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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7380793" data-attributes="member: 2525">I am playing a halfling (ghostwise) druid. We've just hit level three.Holy cow this sucker is powerful! They have the control and damage type spells of a wizard, such as entangle and faerie fire and flaming sphere. Produce flame is a fine offensive cantrip as well. Not as many spell slots, but still plenty of them.They have the healing of a life cleric. Healing Spirit can heal the entire party during a minute out of combat. Goodberry can be cast with remaining spell slots before going to bed and used the next day. Healing word and Cure Wounds is there too if you need them. They have the damage dealing of a rogue, barbarian, or other high-offense PC. In bear form, they do two attacks at +5/+5, 1d8+4/2d6+4.They have the tank ability of your tank of choice. Hide plus shield plus decent dex puts my AC at second highest in the party, and with the extra 34 hit points of the bear form on top of my own 24 hit points I have the most hit points in the party.And they're as good or better at the rogue at sneaking and other rouge-like abilities. I can turn into a giant wolf spider and have a +7 stealth, spider climb, darkvision and blindsight. Background can easily supply the thieves tools proficiency as well. And of course they also get Pass Without Trace. A 3rd level druid can cover almost any role that a party might need...all in one character!Now I know this levels out eventually. I know the animal forms will eventually level out in power and then drop-off relative to a fighter-type. And I know they lack some of the area effect spells a wizard can drop. And they cannot turn undead like a cleric, or keep up on AC with magic plate mail like a good tank. So eventually they won't be "as good as anyone else at their role". But at these low levels? Wow. Very powerful abilities all wrapped up in one tiny halfling package (that can use telepathy to communicate with his fellow party members even when he's in bear form). Is my experience pretty common? Are low level druids typically notably more powerful than a lot of other low level PCs? Is my guess that this levels off shortly correct? What are people's experience with druids from level 1 through around 9?</blockquote>

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