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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6703332" data-attributes="member: 6787650">2nd level is weird and disproportionately strong, yes. But by "failed scaling" I thought you were referring to your experience of shapeshifting petering out over time.If you think moon druid is brokenly good at 2nd through 4th levels, I don't disagree.Well, that's an opinion. When it comes to D&D though, Death of the Author works for me here: Moon Druid looks to me like it's built for versatility, and versatility is what it does quite well at levels 2 through 20. You think that's a mistake, but so what? It works.No "spackling" required.Winding up "3-6 to hit worse" doesn't concern me. A 20th level wizard may have +11 to hit with his 4d8 Chill Touch Cantrip, whereas the Moon Druid has +11 at 4d6 for Produce Flame and/or +8 at 2d8+5 x2 as an Earth or Air Elemental. Produce Flame works just fine as a cantrip, and against most enemies 28 points of damage (elemental) at +8 is better than 18 points of damage (Chill Touch) at +11 anyway, not to mention the extra HP aspect. And the druid is still a spellcaster.Argumentum ad populum doesn't impress me. "A ton of complaints" on forums concerns me only to the extent that the content of those complaints is valid. Most complaints I've seen about the Moon Druid are from people who don't really want to play a Moon Druid--they want to play a shapeshifter--just as most complaints about the Necromancer are from those who don't really want to play a 5E Necromancer--they want to play a Necromancer (Wizard) more than a (Necromancer) Wizard, which is what 5E actually has. E.g. lots and lots of necrotic and undead-related abilities to the exclusion of things like Contingency and Scrying. It's a valid desire but not a valid complaint about the Moon Druid or Necromancer.The Moon Druid is not a failure. He works perfectly well as what he is, and whenever I roll a mediocre-stats (N)PC with 11, 10, 13, 11, 12, 10 the Moon Druid is my go-to class for making that guy awesome anyway.</blockquote>

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