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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1764180" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>Actually, in the case of druids, in addition to my own experiences, i'm quoting someone else, who did a detailed numerical analysis. Way back, in the #90s of Dragon, someone did a very cool comparison of druids to other classes, looking at how many hps they had at a given XP total, what level they were, what spells they could cast and how many, how much damage their spells could do, how versatile their spell list was, and so on. With the relatively inflexible classes of AD&amp;D1, it's pretty easy to do, and pretty meaningfully. And the druid kicks everybody else's butt in any sort of objective measure. Well, specifically, all the other spellcasters. And it's been my experience that, prior to D&amp;D3E, the magic-user was king at high levels, and the divine spellcasters were king at low levels. Now, depending how a character was played and what magic items they have, you might not have actually seen this. But i think it is perfectly reasonable to claim that, at least prior to Unearthed Arcana, druids were the most over-balanced of the classes (well, save perhaps bards, but considering what it took to become one, i never saw a legitimate bard).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1764180, member: 10201"] Actually, in the case of druids, in addition to my own experiences, i'm quoting someone else, who did a detailed numerical analysis. Way back, in the #90s of Dragon, someone did a very cool comparison of druids to other classes, looking at how many hps they had at a given XP total, what level they were, what spells they could cast and how many, how much damage their spells could do, how versatile their spell list was, and so on. With the relatively inflexible classes of AD&D1, it's pretty easy to do, and pretty meaningfully. And the druid kicks everybody else's butt in any sort of objective measure. Well, specifically, all the other spellcasters. And it's been my experience that, prior to D&D3E, the magic-user was king at high levels, and the divine spellcasters were king at low levels. Now, depending how a character was played and what magic items they have, you might not have actually seen this. But i think it is perfectly reasonable to claim that, at least prior to Unearthed Arcana, druids were the most over-balanced of the classes (well, save perhaps bards, but considering what it took to become one, i never saw a legitimate bard). [/QUOTE]

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