The Problem with Druids in D&D

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My first Charakter actually is a druid. Since we started at level one and only play twice a month, I was introduced to classpowers slowly. To be fair, I already watched DnD but just hadn´t found a group for it.

I’m sorry but this has to be the most boring class… would rather play oath of ancients if I wanted to be in tune with nature.

In Pathfinder 1e (my preferred system), druids are spontaneous casters, so hearing that they are prepared casters in 5e is something new that I did not know was completely different. Honestly I think them being spontaneous casters makes more sense given their connections to nature and propensity to be found in the wild, but that's just me I think.

I have a homebrew druid sub class called Circle of Monsters(still work shopping the came) In essence the druid can wild shape into beast looking monsters. The idea is that even though they go against nature the monsters can/could be integrated into the circle of life and an ecosystem either over time or by force. The subclas is just an idea rn but I'm really trying to make it a real thing for my campaign

Lol I read 1984, druids dont tho for sure

thinkin abt making my bard multiclass into druid, i think it would be fun especially since he SOMEHOW tamed a f*cking dire wolf on his first ever campaign (SOMEHOW???) and already has star speckled fur so..

I'd like to make a TTRPG based on my stories. Druids are the closest to what I'm going for. That urban subclass! Just brilliant :D

My first ever character for DnD was a circle of the moon warforged druid
Unfortunately his life was short lived as I fell of a cliff during combat

Good video! Much enjoyed!

Started DND with a moon druid. Absolutely love it! 5e anyway... Not sure what the future holds. 😢

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Hell yeah Solar Punk!

I solved the samey druid problem by having my own druid be fully plant based. Plant wildshapes with a druidic parasite focus growing through her whole body, normally visible only as a delicate pink flower sprouting from her wrist.

Of course, that character was also a dragon, but that was more a joking suggestion I made that got a very unexpected and enthusiastic yes.

All hail the algorithm

Xarol the druid, he speaks for the seert

where are the solar punk image of the guy jumping at the pool from?

That’s a really cool idea for a subclass. I’m soon going to start playing a Druid with Anthropologist background, that sees people and culture as not separate from nature (similar to the ideas of Murray Bookchin and Social Ecology), and this subclass might be perfect for them! If my DM would prefer me stick to the normal options, I’ll probably choose Circle of the Land, as that seems to fit their character best.

As an Urban druid I take offense to this.... I am a rat talking hobo who refuses to speek conon.

Personally I think that your race and class options are not necessarily the most important part of your character. For me, I LOVE playing different things every time, but I’ve only really enjoyed characters that were fleshed out as a person and weren’t just mechanics. But that’s me :)

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What's the song during the city montage

Circle of Spores isn't from Tasha's Cauldron of Trash, I remember a party member in my first party playing as one and that was at least two or three years before TCT came out

Druid was my first long term charcter and still my main class that I love to take ... specially moon. tbh only the moon hahahah Havent tried anything else but MOON is sooooo cooool .... even though it scale horribley and GOSH I NEED SPELLCASTING . its very confusing you dont know when to use your prfincy . do you add your attack profincy instead of the beast . so many questoins I struggled with .... so I just did my own thing and asked the DM every campagin if I can play my hombrwe druid LOL :D
did it two tiems so far :D

There is nothing thematic to disliking metal armour for druids. It's stupid. They have no objection to using metal for other stuff, like sickles, and there is no good reason for them to object to metal at all. That would be thematic for the dreams druid, the oath of the ancients paladins or fey wanderer rangers or any of the other fey-themed subclasses of which we have suspiciously many.

I'm using this in my new campaign - basically city states with magically sieged cities, so you live in the city, you're travelling to another city, or your chances of death and maiming are pretty high. I hope you don't mind, I'm going to call it the Circle of Harmony or something of that flavor. Thank you so much for doing these! They're so much fun to play with. 💙

So i dumbed down my druid and made my character and backstory circling ants

In my experience, druid with wild shape + healing and spellcasting can be Tank, dps and utility. It is overpowered and makes the whole rest of the party kind of useless.

I wish the circle of spores did more with the raiseing fungal undead. Cause i want like a full necromancer that just wants to swampify the world.

Yes druids are difficult but they also can be played on baby mode with very minimal difficulty just pick a few monsters you like that seem usefull and 3/4th of ur spell list never actually changes. But if you think of something you have the options to change stuff around.

I think it’s fine to play a druid at first as long as you like prep a tiny bit. A druid was my first character (though to be fair I started off as a barbarian because magic scared me), and before I played I thought of a few things I wanted to be that were strong or useful (a cat for stealth and avoiding entrance fees, a dire wolf for speed and pack tactics, a giant spider for climbing and webbing, and a bear because I was already a bear totem Barbarian so I really wanted to be a bear). When I could level up more and choose stronger beasts or water and flying beats, I either went back to the book and looked for a few I liked, or I looked at my notes to recall an interesting beast the DM had us battle. Yes, there were times that I turned into things outside of those initial animals, but it was easier at the beginning of a battle knowing my options

What's the point in playing a game where the world is perfect and doesn't need any fixing. Solar punk sounds neat but also inhuman.

What is that druid cartoon that appear at the background?

I played a druid as my first character fun but way more work than it was worth to learn the game😂

That was Waffle House!

Lol Just watched this today and was legit just talking to my buddy at work earlier this week about an urban druid and how it would be an extremely crafty and happy homeless person

The weal and woe thing, you can only do it proficiency times per long rest

Thank you so much for introducing me to the concept of Solarpunk. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I had a strong emotional reaction just to the very concept. I love it, it's the perfect setting. Thank you.

Okay so...mind giving the sources for the solar punk stuff you showed? Wheres that from and where can I find more?

Be honest - scale of 1 to 10, how much was the gardener inspired by Robo

I got the "new year's grape" joke. 😂

As a bumbling dumbass myself, Druid is easy as af to play and just as op.

Of course the first character I make has to be complicated 🤦🏻‍♀️ way to go me! 😂 sounds like I’m going to need a notebook
Edit: picking the most difficult character right out the gate explains why my new DM gave me that look 😬 can’t wait for this wild ride 😂

I feel a bit called out with the homemade sourdough.

I made my character the designated cook of the group because of backstory... dammit.

But big thing is, my druid is a tabaxi book nerd fron the jungle. And he is obsessed with animals (and yes
I am a furry)

I can see why Baldur's Gate 3 didn't give us the Circle of the Stars. I mean: We're capped at Lvl12 so we do not become gods. This would null it

Great video!! would love if you could do more solarpunk things!! I'm trying to run a solarpunk campaign but it's so hard to find resources 😢