Druid Feats

[Nifft]

Nifft's right on Minor Shapechange. That's your level 9 feat just as assuredly as natural Spell is a normal druid's level 6 feat. (It requires a level 4 polymorph spell, right? ie, CL 7? So it has to be level 9 or later, regardless of available spells.)

Yep, exactly.

I've had a mage with Storm Bolt, it's not so great. 20 ft range is very poor for a line, and required 3rd level spells puts it off till level 6, 5 with wizard class bonus feats.

I agree 100% -- for a mage. For a melee-centric Cleric or Druid, who expects to be in the front line, it's not bad at all.

Fiery Burst is also good, but fire resistance is very common (though, to be fair, so is fire vulnerability). I also like Storm Bolt for Druids because Druids don't have a lot of Line attack spells.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Jack Simth]

So, getting it at level 3 is sweet. At that level, 2d6 damage at will is really something.

There's a trick by which a human (or any race, with flaws, or some other method to get a bonus feat at that point) Wizard or Sorcerer can get Fiery Burst at 1st. Precocious Apprentice grants a 2nd level spell slot and a specific second level spell, meeting the requirements (no caster level requirement, curiously, on the reserve feats, just spell level). At that point, a 5-foot burst for 2d6 at what amounts to Close range is really nifty.

Edit: And the two feats are even in the same book, so you can't call multi-splatbook cheese. It's single-splatbook cheese.

 

[szilard]

There's a trick by which a human (or any race, with flaws, or some other method to get a bonus feat at that point) Wizard or Sorcerer can get Fiery Burst at 1st. Precocious Apprentice grants a 2nd level spell slot and a specific second level spell, meeting the requirements (no caster level requirement, curiously, on the reserve feats, just spell level). At that point, a 5-foot burst for 2d6 at what amounts to Close range is really nifty.

Edit: And the two feats are even in the same book, so you can't call multi-splatbook cheese. It's single-splatbook cheese.

Of course, it is cheese that goes stale pretty quickly...

-Stuart

 

[Jack Simth]

Of course, it is cheese that goes stale pretty quickly...

-Stuart

Well, yes, but at 1st level, it's cheesy. At 2nd, it's mildly strong, at 3rd, there's better things to spend your action on.

Edit: Precocious Apprentice loses 90% of it's value after about level four or five; Fiery Burst is pretty much wasted in battle after about level 8 or 10, but it's useful for filling a de-trapper role when combined with Arcane Sight and Summon Elemental to find the trap in the first place.