Can someone explain why there is a hold 2 or a hold 3 in the Druid shapeshifting move? How do you use these holds and why so many?
(sorry if this has been covered already,)
Can someone explain why there is a hold 2 or a hold 3 in the Druid shapeshifting move?
Can someone explain why there is a hold 2 or a hold 3 in the Druid shapeshifting move?
Covered on the character sheet.
“You may take on the physical form of any species whose essence you have studied or who lives in your land: you and your possessions meld into a perfect copy of the species’ form. You have any innate abilities and weaknesses of the form: claws, wings, gills, breathing water instead of air. You still use your normal stats but some moves may be harder to trigger—a housecat will find it hard to do battle with an ogre. The GM will also tell you one or more moves associated with your new form. Spend 1 hold to make that move. Once you’re out of hold, you return to your natural form. At any time, you may spend all your hold and revert to your natural form”
As I understand it, your can spend hold to make specific moves while in your animal form. If you don’t need that many hold, you can always revert back to your human form.
Damn it, I somehow missed that on the sheet. I’ve been running the game and only glanced at the sheet, so I missed the basic desriptions. Thanks!
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Your GM will give you some moves to spend Hold on. When you spend them all you revert back to your natural shape.
For what it’s worth, when I GM a druid character, I don’t really bother with moves. If there’s something the druid wants to do that’s among the animal’s skills, I make them spend one hold.
For example, a leopard woud be able to catch up with a fleeing kobold (1 hold) and pounce on him, killing or restraining the poor guy (1 hold). If the player won’t spend a second hold, they can still pounce but the kobold has time to turn around with a ready blade, and we roll H&S.
Best times happen when the Druid fails their shapeshift move. My standby is usually – ‘yup you change, but you can’t seem to change back….. Yet.’