D&D General March Madness 2024 - Round 5 - Casters Semi-Final

[CleverNickName]

The #1-ranked Wizard vs. the #6-ranked Druid! Only one can advance to the Finals--so who will it be?

Here's where the bracket currently stands.

How This Works

• This is the fifth round of elimination, and it will focus only on the two remaining "Caster" classes on the left side of the bracket. The "Martial" semi-finals will be held in a few days.
• Unlike the previous rounds, there is only one single contest in this bracket: Wizard vs. Druid.
• Vote for the class you would most like to see advance to the next round.
• Vote for any reason you like, too: personal favorite/least favorite, most/least powerful, most/least fun, oldest/newest, most/least played, etc. Vote for whatever you think makes a class worthy of advancing to the final round.
• When the poll closes, the votes will be applied to the bracket and the one with the most votes wins. Thus, one these classes will be eliminated, and the other will advance to the Final round on April 2nd.
• In the event of a tie, the winning class will be determined by alphabetical order.
• For the folks playing to win: each correct guess on your bracket is worth 1 point. Scores will be tallied when the poll closes, and posted to the Leaderboard.
• For the folks playing for fun: you can still post your bracket to the Leaderboard thread. You might not win a prize, but you'll still get to join the party.

Important! Read before voting!

• You won't be able to change your vote once you submit it, so vote with conviction.
• You won't be able to see the poll results until after you vote, so you can vote with clarity.
• Your vote will remain anonymous, so vote with confidence.

 

[Cadence]

Oh this kills my soul. I think I like wizard better. Maybe I'll ponder druid like characters in fiction and see if I can change my mind about it. Ack, now I'm thinking about Harry Dresden as I ponder what to read. This isn't helping!

 

[Cadence]

Maybe if I focus on the fact that none of my favorite Wizards in literature are actually doable with D&D Wizards... now I just need to think of anything to justify Druid.

 

[CleverNickName]

Maybe if I focus on the fact that none of my favorite Wizards in literature are actually doable with D&D Wizards... now I just need to think of anything to justify Druid.

Well, I can't tell you how to vote. But when I think of "D&D Druids," my mind immediately goes to Terry Brooks:

 

[Mind of tempest]

Oh this kills my soul. I think I like wizard better. Maybe I'll ponder druid like characters in fiction and see if I can change my mind about it. Ack, now I'm thinking about Harry Dresden as I ponder what to read. This isn't helping!

blackstone Dresden is a guilty pleasure of mine.

I want druid to win out of boredom and novelty, I have strong feelings about doing better animist faith but druid does have some nifty ideas

 

[Audiomancer]

You know what? Even though I actually prefer the Wizard, I’m voting Druid.

Partly because I’m impressed our plucky little tree-hugger has defied the odds so far, and partly because I just want to see what happens.

(Not surprisingly, this is also my approach to playing D&D…)

 

[GuardianLurker]

Well, I can't tell you how to vote. But when I think of "D&D Druids," my mind immediately goes to Terry Brooks:

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And yet, from what I remember from the original trilogy. The Druid of Shannara (whose name I forget) would actually be better modeled as a Wizard - an arcane scholar who plunders the depths of forgotten lore (to protect the world), rather than a shape-changing nature priest. Gandalf, not Radagast (who is also called a Wizard by Tolkien).

Now, more recent books (I haven't read anything past the second trilogy) might have changed that. And I certainly could be remembering it wrong.

 

[Gradine]

It's been a long time but as I remember as the series progresses Druids get more Cogline and less Allanon.

 

[ezo]

Druid winning would crush so many of peoples' brackets!

Go druid, go druid, it's your birthday!

 

[Cadence]

I like PF 1e's Druids and that's almost D&D. I don't particularly like any D&D Wizards/MUsers, and the ones I like in literature don't map over well. So I guess that does it. Vote in.