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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 5097285" data-attributes="member: 16019">I started a new 4e campaign about a month ago, and last week a couple new players joined. One of them is playing a Wilden Swarm Druid- I'm more or less familiar with the Druid class, but as I don't have Primal Power yet, I know next to nothing about Swarm Druids. After two encounters, I have to say he seems incredibly powerful- all of his powers (except his daily) can be used while in Swarm form, meaning that he pretty much always has Damage Resistance equal to his Con modifier (in this case, 4), and his main at-will is a close blast that, even if it misses, causes everyone in the zone to grant combat advantage for a turn. The second of the two encounters I ran was still quite a brutal encounter, but this character without a doubt influenced the outcome more than any other (none of the minions could deal any damage to him, and being able to grant combat advantage to any ally against all of the enemies in the blast definitely was a big deal in the long run).I'm not calling shenanigans, of course- the player is a mature and trusted friend of mine, and he used the character builder, so I'm sure he had all of his mechanics right and didn't fudge anything. Also, a lot of his benefits were situational (the players ambushed the enemies, so they had a large amount of control over the enemies' placement, and therefore could use area attacks and whatnot much more easily than in a normal encounter, for example), and I'm sure there were some drawbacks to his build (like I said, all but his daily power were usable in his swarm form, so he probably only got to choose from, like, half of his class' powers). But, at first glance, the class seemed to be VERY powerful- the constant damage resistance, for example, proved to be a HUGE benefit, as well as an at-will that grants combat advantage without even having to hit.Has anyone else had similar experiences with a Swarm Druid? If everything is working as intended, that's fine (it's not something that can't be overcome, but I'm heavily inclined to think that this is unabashed power creep), but if there was something we were all missing, then I'd like to know.</blockquote>

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