Can a druid use Wild Companion and Wild Shape simultaneously?

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The context for this is that a PC druid that is not yet level 8, wants to achieve flight by using the Wild Companion feature from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything to summon a familiar with a fly speed like an owl, and then turn themselves into a small creature like a crab with their Wild Shape that the owl will then carry, thus achieving flight.

So the question is can they have Wild Companion and Wild Shape active simultaneously?

Is there any reason you think these might not be able to be used simultaneously? — Exempt-Medic, Sep 16 '22 at 22:15
@Exempt-Medic they both use the charges for wild shape so I thought there might be something that restricts that, like you can only use one charge of wildshape at a time, but point taken it seems like no such rule exists. — Tyscribz, Sep 16 '22 at 22:23
Related: "Can the Circle of the Stars druid use their Starry Form feature in conjunction with their Wild Shape form?" — Exempt-Medic, Sep 16 '22 at 22:28
Be something that the owl would eat, looks more natural. A crab would draw suspicious looks! — SeriousBri, Sep 17 '22 at 08:11

Nobody the Hobgoblin · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-16T22:47:28.590

Yes, you can

The Wild Companion feature you gain at 2nd level says:

You gain the ability to summon a spirit that assumes an animal form: as an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to cast the find familiar spell, without material components

The Wild Shape feature (also gained at second level) says:

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before. You can use this feature twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

So you have two uses of Wild Shape per short rest. You could spend one of them to summon a familiar and the other one to transform with Wild Shape. There is nothing that states that you cannot use both uses at the same time; only, normally if you use the Wild Shape to transform a second time, you of course lose your original transformation.

The kinds of beasts you can transform into is only limited by CR, and that they originally may not have a fly speed. A crab would qualify.

Can a druid use Wild Companion and Wild Shape simultaneously?

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Yes, you can