Originally Posted by Ferros
Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
I actualy kinda enjoy that in Ox or a Bear shape im able to carry almost tripple amount of stuff back to vendor, especialy after some big fights ... since i dumped Strength ...

But i would totally agree that Cat (and possibly raven, didnt try that so far) need some adjustments. :-/

Again, I want to stress that this change could be made without reducing the benefits to these higher strength forms. As said above, Shapeshifting either melds your gear into your new form OR "is worn by it." Therefore, it would be reasonable to assume that when shapeshifting into a low Stre form, you would choose the meld option (so your new Stre would not change your carrying capacity), and when shifting into a high Stre form, you choose for your gear to be worn by it, and therefore your carry capacity is still increased in that form. The only question is whether Larian could effectively implement it that way.
By RAW (not that it would need to follow this, necessarily), your gear doesn't change shape to fit you if you choose to wear it instead of having it absorbed and the DM can rule that it just falls to the ground. It's a little difficult to argue that armor that fits a humanoid would also work for a cat or a polar bear. I could potentially see some magic items work through a transformation (e.g. if you had a magic earring or something, then the piercing could stay consistent through the transformation - it doesn't rely on the size of the creature).

In my mind, the most realistic (and simple/consistent) thing is to have all equipment be absorbed (making inventory inaccessible and not contribute to carried weight, so low STR wouldn't be a problem) and provide no benefits while transformed. Shifted druids would use their own mental ability scores and everything else would come from the shape they've assumed. And then adjust the creatures that you can wild shape into to be balanced and satisfying to use.