The D&D movie breaks druids - here’s why
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- I know everybody's going off about the Owlbear, but that's tied to her backstory, as explored in the novelization. It's that 7-shapes-in-as-many-minutes that would REALLY break the game!
What do you think?
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The realest dnd moment was the speak with dead spell and wasting all the damn questions by accident 😂
I’m sure it’s exactly what my party would do as well
That was so funny, accurate and perfect! I loved that!
I've done that before, one of my favourite moments in the film to be honest
The party I dm'ed for literally did something similar to that once, it was amazing
That or spending an hour planning the questions and everything is a useless answer to the plan
The DM said it was okay, so we all rolled with it.
That's a good one, nice!
Would the movie director be considered as the DM?
Exactly why our party's Eladrin Druid can just produce infinite amounts of any fruit or vegetable she wishes. And not even in a "casts druidcraft" kind of way.
@@JohnWasinger Director of the Movie, or DM for short.
Yeah, it's house rule.
Another theory I saw on reddit is that she's a custom druid who can't cast spell, but burn spell slots to wildshape, and the slot determines the cr.
I'm still convinced Ed is a rogue that thinks he's a bard. Those lute sneak attacks were vicious.
That’s what my group was saying!!
I'm pretty sure he started as a bard, multiclassed into rogue then wound up surpassing his original class in rogue levels.
@@kerilithia I can dig it.
He also failed to use any bard abilities during the course of the movie
@@atsukana1704 I'd debate that he was handing out inspiration like it was pocket change all movie, but not even a cantrip of casting? Come on, man.
The movie was a game where the DM went, "Y'know what? Go for it" a lot and was just having fun getting his friends into the game after years of talking about it.
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Agree 100%. I immediately caught that that was too many shifts, but still found it enjoyable.
Yeah, I was like "how high level is she?" Before ultimately deciding it didn't matter and acknowledging, as Ginny said, it's a fun sequence, who cares.
Similarly, there's a moment where a caster probably should have been aware they were counterspelled, RAW, but it was a fun moment, and it doesn't need to strictly adhere to the rules, it just needs to capture the vibe of playing DnD, which I think it did rather well.
Old-school rules: you have x rounds per level wildshaped. They don't have to be consecutive.
All she did was wild shape, no spells, so it evens out
The NPC sheets they made gave her 5, but 5 is still not 7 but its the movies.
Well depends on the level cause if she was level 20 it was not too many
Plot twist: She’s a 4th Edition Druid and can Wild Shape once per turn as a minor action.
Yes!
She’s specifically called a moon druid tho which is a 5e thing. Honestly it matters not tho it’s still fun af to watch.
New player: Can I bring my 4th edition druid?
DM: yeah, that should keep everyone guessing.
Plot Untwist: she casted Polymorph
@@Ewafingmyth That makes more sense. Tho I don’t know y she would use up all her spell slots during that escape 😂. That also would explain y she’s able to transform into an owlbear.
Also plot untwist? Never heard of that.
It's not a rule break. It's the DM ruling, "Yeah, that's cool." 👍
same as the Owlbear moment😅
I actually only learned that it's "illegal" for a druid to be able to turn into an Owlbear after watching a video posted by the DnD official account saying that it's ok because they said so😂😅
Also the fact that she didn’t cast any traditional spells throughout the movie has me thinking that there is some potential for a homebrew conversion of spell slots to wildshapes. There is precedent for using spell slots to fuel class features (see divine smite) and I don’t think it would break anything to give the Druid access to additional uses of wild shape in an adventuring day, especially if it’s their primary combat ability.
@@PheonixLove Not gonna lie, at my table, if the narrative called for it, and I could workout a way that it didn't break the game, I would allow for it. Maybe a once a day kind of thing where the druid could only call upon it if they went into some kind of berserk mode because they were in an extreme situation.
Yep! It was creative and clearly didnt break the encounter, so why not allow it? Rules lawyers are boring.
Exactly
BTW! the official DnD account released a video explaining that it's ok the druid could turn into an Owlbear because they said so😂😂
which is exactly what a DM would do😅
One of my players wanted a pet owlbear and so overtime I more and more just transformed the owlbear into a beast type monster. Because like fuck it why not.
It was considered a beast in older versions. DnD 5e is the outlier here.
Wait what is an owl bear considered now?
@@JaySwag77 It's a monstosity in 5E. Most "hybrid" creatures are monstrosities.
@@JaySwag77 in 5e it's a Monstrosity.
My friend and I went on for like 15 minutes after watching it about all the little nitpicky things but, at the end of the day, as fun as it is to nitpick, it couldn’t matter less. The movie was super fun and that’s the thing that matters
Most importantly, it felt like D&D. the nonsense the party got up to was believably stuff players would come up with. The player setting off the trap midway through the explanation and then the DM making up another way for them to get across because crap, I didn't have a plan for what to do if they fail at this ("Um, sorcerer, roll Arcana. 8? Great. So you look at this walking stick and you realize...") was a perfect example.
Agreed, it felt like it was true to the game while making things work for a different medium
The thing is though we've already had 2 full seasons now of Vox Machina which manages to be an entertaining and engaging visual medium while still staying in line with the actual rules and mechanics of the game and the player classes.
There's not really an excuse.
@@Noobie2k7 tv and movies, even though they are both visual mediums, have different rules on how they make storytelling work
There's also the frontier between live action and animation, which again have both pros and cons on how you need to tackle certain things
I actually think the party was at level 17 and Doric was using Shapechange (she’s limited in what she can turn into because of her sheltered upbringing). Simon had access to some pretty high leveled spells and seemed pretty certain he could Counterspell the Time Stop indicating he had a 9th level slot.
Also Ed may be credited as a Bard but he took the Valor Bard subclass at level 3 and then went Mastermind Rogue the rest of the way.
According to their statblocks on d&d beyond they're all CR5 except for Xenk, and they're not direct 1:1 equivalents to normal character classes. There's no way any of them were equivalent to level 17. Technically you can counterspell any level spell with a third level slot, so the highest level spell we know Simon cast was Bigby's Hand
@@TheGIJew.he does use Reverse Gravity (by accident but still). Also I think Simon is a Divine Soul Sorcerer (which is why he was asked to heal at the end) and he cast raise dead 4 times. He could have used Sorcery points for extra spell slots or just upcasted the spell.
@@TBoring He didn't cast Raise Dead, He casted Speak With Dead, and he used a reflavored scroll to do it
@@waves_under_starsneeeeeeerd, I was going to say that.
@@TBoring He used a magic item to cast raise dead, and cast reverse gravity because of wild magic.
I think it also reflects her panic, where she was just wildly trying things without thinking it through, also she was already spotted as a fly so maybe she wanted something a bit more durable or faster.
On dndbeyond they’ve made doric in a character pack. And on that stat sheet she only has 5 wild shapes per short/long rest. 😂
DM felt bad about the BBEG's Nat 20 perception roll, so Dorric got some leeway during all that
Nerfed her
Yeah, but didn’t she have a different ability that was basically the same, but with a different name?
I just retconned the first rat and the cat morphs. They weren’t really needed, and I just imagined she just kept the fly and hawk morphs for those moments ^_^
Questionable: She could have the Druid 2 Wildshapes from the Druid Class and from her statblock the 5 Bonus Wildshapes as "special action" that include the Owlbear if wanted .. 2 regular + 5 special ability = 7 Wildshapes per Rest
I totally died at Meteor Swarm + Time Stop. Too many 9th level spellslots.
I thought that was something like Melf's Minute Meteors. Those medium sized explosions aren't really what I'd imagine 40ft radius of 40d6 damage would look like.
Yeah she cast like 20 meteor swarms and I was sitting there with my friend and we both tried not to yell, still a fun movie though
Could be an item?
@@forceoflazy would have been the older school meter swarm which is a lot of smaller attacks instead of the 4 big ones. Probably wasn’t meteor swarm though so idk.
Could have been a scroll...
Doric had a homebrew subclass that allowed her to sacrifice her Spellcasting feature for infinite wild shapes that include monstrosities like the Owlbear. Doric's DM was cool like that. :)
I would be tempted to take that offer. Wonder if it took a bonus action or a full action ^_^
For casting no spells it had better be a bonus action. It gave her advantage in fights for sure.
Okay I accept this headcanon. The whole time I was sitting there wondering why she hadn't cast a single spell. I like this much more.
@@neebling it has since occurred to me that a subclass that allowed druids to spend spell slots to wildshape (and higher level spell slots to wildshape into non-beasts) would actually be really fun to play
@@ryanroyce like an add on to Moon Druid or its own thing?
I also think we are only applying 5e rules to this. There are plenty of 3.5e PrC's that allow this without making a character super powerful.
This!! Also, while I don't think D&D One was necessarily considered for the movie, at 13th level a druid is free to shift forms freely as a bonus action
Thing is, they specifically called her a Moon Druid which would signify 5e in particular... and the only one to have their subclass called out, unless they did call our Sorcerer a wildmagic path
@@Tailon42 Simon said the anti gravity was Wild Magic but didn't necessarily claim that as his identity.
@@XanderHarris1023 Okay but...that's not the same as outright using the words moon druid =)
@@Tailon42 the paladin is Oath of the Ancients since he mentioned the tenet of the ancients. I assume Simon was a wild magic sorcerer since they did say he used wild magic.
Lol yeah my hubby and i were talking about how she HAS to be level 20 to be able to do that immediately after the movie ended haha XD The deer joke was pretty funny though!
The final battle looked for a second like it was following turn-order, which was awesome. Would love to watch it in slo-mo to see if it actually was or if that was just how the fight choreo looked
It was following in turn order, btw! I think they confirmed it that there were about six seconds between that person's attacks.
@@donovancall7237 That's so cool! I saw it in theaters and was like "I hope that's what I'm seeing!" Thanks for replying!
In her prequel book she does a crazy amount of wild shaping (is that what we call it) to the point I had to go reread what a druid could do in the phb
I totally agree. I play as a druid myself and I love the class, but I still think this scene was super fun. One of my favorites in the movie :D
For GinnyDi here and everyone else, there was a DM on set, helping them with mechanics and rules and such. The studio followed as much as they could, but said that for some things (especially with the Wild Shaping) they took the, "filmography over accuracy" approach. Which, it was totally worth it because, it was a great movie.
Agreed and I got the impression it wasn’t really based on 5e anyway but much more on 3.5. A lot of people complaining about the “rule breaks” aren’t considering other editions, just 5e, but it was a dnd movie, not a dnd 5th edition movie lol
I think it's based on all versions. She's specifically called a Moon druid, which is a 5e thing. They took the best of all worlds...so everything except 4th edition
Ok, yes, but can we talk about how fabulous that green dress is! 💚💚💚
I can't wait to see this movie, love your takes on it. Also I LOVE your dress! (& your fashion in general tbh)
That druid escape scene was so much fun that I don't care that it broke the rules. :D
When the seal is broken by the helmet and immediately talk via sending stone right after
That was probably my fav sequence in the movie. Really fun camera work.
She also wildshapes while in full metal armor. She's definitely a Dungeon World's druid
And dungeon world is amazing
Are you referring to the horse armor?
@@_ion04 nope, referring to when she enters a displayed full plate and tryes to blend in while fleeing from the castle
But also, I'm pretty sure she was using the ONE D&D playtest rules for a druid. With those rules, all of those wildshapes would still just count as one.
It was filmed in 2021, maybe it was the other way around and the new druid rules were inspired by the film?
You’re 100% right. I have one. Not a rule break per say (and maybe it’s a leveling thing) but I liked how they dramatized attunement.
Truth!!
100% this! Aside from the tubby dragon, that was my favorite.
I really like how every character got one scene to really got to show off their skills in the movie. That was clearly hers, and it was super fun to watch.
Even in an actual game, sometimes the rule of cool is the way to go, and house rules are always a good way to add balance and make it feel a bit more consistent, as well.
The bard wasn’t magic and no I don’t think I it was justified cause it just made him feel kinda lame and pointless. I was waiting for him to be giving everyone some bardic inspiration while they were fighting but nope. And the Druid never used spells she just transformed but I think that’s not a big deal. The bard just made me sad tho :(
You're absolutely right, but his whole narrative purpose is that he ties the whole group together as a strategist rather than mechanically during fights- he definitely didn't min-max like the other characters, which is fine, but DID give Bardic inspiration in how he spoke to each of them, helping them play to their strengths. Everyone asks FOR the manager, nobody asks ABOUT the manager, basically.
Watched the movie today. It was so good! It had lots of charm and fun moments.
Player: Can I spell slots for Wild Shapes?
DM: Absolutely!
I just like to think Doric is a level 20 Moon Druid that got permission from the DM to become an Owlbear
Someone in the comments section of a WatchMojo video talking about the D&D movie commented that it could be that she's a Master of Many Forms subclass from 3.5 which could explain the multiple wild shapes and how she could become an owlbear.
Yes, added to the complete warrior's combat shapeshifter
Druids should be able to have more wild shapes than they do now. Balance it by making the druid drop out of a shape once they have reached the regular hp max of the animal OR the character (whichever comes first) in damage. Allow them to have as many wild shapes before rest as they have levels.
As the Druid of the party, I looked to my dungeon master (who was watching the movie with me) during the entire wild shape scene. I was like “ I WANNA DO THAT PLEASEEEE “
The post credit scene should have been all the actors sitting around the table playing the game. (Kind of like in "1 for all")
Agreed
It was a good movie
I didn’t like how the bard cast no spells.
On dnd beyond he has spells and I saw an article where it was stated he'll "level up" and have magic if they were blessed enough to be able to do a sequel
I think he's a rogue with a lute
I feel like he was a rouge with a couple levels in bard. If felt like he had the inspiring leader feat as well.
Rip Edgin who's a "bard" but has none of his class abilities :(
The way he casts is a lot more subtle than we expect from watching Scanlan Shorthalt, but he definitely casts several bardic spells.
You're absolutely right, but his whole narrative purpose is that he ties the whole group together as a strategist rather than mechanically during fights- he definitely didn't min-max like the other characters, which is fine, but DID give Bardic Inspiration in how he spoke to each of them, helping them play to their strengths. Everyone asks FOR the manager, nobody asks ABOUT the manager, basically.
You could very easily argue that he used Bardic Inspiration all the time, and even that he used Song of Rest isn't that big of a stretch
Edgin's an NPC. A plot device by the DM to get the group together and guide them through a heist campaign.
I like to think that he more or less abandoned anything to do with being a harper, which included his bard abilities. Keeping his lute just for blending in. So, while he may have cast some things subconsciously, that's why we didn't see any overt castings.
The Red Wizard dodging MAGIC FREAKING MISSILE at the end was a rule break.
I think they should add a special version of wild shape where you can transform at will but, damage should carry over between all forms
Druids also can't transform into monsters, yet the movie has the druid change into an Owlbear.
you didn't read the video description or the novel about Doric's backstory
the DnD official account addressed this actually.
they said it's possible in the movie because they said so.
pulling a true DM move😂😅
It's going to be officially possible once the new rulings/revamps drop in 2024
in older versions, they were able to.
Owlbears aren't monsters, they're just misunderstood.
The other rule break is that she shouldn't be able to turn into an owlbear
not really. she has a stat block saying she can
The druid using a metal dagger as well to chip at the stone through the portal lol
I'm glad I'm not the only one that counted the wildshapes lol
I wish combat and wildshape and everything was more like how it was depicted in the movie
BUT I understand that there is a huge difference between an on screen adaptation and a game with multiple players all with cool things to do
As a DM, I will try to implement more of what was in the movie however, as that's just what I like. Dael from @MonarchsFactory on @GhostfireGaming said maybe a druid could use their spell slots for more wildshapes and I am here for that kind of game
Each different canvas of storytelling has it's own ways to work, that's why in videogames you need several bullets to die or several slashes, it's not about accuracy or realism, it's about what fits best
That was like the one thing I pointed out to my mom as not being possible in the rules, but it also helped me segue into "The Rule of Cool" and homebrew as a whole. The idea that even the filmmakers weren't forced to abide by the rules we'll ignore sometimes makes me so happy
The rockie-talkies Simon hands out are very different than a standard sending stone pair. My kids noticed that one ;)
My DM and fellow player who I went to see the film with spent the e tire car ride home pointing out all the little inaccuracies 😂😂😂 But we had the same exact thought about all of them that you expressed here: We didn’t mind!! The movie did a good job of showing off and making a film out of the game mechanics, even if they weren’t exactly accurate. They still payed homage to all the fun times we as players and DMs remember from all our games ❤️
The first one I can think of off the top of my head is the Speak with Dead. They made it 5 questions like a Contact Other Plane, even though Speak with Dead is one of the few where you just get to chat infinitely in the 1 minute or 10 minutes or whatever it is that the duration is! But that shows off the funny quirky flavor of so many other DnD spells like Contact Other Plane that have those “arbitrary numbers” involved, while using a much more lower-level and accessible spell that keeps the energy of the movie at a good place early on. Like, they couldn’t exactly have them contacting an Archdevil to ask a question 30 minutes in 😂😂😂
Also the Wildshape!!! She transforms into an Owlbear which isn’t a Beast, so for Wildshape or polymorph it would be impossible!!
OH and a bonus one which was weirdly very specifically accurate 😂 The Paladin!!! First scene with him, he is seen talking to a fish and gently calming it down to get it to cough up the tabaxi child. And the first thing I thought was “Umm, Speak with Animals or Dominate Beast or whatever isn’t on the Paladin list”. BUT THEN LATER when he is about to leave the party, he gives this whole speech that starts with “I remember the Tenets of the Ancients” and I went “HEY!!! An Oath of the Ancients Paladin is all about protecting nature; they totally have spells like that on their list!!!!” And sure enough, Ancients Paladins so get Speak with Animals! So that one is weirdly nichely quite accurate when it totally didn’t have to be 😂
It was also some REALLY REALLY cool special effects!! Loved the wild shapes!
Saw an interesting theory that Doric has so many “wildshapes” and doesn’t cast any spells… because the player asked their DM if they could flavor their spells as if they were turning into animals.
They chose to prioritize the energy of a D&D session over the mechanics, and I think that was a good call.
Honestly, it makes it feel more realistic to how someone would actually act if they could shape shift
Occasionally I grant druids one or two additional transformations (dependant) whenever that wouldn't involve them exhausting themselves and only outside combat etc since it gives them more options for solving problems with flavour and creativity whilst the rest of the party are sprinting at the speed of sound across the map, reading peoples minds etc. I've seen the table really enjoy it when the druid used it to mess with an npc and frame someone for something hilarious. It's then that they realised they didn't need combat to solve every confrontation or quest and started gelling as a group. You can also give them the option for an extra transformation in a dire situation but only into a small/tiny creature if you want a more combat based house roll, basically if they fail to escape and regroup after that they have so few hp that the enemy can one hit them but it gives them and the party a small chance to survive the encounter.
I like the idea that most of her wildshapes was just reflavoured spells and saving throws.
Like the deer is longstride and the cat is a dex saving throw
To me it made complete sense. To allow Simon to be the magical guy in the team they took away Doric's opportunities to use her own, so instead they allowed her to turn her Wild Shapes into her iconic move, her specialty
Also why we see the bard do skill checks, bardic inspiration, and strategy, instead of spellcasting.
@@_ion04 Same reason. If we have magical guy Vs magical guy who's also an strategist and musician, the first one is less interesting, so they left Edgin with his natural charm and sharp mind, and his magic is less... Visual
Excellent and spot on opinion!! I’m so glad you understand not to get hung up on the deets, so to speak. It was a fun introduction and still a great fan service. Sometimes, in story telling especially a visually one requires some liberties.
It was like her player said: "Can I have more wildshapes with progressing levels instead of going from 2 to unlimited and therefore give up spellcasting. Oh and can I turn into an owlbear?"
And the DM allowed it, turning her not into a caster but instead into a martial that can turn into animals for combat and utility
I heard a couple people they were using 3e for the druid rules. Apparently there were 3e rules for excessive wildshaping and magical creature wildshapes. The producer played 3e.
They also appeared to distill each class into a specific role.
Wizard/sorcerer == magic user
Druid == turns into animals
Barbarian == good martial fighter
Bard == party face, inspiration, music
Paladin == holier than thou, powerful martial fighter
Besides its almost impossible to break the rules of DnD when the first rule is that the DM can modify the rules as they see fit for their game. (The DMG is a book not a cop)
The movie followed the rules in the right places and broke the rules in the right places. 7 wildshapes, 2 9th level spell slots, turning into an owlbear, etc etc etc are all excellent additions for the movie and were well used.
My SIL played a druid and gave an interesting compromise to the WildShape limits. Rather then just general use have a time limit between rests. This way she could use multiple shapes but still only be in animal form for no more then an hour (2 hours)
"there's a wildshape *among us*" - red wizard, antagonist
I also found it funny that the paladin npc walks in a straight line after he departs from the party
That moment when the dm says yes because they want to see it happen too
Potential alternate wild shape rules: choose standard WILD shape with 1/2 level number of HOURS in the SAME Beast, OR WILDER shape with level number of ROUNDS allowing shifting forms each round as a bonus action.
Thoughts? Either way im using it has a DM for future games, would love some balance/hole-poking suggestions
When she turned into an owl bear
A nice fan theory is that the table playing this game has just flavored her spells into wildshape like a cat has featherfall, deer having longstrider, etc
What me and my friends thought was that it was probably like a house rule and their DM decided that wild shape was like a time period where you can shapeshift as much as you want during that time.
I spent most of the movie thinking the tiefling was a satyr. I realized when she used her tail for the thing with the portal.
I loved how they showed Simon being distracted when he had that mirror image of Ed, where the image started repeating and looking all warped. Totally not how it plays in the game, but hilarious and totally worth the deviation
Since her primary wildshape is the owlbear I didn't mind she used multiple ones during the escape sequence as it was just flavorful.
I did notice the 7 wild shapes but the movie was so fun that by the time I got home I had forgotten and never went to check my PHB 😂 and I totally agree, it was way more interesting this way!
I think that scene represented exactly what they wanted to do with the OneDnd druid that has a feature to shapeshift multiple times between harmless critters for the duration of 1 wildshape.
Don't forget the owl bear transformation. Even an archdruid isn't pulling that one off.
My favorite rule break is her change into the owlbear. And the reason I like it is the reason she gives in a comic: She doesn't see owlbears as "monstrosities". Which, given her backstory, makes complete sense.
same
personally I think it's an absolute travesty how the official lore of the owlbear- the most normal and believable of all fantasy beasts, is "this is a monstrosity created by a wizard!"
I noticed first that it was during a scene with JUST the druid while they were separate from the rest of the party. I could definitely see a DM choosing to workshop a scene with a player and disregard some rules just to add some flavor on the occasion of "splitting the party" in such a way, especially a druid, rogue, or ranger who's sneakin around could probably just be decided by a couple of sneak, investigation, and maybe acrobatics/athletics rolls
There was the owl bear wild shape but that is as simple as the dm saying "sure I'll allow it"
You explained adaptations so well!! You’re right, it’s not about accuracy as much as it is respect for the original source material! There are just some things that don’t work in film and visa versa
Another rule break was the post credit scene where the guy raised with speak with the dead was still there waiting for the question but the spell only lasts 10 minutes, but stayed up because rule of cool
Agreed, the way I see it, what we saw was an entire campaign compressed into 2 hours. So I think it's fair to see character abilities compressed into a single scene for cool factor.
Older additions handed out wild shape all the time. With feats and prestige classes, the druid in our 3.5 campaign can wild shape about 17 times a day at level 14.
Doric's low-power shapeshifting is what all every druid player ask for since the release of 5e. :D
Possible homebrew rule that allows you to repeatedly change shape while in wild shape, but only during the hour. Maybe a moon druid thing
Well said! The one rule they always followed in the movie was the rule of cool
I see other people pointing out the other obvious one, which is the Owlbear, because it's a "monster," same rule follows.
For the movie it was so cool to see!
Also to note is that Doric (iirc) doesn't use any other magic. This was probably so a viewer that's not familiar with DnD wouldn't get confused by all of the differences between how different classes can cast magic, but it also lets you explain it away by just saying "well, this was a homebrew circle for the druid. They were allowed to cast wildshape at will and with less restrictions on what they transformed to, but they gave up being able to use any other spells." At the end of the day, DnD is a collaborative storytelling game, the rules are there to give guidance and help the story flow but they shouldn't get too much in the way of the story itself.
most notable rule break i can think of is whn they split the party
She also wild shapes into an OWLBEAR twice or thrice, which is a MONSTROSITY, & wild shape only works with BEASTS
My Gf pointed out that there is a homebrew rule about burning spell slots for wild shape. I've heard I before but I think at the time our druid didn't really need it for me to dive into the way it works.
In past editions there have been ways for druids to be able to change shapes many times. Much like being able to wildshape into an owlbear was also possible.
The hour long sending stone change makes sense for movie especially considering the actual things only give you 25 words
There's a possibility that Doric is using the spell animal shapes which would allow her to change into different animals as an action on each turn
My headcanon since the first trailer has been that she IS a level 20 archdruid. This explains the wild shapes AND the owlbear, since she'd have access to shapechange
Me personally do homebrews like this all the time for my dnd game. We had our druid change a few times because it was out of combat or a less important moment you can go through as many as you like. During combat and 'imporant moments' also limited to 2 but for purely roleplay purposes it was great fun!
Which is why I honestly would want to change wildshape rules to where you have at max 8 slots or so. But the kicker is that each slot is worth 1/4th cr. If you want higher CR, then you have to do more slots spent. If you are moon druid, you get more slots. Total number by normal druid rules would be to CR 1 Twice. (Forgot if base druids go to two or not)
It's the cinematic equivalent of the Rule of Cool, and dear LORD, was it marvelously executed.
A voice of benevolent sanity. Thank you.