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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7380933" data-attributes="member: 2629">I said a bit. &nbsp;There is a lot you can o with those spell slots while a bear - but there is also a lot you can't do.&nbsp; If you don't think there will be times you wish you could cast in wildshape, you're likely wrong.&nbsp; Druids sometimes have to abandon their wildshapes just to cast one spell.Yes, that is a nice race specific loophole.If you start all combats as a halfling and have a high dexterity... which you often don't for a wildshaping druid as they don't get any benefit from it when wildshaped, then you do have decent initative in normal form.&nbsp; However, if you have 4 combats per short rest, you're either not wildhaped for 2 of them or have +0 initiative for 2 of themYes - usually Polar bear at 6th, and then crocodile at 12th.&nbsp; There are threads on the best options - but brown bear and polar bear are often the choices through evel 11.&nbsp; You're in melee and will not have outstanding concentration or great AC.&nbsp; Once you lose concentration on those summons, they are gone (sometimes with a vengeance).&nbsp; It is not that easy.Druid feels really strong at levels 2 through 5.&nbsp; Then it feels fine for a few levels, but by higher levels it is honestly a bit lacking... There is nothing wrong with it, but it is not overpowered except for that brief stint at levels 2 to 4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 7380933, member: 2629"] I said a bit. There is a lot you can o with those spell slots while a bear - but there is also a lot you can't do. If you don't think there will be times you wish you could cast in wildshape, you're likely wrong. Druids sometimes have to abandon their wildshapes just to cast one spell.Yes, that is a nice race specific loophole.If you start all combats as a halfling and have a high dexterity... which you often don't for a wildshaping druid as they don't get any benefit from it when wildshaped, then you do have decent initative in normal form. However, if you have 4 combats per short rest, you're either not wildhaped for 2 of them or have +0 initiative for 2 of themYes - usually Polar bear at 6th, and then crocodile at 12th. There are threads on the best options - but brown bear and polar bear are often the choices through evel 11. You're in melee and will not have outstanding concentration or great AC. Once you lose concentration on those summons, they are gone (sometimes with a vengeance). It is not that easy. Druid feels really strong at levels 2 through 5. Then it feels fine for a few levels, but by higher levels it is honestly a bit lacking... There is nothing wrong with it, but it is not overpowered except for that brief stint at levels 2 to 4. [/QUOTE]

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