Barbarian and Druid Buffs in Pathfinder 2e Remaster's Howl of the Wild 

The fact that crocdile and t rex instincts dont get grapple, but spider's (webs i guess), ants (biting with their mandibles), and SEALS (???) do get grapple is baffling to me

Way back in D&D 3.5, there was the master of many forms. I loved the flavor of that build.

Odd that crab doesn't have grapple trait.

For toppling transformation I believe triggered reactions resolve predicated entirely on the wording in the trigger. "Your size increases" is different than "your size would increase." Compare Champion's Reaction to Shield Block, for example. By that metric your ruling seems consistent with other reactions- your size increases, then you make the maneuver. I think the mental image of the druid's expanding mass doing the shoving is a bit of a distraction, but there's a good argument for why your athletics as something that occupies 4 times the space would not be your starting athletics anyhow- you'd have to intersect with the target before you could do it anyway.

t-rex and croc having agile tails are weird. orca should have sonic ranged attack seal is a disccount croc there are some options better than other but it's nice to have more roleplay options.

Wasp feels like a great archetype dip for rogues or other classes

I wish they gave some of those feats to werecreature dedication as well.

Misty Transformation is more solid than it appears given many polymorphs take two actions. You change and then can get good cover until you have a full turn.

Everyone today: IT IS TIME FOR CRAB

Neither of those requirements say that it needs to be your last action on this turn, you *could* use it as the first action on your turn if you finished last turn with a qualifying attack.

Well, a Seal Instinct Barbarian with a Sailor Background would make a literal Navy Seal. Sorry, I'll see myself out.

"If I had a copper for every time a creature tried to swallow me whole, I'd have two copper. It's not a lot but it's weird that it happened twice."

Surprised that Seal and Orca don't have tail attacks

Wasp is interesting. Compared to the other two venomous instincts, the wasp matches the scorpion if it triggers Backstabber but both are behind the Spider in average damage per strike. Backstabber doesn't scale fast enough to let it compete with d6s and d8s though. Definitely need to focus heavily on leveraging the Deadly d8 criticals to get the most out of it. When it does land a critical it does jump in power a lot. Barbarians are one of the better martials to get away with low die size strikes due to rage bonuses, and critical hits will double the persistent damage too so building for great criticals isn't a bad idea if you're party has a lot of accuracy buffs to throw your way. Spider is definitely more reliable overall and Scorpion looks a lot safer, and if you're not the kind of person to gamble for criticals, they're probably the better anthropodic instincts. I guess if Wasp Instinct works with the Animal Rage feat, that gives you the Wasp form from the Aerial Form spell which is a (4th rank spell) and thus a 40ft Flight Speed?

I'm REALLY itching to see the core version of the animal barbarian, want to try combine all this unarmed werebeast new options with the OG were-monster class.

My main issue with a lot of these transformation feats is that they are melee-range and require transforming later in the combat. So what is the Druid doing on turn 1 to be in melee range but not transformed

Perhaps I am reading it incorrectly but I think Brutal Crush would work as the first strike on a round if you ended your last round with a landed strike. Does that seem right?

Can also use Misty Transformation if an enemy polymorphs you.

Wait, I thought that the remastered barbarian wasn't released yet. How far behind am I? 😮

This is getting me pumped for my feral child, animal instinct, wild mimic, orc man. He's going to be "wild"😜

Yaaay, as a Bat Barbie I'll get Parry with my wings!! OOOOOR I could just have a shield 😐

Untamed Druids still limited to 1 Focus..?

always thought animal instinct was a lot weaker compared to other instincts but these added feats look good so i’m curious to try it out now

hate the trex instinct