5/25/2023 0 Comments Druid wild shape magic itemsI also thought of a quarterstaff druid, but that could be done just as well and with a naturey theme by an Oracle with the wood mystery. I'm not sure why it came up, but I decided to share the thought anyway. It is my opinion that the Druid is severely "imbalanced" in the mid levels (5-10) because of Wild Shape and Animal Companion being just that good.īeing able to out damage the Barbarian or the Bow Fighter AND have a bunch of useful spells and a lot of utility is just too much for my tastes as a GM. So I replace wildshape with putting the various xyz shape spells on the duid spell list and be done with it. I think you are thinking about the 3.5 version of the druid. If a wildshaping druid wants to outdamage a barbarian (which is probably not possible, I've not crunched the numbers), he has to build himself like a barbarian, that is, all strength and constitution. This is because wildshape emulates the Beast Shape spells, which just modify base statistics, rather than replacing them (as 3.5 wildshape did). So, a druid who focuses on melee damage sacrifices his spells. He'll have some utility spells and buff spells, but he will suck at anything that offers a save. Put all the spells that the druid has access to in the following categories:ĭon't you think that damage /debuff is rather weak when compared to the rest of his spells?Įspecially considering that a Blaster druid will have just a fraction of the damage output of a melee duid unless going against hordes of weak minions (how often does that happen)? The Pathfinder Druid is good, but it's not that good. Yes, his damage spells are really sucky, but he's got quite a few good battlefield control spells. The issue, however, isn't just the spell DC's but also the spells per day. At 9th level, a spellcasting druid will have a wis of about 24 - giving him (including domain) 4/7/7/6/4/3 while a melee druid will have a wis of about 16, giving him 4/5/5/3/3/1 spells per day. The caster druid has 13 spells of 3rd or higher lever, the melee druid only 7. Generally, a caster druid plays more like a "god" wizard with a little better defensive utility and a little worse offensive utility.
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