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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6682841" data-attributes="member: 6787650">The druid is the best low-level conjuror in the game for several reasons:1.) Conjure Animals is a one-action cast instead of a one-minute cast.2.) Conjure Animals is a 3rd level spell instead of 4th, so instead of casting it with your 4th and 5th level slots for normal effect you can cast it with your 3rd and 4th level slots for normal effect and 5th level slots for double effect. In essence, he gets twice as much summoning done at a given level.3.) Mephits have neat special abilities, but when it comes to raw damage output, a pack of wolves, giant owls or giant cobras is far better at tearing enemies to shreds than mephits are.(The Moon Druid also has built-in interesting things to do via Wildshape while his concentration is occupied with conjurations.)Good luck with your plan!BTW, out of curiosity, what made your elementals so bad? I've found that a modest squad of three or four air elementals is actually terrifyingly good in combat, and if you're 11th level you're at the point where you can actually accomplish that fairly easily. Remember to Mage Armor them for the AC 18 boost, and strongly consider having them grapple + lift + drop physically weak targets instead of making regular attacks. Earth Elementals are also quite good from inside Stinking Clouds/Cloudkill, because they get advantage to attack and attackers get disadvantage to hit them, from heavy obscurement + tremorsense. And some DMs might let Earth Elementals grapple targets and then drag them below the surface of the earth, which... would be bad. I haven't had a player try to do that but I might just let it work if he did.-Max</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6682841, member: 6787650"] The druid is the best low-level conjuror in the game for several reasons: 1.) Conjure Animals is a one-action cast instead of a one-minute cast. 2.) Conjure Animals is a 3rd level spell instead of 4th, so instead of casting it with your 4th and 5th level slots for normal effect you can cast it with your 3rd and 4th level slots for normal effect and 5th level slots for double effect. In essence, he gets twice as much summoning done at a given level. 3.) Mephits have neat special abilities, but when it comes to raw damage output, a pack of wolves, giant owls or giant cobras is far better at tearing enemies to shreds than mephits are. (The Moon Druid also has built-in interesting things to do via Wildshape while his concentration is occupied with conjurations.) Good luck with your plan! BTW, out of curiosity, what made your elementals so bad? I've found that a modest squad of three or four air elementals is actually terrifyingly good in combat, and if you're 11th level you're at the point where you can actually accomplish that fairly easily. Remember to Mage Armor them for the AC 18 boost, and strongly consider having them grapple + lift + drop physically weak targets instead of making regular attacks. Earth Elementals are also quite good from inside Stinking Clouds/Cloudkill, because they get advantage to attack and attackers get disadvantage to hit them, from heavy obscurement + tremorsense. And some DMs might let Earth Elementals grapple targets and then drag them below the surface of the earth, which... would be bad. I haven't had a player try to do that but I might just let it work if he did. -Max [/QUOTE]

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