Druid Owlbear form comfirmed

[Thespen]

https://twitter.com/larianstudios/status/1641833148026593282

:)

[sevensided]

If Larian is house ruling monsters for the Moon druid to shape into, then it might actually salvage the Moon Druid in later levels. I wonder what other not-actually-beasts monsters Larian is putting on the moon druid's roster?

[Gaius]

Didn't they spoil that before in the trailer? Or wasn't it clear a playable character could also do that?

[Hobocop]

Pretty sure this was already teased in the Patch 9 trailer, but a good reminder in the wake of the movie.

[sevensided]

Patch 9 trailer had a druid using the parasite to change into a displacer beast, don't recall an owlbear. -loads the video...-

addendum: yup it was in the launch trailer. Just a flash of a change, lol.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by sevensided:

If Larian is house ruling monsters for the Moon druid to shape into, then it might actually salvage the Moon Druid in later levels. I wonder what other not-actually-beasts monsters Larian is putting on the moon druid's roster?

I think it also coincides with the dnd beyond stuff that is allowing druid to shape into anything it pleases but not with identical stats, I hope larian makes it strong enough though, but I don't think they will mess it up considering how they even buffed the rangers companions at lvl 5 nicely.

[dolby]

making polar bear even more useless but ok i digress. will be intresting to see what they did in the full game and what level cap is.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by dolby:

making polar bear even more useless but ok i digress. will be intresting to see what they did in the full game and what level cap is.

Well that's a general problem with druid, old forms can become niche or useless depending on what they are good for. The cat form let's you just waltz in and kind scout any place, most things not overly aggressive to cats lol
They could overcome this with giving the polar bear specifically buffs as you level, wouldn't be the worst idea, but overall if the goal is to push then towards stronger forms then that may not be wanted, or slightly rework wild for as that the stronger the monster the more points points it takes, you might want 2 uses of bear vs 1 use of owl bear, I don't really like that idea but hey.
Plus with the tadpole power you probably have a 3rd form if you chose to use it.

[Mosey]

I liked how they buffed up the Ranger summons for level 5, but was hugely disappointed none of that made it into Druid shape changes.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Mosey:

I liked how they buffed up the Ranger summons for level 5, but was hugely disappointed none of that made it into Druid shape changes.

I like that it didnt make it directly into druid it gives some unique feel to each class that way, but i hope they do make it more interesting later (perhaps why owl bear and other stuff is added), or at least let us cast our concentration spells in the full game lol cuz normally you can recast certain spells you are concentrating on while shifted but last time i was playing i was not able to for like call lightning? i think thats its name.

[dolby]

Originally posted by Mosey:

I liked how they buffed up the Ranger summons for level 5, but was hugely disappointed none of that made it into Druid shape changes.

yeah upgrades are a must but i guess larian doesn't agree not sure what they were thinking but ok...

it's bad enough that you lost on extra free action economy vs that of a ranger but to have a few shapes that just become useless is just said.

and then this is the second said part... :)

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

stuff is added), or at least let us cast our concentration spells in the full game lol cuz normally you can recast certain spells you are concentrating on while shifted but last time i was playing i was not able to for like call lightning? i think thats its name.

[Ronin Gamer]

I mean we saw a druid turn into a displacer beast in the trailer, thought more people would lose their **** over that, but very little seems to get mentioned about it.

[dolby]

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

I mean we saw a druid turn into a displacer beast in the trailer, thought more people would lose their **** over that, but very little seems to get mentioned about it.

i guess we all assume you gonna have to use tadpole power to get it and most of us don't want to do that. I know i don't.. In fact if i could i would just remove tadpole and play as average joe/jane. The the chosen one, special one narrative in rpgs is so overrated.


Second Larian is homebrewing left and right so we have no clue what we are getting it could be good or could be meh... and that includes displacer...
But one thing is sure at the least it looks good.

[Mosey]

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Originally posted by Mosey:

I liked how they buffed up the Ranger summons for level 5, but was hugely disappointed none of that made it into Druid shape changes.

I like that it didnt make it directly into druid it gives some unique feel to each class that way, but i hope they do make it more interesting later (perhaps why owl bear and other stuff is added), or at least let us cast our concentration spells in the full game lol cuz normally you can recast certain spells you are concentrating on while shifted but last time i was playing i was not able to for like call lightning? i think thats its name.

Wasn't trying to say they should just copy/paste the ranger pet abilities onto Moon Druid, but even if they did it would at least be something other than nothing.

Moon just doesn't benefit enough at level 5 to be worth taking over Land, which is superior in every way over Moon.