Why do the shapeshift forms look like the same weird werewolf?

[Nukoolamukmuk]

I remember I tried a druid very briefly until I saw what the shapeshift forms all look like a freaky ugly werewolf. Is there a mod to make the animal forms look like animals? I love the boar and bear ideas but can't stand that creepy werewolf form the game uses for everything.

I liked Neverwinter Nights 2 which had awesome animal shift forms for the druid so my main character was a druid.

[Nukoolamukmuk]

https://orcz.com/images/thumb/9/98/PillarsofEternitySpiritshiftWolf.jpg/380px-PillarsofEternitySpiritshiftWolf.jpg

How is that not a werewolf???

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzNJ_aqqc_lJ_0O4L-y24X7j117enWXwrBo9aAtSJRPzC0XXiW_www7_me1K90FjrzoXk&usqp=CAU

we are supposed to believe this werewolf is a boar

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2mmXz53puqcPG8pfe6VZ2X.jpg

this is what a boar looks like

[psychotron666420]

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

I never had a problem with travelling in BG2. If you have a proper party it is easy to survive those scripted events without ever using stoneskin. I prefer ironskin on my druid. I can do fine in that game without using stoneskin all the time and only mages had it anyways and the mage should not be doing melee.

I don't understand why the 12 hours for stoneskin is such a huge problem for you. I think you are taking the games far too seriously and worry excessively about tiny issues.

So anyways this thread is about wanting proper animal forms for the druid. Odd that players seem okay with the freaky werewolf look for the druid.

Ironic that you claim he's taking games far too seriously and worrying excessively about tiny issues, while you're doing exactly that with the spiritshift form.

The answer is pretty simple. 1. This game was made as a Kickstarter project and last ditch effort to save the company from going bankrupt. There were many stretch goals in their funding they had to do, like the stronghold or the mega dungeon or the second hub city.
Making new sprites for every druid form is a lot of work for very little payoff that many players will never see.

2.druids shifting in Poe universe is not transforming into animals like dungeons and dragons. They turn into a half humanoid half animal form (in some lore and universes these are called wereboars and werewolves). So yes, they are essentially werewolves, wereboars, were[insert animal archetype here].

Also that second picture looks exactly like what I'd picture a were boar to look like.

Here's a picture of a DND forgotten realms wereboar (forgotten realms is where Baldur's Gate takes place btw seeing as how you use that as comparison). Looks almost exactly like the spirit shifted boar in Poe.

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Wereboar

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

The tiny spell durations in pillars is ridiculous and lame. Most spells are useless because of it.

You must be kidding! Can you name at least one spell you consider "useless" because of a short base duration?

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

And the druid absolutely looks like a creepy werewolf in all "animal forms". It is the exact same werewolf with a slightly different bit of hair on it for each. Scary looking and weird.

Nope. Look more closely. Stag form, for example, has hooves and horns. Bear form pretty much looks like a human in bear costume. It is exactly what spiritshifting is about. The druid does not transform into an animal, but becomes a mix between human and animal.

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

You can keep lecturing me about how wrong I am, but the werewolf image is obvious.

High negativity and aggressiveness will be a fruitless venture.

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

we are supposed to believe this werewolf is a boar

You don't? What would be the rationale? Essential traits of a wild boar are clearly visible in this image. Canine teeth, hooves with two toes, the large head with a short and thick neck, small eyes, and and and.

[Nukoolamukmuk]

You guys are very very weird to be so deeply obsessed with that werewolf creepiness. Do you wear a werewolf costume while you are lecturing me? I don't think this is supposed to be a horror game but those hideous werewolf forms are creepy AF.

[Nukoolamukmuk]

Look at Solasta game's excellent druid forms. The developers had enough sense to know what animals look like and made then look real nice for their game. Isn't Solastic trillions of times better looking that pillars? Why not have proper animals instead of werewolves?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1722280/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister__Primal_Calling/

[Yoinkyz]

becoming a bore or a bear wouldnt even be much of a boon anyway. you would be too big as a bear a easy target for the guns in this game and a boar only has 1 weapon its tusks. i get it like but we domesticated them as cave men for a reason. now a ware bear or a wareboar all the dexterity of a human with the features of said animals such as thicc fat or large tusks and perhaps even enhanced smelling along with humans op arms with massive claws. its a simple matter of logic if nothing else

[psychotron666420]

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

Look at Solasta game's excellent druid forms. The developers had enough sense to know what animals look like and made then look real nice for their game. Isn't Solastic trillions of times better looking that pillars? Why not have proper animals instead of werewolves?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1722280/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister__Primal_Calling/

Because pillars of eternity is not dnd. Druids in Poe don't turn into animals, they turn into animal human hybrids, called werecreatures in other lore or spirit shift in Poe. In DND when you turn into a creature, you cannot cast spells or do things humans can do. Druids in this are hybrids when they transform and can still do things like cast spells.

[Nukoolamukmuk]

I prefer full animal forms without spell casting while in animal form. In BG2 it was a nice tradeoff to consider for two very different ways to use a druid each time. And I prefer to be able to turn my druid into an animal and stay that way as long as I want. It is more fun and realistic. The few stingy seconds you get for everything in pillars makes it painful and not fun.

[Yoinkyz]

its not realistic at least in poe spiritform you still have your human anatomy. turning into any type of animal like a boar would be impossible in all reality xD. in poe at least you get it per encounter with high intelligence it lasts slightly longer but for balance reasons you cant stay shifted

[psychotron666420]

...More realistic to magically turn into full animals for as long as you want? Are you even listening to yourself?

[Nukoolamukmuk]

Originally posted by psychotron666420:

...More realistic to magically turn into full animals for as long as you want? Are you even listening to yourself?

psycho, you need to look in a mirror and acknowledge that you are instantly triggered into anger whenever anyone doesn't agree with your werewolf fetish beliefs, look at the werewolf costume you are wearing, and then try tell yourself that you do not need emergency psychological help and definitely don't require a full team of shrinks working on you full-time in a mental ward.

[psychotron666420]

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

Originally posted by psychotron666420:

...More realistic to magically turn into full animals for as long as you want? Are you even listening to yourself?

psycho, you need to look in a mirror and acknowledge that you are instantly triggered into anger whenever anyone doesn't agree with your werewolf fetish beliefs, look at the werewolf costume you are wearing, and then try tell yourself that you do not need emergency psychological help and definitely don't require a full team of shrinks working on you full-time in a mental ward.

You need to try harder, because this is weak, especially coming from the guy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about sprites you barely see in the game.

[Nukoolamukmuk]

Originally posted by psychotron666420:

...More realistic to magically turn into full animals for as long as you want? Are you even listening to yourself?

psycho, do you really think that old cliche is powerful? Sorry loser we can't all be as witty as you are.

[Nukoolamukmuk]

Originally posted by psychotron666420:

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

psycho, you need to look in a mirror and acknowledge that you are instantly triggered into anger whenever anyone doesn't agree with your werewolf fetish beliefs, look at the werewolf costume you are wearing, and then try tell yourself that you do not need emergency psychological help and definitely don't require a full team of shrinks working on you full-time in a mental ward.

You need to try harder, because this is weak, especially coming from the guy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about sprites you barely see in the game.

try glasses and get some anger management therapy

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

You guys are very very weird to be so deeply obsessed with that werewolf creepiness.

Kindly do something about your lousy attitude. Afterall, it was you, who had opened this topic with the subject "Why do the shapeshift forms look like the same weird werewolf?"

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

Do you wear a werewolf costume while you are lecturing me?

Why open a topic in public discussion forum, if you cannot handle the responses you get?

Originally posted by Goopasloppababookaba:

I don't think this is supposed to be a horror game but those hideous werewolf forms are creepy AF.

Puzzling. I don't get it. What would be "creepy AF" about the spiritshift forms?