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Help Me Understand Shapeshifting (e.g. the Avenger's Fire Salamander Form)

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Hi all. I've never played through with CHARNAME as a druid before and I've always noticed that Jaheira's shapeshifting into bears or a wolf is basically garbage so I don't have any experience shapeshifting. The Shapeshifter kit would be cool but seeing as it's so terribly nerfed and I hope to play into BGII, that's out. However, the Avenger looks like an interesting kit, with the new forms as melee possibilities since CHARNAME clearly wouldn't be taking on melee himself wearing leather and wielding a club.

That said, I don't quite understand the mechanics of shapeshifting. Does the shapeshifted form have the Thac0 and HP equivalent to my character's level? Do the number of attacks change, or will the spider always have the 4 attacks he has when you first get the ability to change?

Most importantly, what weapons are these forms attacking with? If I play through into BGII and ToB, will the shapeshifted forms become totally useless in melee against, say, Fire Giants, or tougher opponents that can only be hit by magical weapons? Or is that Fire Salamander's spear magical? Or does it get better over time? There just isn't enough info in the manual for me to answers these questions on my own so I'm hoping you can!

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