Paul Smart
Explorer
Good afternoon everyone.
After almost 40 years of RP, I have decided to make my first Druid. I would like some advice on how to proceed.
My rolled stats are 18, 15, 14, 12, 10, 10. We will be starting at level 1 and going to level 12 or so. The world is wide open, just about anything is possible given enough time.
My questions:
Race:
I have narrowed the race down to 3 choices, variant human, lizardfolk or ghost wise halfling. Which would you choose and why?
Circle:
I will be a Circle of the Land as I have no interest in the Circle of the Moon. My question is which land should I be tied to and why?
Melee Combat option:
Primal Savagery or Shillelagh?
Spell style:
I see a few different directions this could go.
1) Elemental Master - focus on fire, lightning etc.
2) Beast Master - focus on summoning, befriending, talking to beasts.
3) Earth Warden - focus on control spells like entangle, thorn whip, fog cloud etc.
Background:
Should I go with a born in nature background like the Outlander, Fisher etc or a more scholarly background like Sage or Hermit?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
EDIT: The Firbolg race has opened up. They seem to be natural druids. Are they any good?
After almost 40 years of RP, I have decided to make my first Druid. I would like some advice on how to proceed.
My rolled stats are 18, 15, 14, 12, 10, 10. We will be starting at level 1 and going to level 12 or so. The world is wide open, just about anything is possible given enough time.
My questions:
Race:
I have narrowed the race down to 3 choices, variant human, lizardfolk or ghost wise halfling. Which would you choose and why?
Circle:
I will be a Circle of the Land as I have no interest in the Circle of the Moon. My question is which land should I be tied to and why?
Melee Combat option:
Primal Savagery or Shillelagh?
Spell style:
I see a few different directions this could go.
1) Elemental Master - focus on fire, lightning etc.
2) Beast Master - focus on summoning, befriending, talking to beasts.
3) Earth Warden - focus on control spells like entangle, thorn whip, fog cloud etc.
Background:
Should I go with a born in nature background like the Outlander, Fisher etc or a more scholarly background like Sage or Hermit?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
EDIT: The Firbolg race has opened up. They seem to be natural druids. Are they any good?
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