The Druid's Wild Shape ability has been reworked along with other changes to the iconic Dungeons & Dragons class.
Dungeons & Dragons has presented players with a new Druid class, that comes with a revamped Wild Shape feature. Today, Wizards of the Coast continued its preview of upcoming changes to Dungeons & Dragons' core rules with a new video feature on the Druid, one of the 12 classes that appears in the new Player's Handbook.
Almost every aspect of the Druid's Wild Shape ability has been upgraded or tweaked. A full breakdown of those changes can be found here, but to summarize, the Druid can now Wild Shape as a Bonus Action instead of an Action and the Druid continues to use their Hit Point pool instead of the beast shape's hit points. When a Druid Wild Shapes, they immediately gain a temporary hit point pool equal to their druid level.
In addition to the overhauled Wild Shape, the Druid also gains several new abilities. At 1st Level, the Druid player decides whether to be a Warren or a Magician, with the former providing proficiency to martial weapons and medium armor and the latter granting an extra cantrip and allows the Druid to use their Wisdom modifier on Arcana and Nature checks. At 2nd Level, the Druid gains a Wild Companion that they can summon by using a Wild Shape slot instead of a spell slot.
At 7th Level, the Druid gains the Elemental Fury ability that allows Druids to either deal additional damage on attacks or adds a Druid's Wisdom modifier to damage dealt by a cantrip. The latter option also increases the range of cantrips to 300 feet. At 18th Level, Druids gain the ability to cast spells while in beast form, which can be combined with Elemental Fury to snipe from the sky as a hawk or owl. The Druid's subclasses have also received upgrades.
The new Player's Handbook will be released on September 17th. You can keep track of all of the changes to Dungeons & Dragons here.
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