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<blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 3484735" data-attributes="member: 15999">The druid is extremely powerful with one non-core feat: Rapid Spell.&nbsp; Without that, their spontaneous summoning becomes less useful.&nbsp; It's the only thing from Complete Divine that I can bring myself to use for my 19th-level druid, everything else is too much.&nbsp; I've also handicapped him a bit by NEVER buying a single magic item, only having what he could craft on his own or win in combat -- so no Wild Armor yet.&nbsp; And even so, he's the most powerful PC (but then, there are no other single-classed spellcasters in the party).&nbsp; Rapid Spell is essential, though, as before that summons were shut down in the middle of casting by enemies throwing Silence. The biggest weakness of the class is the specific gaps in the spell list.&nbsp; You don't get a lot of the good status-removing spells that clerics have, and you never get Mass Heal, so your party kind of still needs a cleric.&nbsp; You don't have the super-versatile spells like Lim Wish, Miracle, Wish, or even the Shadow spells; you are stuck with what you had prepared.&nbsp; You have pretty limited save-or-die (Baleful Polymorph, Finger of Death, and to some extent Sunbeam), so your combats will take a long time.&nbsp; The only worthwhile 9th-level spell is Shapechange, which has a host of problems on its own and may not be allowed by all DMs.&nbsp; I use my slots for Quickened spells or a Rapid SNA VIII.But, in general, it's a very powerful class.&nbsp; I'd say second to the cleric, but not by much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother MacLaren, post: 3484735, member: 15999"] The druid is extremely powerful with one non-core feat: Rapid Spell. Without that, their spontaneous summoning becomes less useful. It's the only thing from Complete Divine that I can bring myself to use for my 19th-level druid, everything else is too much. I've also handicapped him a bit by NEVER buying a single magic item, only having what he could craft on his own or win in combat -- so no Wild Armor yet. And even so, he's the most powerful PC (but then, there are no other single-classed spellcasters in the party). Rapid Spell is essential, though, as before that summons were shut down in the middle of casting by enemies throwing [I]Silence[/I]. The biggest weakness of the class is the specific gaps in the spell list. You don't get a lot of the good status-removing spells that clerics have, and you never get Mass Heal, so your party kind of still needs a cleric. You don't have the super-versatile spells like Lim Wish, Miracle, Wish, or even the Shadow spells; you are stuck with what you had prepared. You have pretty limited save-or-die (Baleful Polymorph, Finger of Death, and to some extent Sunbeam), so your combats will take a long time. The only worthwhile 9th-level spell is Shapechange, which has a host of problems on its own and may not be allowed by all DMs. I use my slots for Quickened spells or a Rapid SNA VIII. But, in general, it's a very powerful class. I'd say second to the cleric, but not by much. [/QUOTE]

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