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<blockquote data-quote="Will" data-source="post: 1285513" data-attributes="member: 5566">I would sacrifice Str and Con when making a druid, unless you are planning on Power Attack feat at some point (which I wouldn't advise.)Druids are pretty much able to replace all physical stats by an animal's. This is their considerable power.Personally, while a druid is very powerful alone, I think a few levels of monk would probably do well, particularly if you can get the DM to waive monk advancement limitations (that is, can't raise monk if you take anything else later). Increase of speed, flurry, and other monky stuff combined with wild shape is rather effective.Yes, druids can get a lot of armor with some creativity and cost (ironwood), but I think you'd be very viable with ring of protection, bracers of armor, and so on.Ape form seems the best, if you plan on being 'handy.' Or dire ape. Bear form isn't bad, neither.If you are of sufficient level and underwater... squids can destroy a DM's plans in two rounds. I learned this from direct experience... bastards. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> (Super ultra grapple monsters. Man. My poor nightwalkers)Now, in this venue you are sacrificing some spell power, but I think you make up for it significantly in personal power. Given what you said about encounters, particularly, it seems worth it to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Will, post: 1285513, member: 5566"] I would sacrifice Str and Con when making a druid, unless you are planning on Power Attack feat at some point (which I wouldn't advise.) Druids are pretty much able to replace all physical stats by an animal's. This is their considerable power. Personally, while a druid is very powerful alone, I think a few levels of monk would probably do well, particularly if you can get the DM to waive monk advancement limitations (that is, can't raise monk if you take anything else later). Increase of speed, flurry, and other monky stuff combined with wild shape is rather effective. Yes, druids can get a lot of armor with some creativity and cost (ironwood), but I think you'd be very viable with ring of protection, bracers of armor, and so on. Ape form seems the best, if you plan on being 'handy.' Or dire ape. Bear form isn't bad, neither. If you are of sufficient level and underwater... squids can destroy a DM's plans in two rounds. I learned this from direct experience... bastards. ;) (Super ultra grapple monsters. Man. My poor nightwalkers) Now, in this venue you are sacrificing some spell power, but I think you make up for it significantly in personal power. Given what you said about encounters, particularly, it seems worth it to me. [/QUOTE]

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