You always see posts about people who want their Dragon builds to have DevCrit, but since Bios classes dont support DevCrit(creatture), it cant happen without the benefit of the very nice PnPShifter class. Besides the pre-reqs for both DevCrit and Dragon Shape are very high, and only a very few builds could do it. Well, here is a CASTING version, for the Crit-inclined. . . .

The minimum pre-reqs for Bios DevCrit are not quite as documented, and PnPShifters DevCrit did it too. This build takes advantage of that, although it doesnt really NEED to, to work. Weapon Focus is not really required. This is more than just a 2da mistake, I think; more of a limitation of the current 2da format. As I see it, they dont have enough "feat required" slots to do all pre-reqs for Overwhelming Crit. Weapon Focus is a natural thing to want though, but in a feat-restricted build like this, I chose not to get it.

Unlike the Shifter verison, this has access to much fewer shapes; only two decent sets (Dragon and Elemental). But, this is more than offset (for me), by the access to 9th level Druid spells, better saves, and access to Boneshanks Epic spells.

Shapes with DevCrit:
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Dragon - All Shapes
Elementals - All Shapes

Half-Orc 23/3/14 Druid PnPShifter COT

Str 18 (26)
Dex 8
Con 10
Wis 18 (30)
Int 8
Cha 6

1 Druid Alert
2 Druid
3 Druid Pow Attack
4 Druid Str19
5 Druid
6 Druid WF(simple melee, for COT prereq)
7 Druid
8 Druid Str20
9 Druid Extend
10 Druid
11 Druid
12 Druid Str21 Cleave
13 Druid
14 Druid
15 Druid Great Cleave
16 Druid Str22
17 Druid
18 PnPShifter ImpCrit(Creature)
19 Druid
20 COT Str23

18/1/1 BAB 14

21 COT2 Wis19 Wis20
22 COT
23 COT4 Wis21
24 COT Str24 Wis22
25 COT6 Wis23
26 COT
27 COT8 W24 W25
28 COT Str25
29 COT10 W26
30 COT W27
31 COT
32 COT Wis28
33 PnPShifter OCrit
34 COT14 W29
35 Druid
36 Druid Wis30 DragonShape
37 Druid
38 Druid
39 PnPShifter DevCrit
40 Druid Str26


101 Skill points
18 Concentration
40 Lore <<<----- For Boneshanks Epic Spells.
43 Spellcraft

AC 17 (BreastPlate + Tower Shield)

AB 33/28/23
Club d6+8

Fort 32
Reflex 26
Will 38

Ancient Red Dragon
AC 43
HP 807
AB 43/38/33
2d6+19 attacks
Fort 43
Reflex 40
Will 38
SR 20

Fire Elemental
AC 20
HP 667
AB 30/25/20
2d8+6
Fort 32
Reflex 31
Will 38


Pros
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- DevCrit in lots of Shapes
- 9th level Druid spells
- Able to cast Boneshanks Epic Spells
- Good saves when unshifted.

Cons
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- If you like DevCrit enough to nerf your other stats so much , does anything else matter?
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