When handing out magic items in my campaign, I want them to feel useful and special, not random and occasionally useless. Thus for example I check what types of weapons my players can use before putting a magic weapon in a treasure hoard. And if one of my players is a lot weaker than the rest of the group, it becomes more likely that the magic weapon I put in is one that he can use.
Currently I’m experiencing an issue with that approach with my level 4 group in Princes of the Apocalypse. One of the players is a moon druid, and he is underperforming compared to the others. That is mostly due to the weird power curve of the moon druid: From level 2 to level 5 he is fighting as the same animals, and while they are quite powerful at level 2, they become relatively less powerful at level 4, and really weak at level 5 when everybody else gets a big power boost.
So I was wondering what magic item I could give my druid which would increase his combat performance while in animal form. Magical weapons or armor don’t work, nor do items like magical staves or wands. I don’t want to force the druid to remain in human shape and cast spells, because the group is short on tanks. So, what magic would boost him in wild shape? What magic items would be good to great for a moon druid in animal form?
Currently I’m experiencing an issue with that approach with my level 4 group in Princes of the Apocalypse. One of the players is a moon druid, and he is underperforming compared to the others. That is mostly due to the weird power curve of the moon druid: From level 2 to level 5 he is fighting as the same animals, and while they are quite powerful at level 2, they become relatively less powerful at level 4, and really weak at level 5 when everybody else gets a big power boost.
So I was wondering what magic item I could give my druid which would increase his combat performance while in animal form. Magical weapons or armor don’t work, nor do items like magical staves or wands. I don’t want to force the druid to remain in human shape and cast spells, because the group is short on tanks. So, what magic would boost him in wild shape? What magic items would be good to great for a moon druid in animal form?