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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2080313" data-attributes="member: 545">Reasons to cast Obscuring Mist:(1) Slows down combat.  Since the party usually has much more buffing and healing at their disposal than the opposition, a slower pace of fighting tends to favor the party.(2) Loss of vision impedes effective coordination for both sides.  Coordination is a bigger problem for the more numerous side.  I cast OM when outnumbered.(3) Disrupts ranged attacks, obviously.  Whether this is a good idea depends a lot on your party makeup.  It would not be surprising if a Wizard hates fighting in a mist.  At our level our Wizard seems to appreciate not getting hit by arrows and it helps at least as much as it hurts his Color Spray.I really do not understand why Gnolls and Goblins have such trouble with Entangle.  I am sure it is disruptive to their preferred tactics, but humanoids IME are usually equipped with ranged weapons so they are not exactly helpless.Overall the spell list for the Druid is much weaker than the Wizard or even the Cleric.  What I would give for a Sonic Burst or Web!  Entangle and Spiked Growth happen to be very good spells if you are in a forest or similar wilderness.  That is a big if in most campaigns.</blockquote>