#DruidWeek What is the fiction rationale in your game for why Druids can’t turn into insects?
#DruidWeek What is the fiction rationale in your game for why Druids can’t turn into insects?
#DruidWeek What is the fiction rationale in your game for why Druids can’t turn into insects?
Four-limb limitation.
More like a “Limb-itation”…
Insects are biologically and spiritually removed enough from humanoids that it’s not really possible to assume their shape.
Where does it say that they can’t do that?
I’m with Kasper Brohus
It doesn’t say that, AFIK, but some groups may find that limitation adds to the fiction of the character.
There have been some discussions on the game-breaking effect of allowing Druids to turn into a flea…
And you only can turn into animals native to your land, don’t forget that.
Name a land that dosent have fleas or spiders.
But that is sort of the thing with insects… there is a nearly invisible insect in every land…
What’s so game-breaking about being a flea? It’s ridiculously dangerous? You could drown in a drop of water! 😛
So long as you can only turn into one insect (and not a swarm) I see no problem with it.
Kasper Brohus Yeah, and suddenly other insects are dangerous. Like scary dangerous.
Any druid that is risk-taking enough to turn into something that could be completely killed by a stray slap, a drop of rain, or a strong gust is a druid that deserves the chance to do so, in my books.
Misha Polonsky has an awesome story about turning into a fly
Lol… I never thought of the danger of turning into a bug…
The rules say any “species”. I don’t see why that doesn’t include insects. Or plants, for that matter. What move to you grant the druid who turns into a carrot?
Adrian Brooks
You can’t turn into a plant unless you have the Thing Talker advanced move.
Which, IMHO, also begs the question; “At what point can a druid turn into a fantastical creature?’, because non-fantastical plants are at best limited in their usefulness. I also have yet to see any listing for plant moves.
Turning into insects is great. One of my players has a bumblee bee move called “I’m Allergic!!!” Spend one hold and a character will wave their arms wildly trying to shoo you away, unable to focus on anything else.
Great stuff.
Carrot
Be full of vitamins
Be delicious
Grow roots
For human Druids, well, silkworms and honey bees are domesticated.
And one more thing – my Druid is an ocean druid. Most of the cool crap he can turn into doesn’t have a back bone. Blue Ring Octopus, Cone Snail or Box Jelly anyone?
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
Thousands of BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
If I ever GM for a druid who shapeshifts into a bee, “BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!” will be one of their moves.
As to the game-breaking perils of shapeshifting into something smaller? Hardly. They even point that out in the move description itself. Shapeshifting into a flea could be construed as preventing you from triggering a move like Hack and Slash. You’re not fictionally capable of doing it.
Then there’s all the juicy Hard Moves that can follow. Deal Damage against a flea scales up tremendously. ^_^
What about Giant Bee?
!!!!
Had a player turn into a flying frog the size of a dog. Was pretty weird.
If you can’t turn into an insect how can you deal with this:
http://gawker.com/florida-entomologist-finds-jurassic-nest-with-over-a-570957249