Druid kits and shapeshifting

[Guest Guest]

Shapeshifters are only meant to be able to shapeshift into werewolfs but are able to get the elemental shapeshifting abilities as are the totemic druids which shouldn't be allowed to shapeshift at all.

 

Is this a bug or was it done on purpose?

[devSin]

I'm inclined to think it's intentional. ToB is really short and really bad, so I think they just wanted to give everybody the chance to play with the cool uber spells and abilities.

[Salk]

I never played as druid before but if it really happens like Guest says, then I'd really believe it a big bug to squash: it would make the druid kit's description wrong and, mostly, it would unbalance the druid class itself internally.

[Nythrun]

Class and kit descriptions didn't ever refer to HLAs or even acknowledge that Throne of Bhaal levels existed prior to Fixpack, and that's not something that's been changed in general (i.e. "cannot shapeshift" only means "can't turn into Yogi the Useless Bear" - the developers didn't update anything for ToB.)

 

In the same way that the only generalist spell in the game is Dragon's Breath, these abilities are probably meant to be unrestricted inasmuch as they had any intent behind them at all.

 

"I'm sorry, the plot to the Throne of Bhaal is a bit lame, isn't it?"

 

"Pay no attention to the plot behind the curtain! You can be on fire now!"

 

"Yes, but that doesn't mean..."

 

"Look! You are covered in loam! Awesome, n'est pas?"

 

Besides, you can cast Nature's Beauty while in normal form