The Shifter?

[Abraham Z]

So, anyone got an opinion about the newest Pathfinder character class: Ultimate Wilderness' Shifter? I haven't really delved into it yet but over on the paizo forums there seems to be a lot of dislike.

[Andrew Roberts]

It's incredibly narrow. It is really good at what it does... which is pounce at level 4. But as it is, a druid is WAAAAAAAY more versatile than that class is. I think it could have used some more playtesting.

But if you want to play a powerhouse shifting character, it does the job. Just I think once you get to higher levels you're better off playing a wild shaping druid due to having full spellcasting and way more options to wild shape into.

I wouldn't really call it "weak" though. It can keep up with martials for damage and then some. The poster build I can think of for it is a hybrid wolverine/lion build where you pounce in lion form and rage with the minor wolverine shape.

[dbrain]

The fun thing will be the Oozemorph archetype, which can't even talk or carry objects for more than an hour a day at 1st level. It'll be a fun mission briefing when a blob of goo slurps in to Drandle Dreng's office and the player has to decide whether it is worth giving up the ability to open a door later for the chance to ask a question.

[Andrew Roberts]

That's assuming the oozemorph archetype becomes legal. I have a sneaking suspicion that it won't be. Same with the raging one that can go berserk. The others I feel have a pretty high chance of making it in.