrong. That ruling is there to limit a druid, from, say, becoming a yeti in a sandstorm-like world. Besides, it's dumb, because if you take it literally, it means that if you get out of a temperate forest, you gain the ability to wild shape to a polar bear. And if there happened to be a druid living in that forest with a polar bear animal friend, the polar bear would be DEAD. pretty okay with its constant Endure Elements.
why would it dieif you say climate you lose because the druid can magic it healthy with ease
So out of the people posting in this thread, which ones live in a temperate forest?
Now, out of the people posting in this thread, how many know what a wolf looks like?
If you stop ignoring 289 pages telling what the intent is to stretch "more power" in your own god complexion of your interpretation trumps all to cover ability adjustments from aging then I will ignore a quarter page of rules that exist within a sidebar.
I think in this case the grammar is less important than whether the Str and Dex bonus provided to your created undead scales.
Your questions are obviously rhetorical -- I think you are taking the amenities of modern society and technology way too much for granted.
*sigh*really?we all know the very basic and simplistic mindset that was used when designing and writing 3.x (or any edition, for that matter) -- their discussion of it is detailed all over the place (both in and out of the published material). Given that, it's quite obvious what the basic assumptions are in this case.
The druid has to have seen the animal in order for it to take the form. No, fuck you, illusion spells don't count. Period.
Huge amounts of people are fuckwits. That doesn't mean that fuckwit is a valid lifestyle.
As a general rule, murdering people and taking their stuff is pretty much superior to breaking their stuff, murdering them, then not having any stuff to take.
Oh I'll make a party. I'll make a party so hard... I'll make a party that makes you feel so awkward downstairs. You'll see the party and only be able to respond, "Oh yeah baby."
Quote from: DocWarlock on March 10, 2011, 09:15:14 PMThe druid has to have seen the animal in order for it to take the form. No, fuck you, illusion spells don't count. Period.So your druid can go "hey I know that that absolutely perfect illusion of a creature I've never seen before is an illusion because I haven't suddenly gained the ability to wildshape into it"?
Quote from: DocWarlock on March 10, 2011, 09:15:14 PMThe druid has to have seen the animal in order for it to take the form. No, fuck you, illusion spells don't count. Period.Got a rules quote to back that up, asshole?The rules say you have to be "familiar" with an animal, that's it. You know what that means in actual English? It means you know about something. When someone says they're familiar with a topic, it means they are aware of it and know something about it. It doesn't mean they have personally visited with it, supped at it's table, and married it's daughter.So yes, a Druid who can make the Knowledge (nature) checks can goddamned jolly well wild shape into a fucking polar bear despite living in medieval England.
Quote from: The_Mad_Linguist on March 10, 2011, 09:46:50 PMQuote from: DocWarlock on March 10, 2011, 09:15:14 PMThe druid has to have seen the animal in order for it to take the form. No, fuck you, illusion spells don't count. Period.So your druid can go "hey I know that that absolutely perfect illusion of a creature I've never seen before is an illusion because I haven't suddenly gained the ability to wildshape into it"?"Simulacrum creates an illusory duplicate of any creature. The duplicate creature is partially real and formed from ice and snow..." PH 3.5 279So, you're gonna gain familiarity off ice and snow? And that's a 7th level spell. Perfect example of a very powerful illusion spell that DOESN'T WORK.
Once again "The form chosen must be that of an animal the druid is familiar with. For example, a druid who has never been outside a temperate forest could not become a polar bear."~PH3.5 Page 37