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Back in 2006, Dragon Magazine #339 featured a variant druid called the Sidhe Scholar, which was flavored as a civilised soul who acquired druidic magic not through the "old ways", but by perusing ancient tomes until they made contact with the Sidhe - nature-aligned fae. As a consequence, they had lower hit dice (D6 to the core druid's D8) and worse combat proficiencies (only proficient with simple weapons, light armor and shields), but they gained Skill Focus (Knowledge [Nature]) as a bonus feat, a fae-blooded animal companion who was more powerful but also hated civilisation and so wouldn't come to you in cities, a bonus to Knowledge (Arcana) and Survival checks, increased bonus spells, a vague "your wild shaped forms don't look natural" fluff-flaw, the Evil domain bonus spells added to their spell list, and Craft (Staff) as a bonus feat.
For those wanting to see the class exactly how it appeared in 3.5, check the link below:
http://alcyius.com/USRD/srd/classes/baseCore/druid.html#sidhe-scholar
Anyway, my reason for coming here is simple: with the new Circle of Dreams subclass out for Druids, I was reminded of this class, and I was curious: how would people play a Sidhe Scholar using 5e mechanics?
...Honestly, whilst the Circle of Dreams Druid with perhaps some Wizard/Feylock multiclassing seems the best way to do it as an "official" class, looking over the fluff, I cannot help but feel that the Sidhe Scholar would work best as a Wizard subclass that gained some druidic traits and spells - I mean, seriously, their whole fluff is that they are scholars whose study of the fae amused the Sidhe into bestowing magical powers on them. That feels more like an Int caster than a Wis caster to me.
For those wanting to see the class exactly how it appeared in 3.5, check the link below:
http://alcyius.com/USRD/srd/classes/baseCore/druid.html#sidhe-scholar
Anyway, my reason for coming here is simple: with the new Circle of Dreams subclass out for Druids, I was reminded of this class, and I was curious: how would people play a Sidhe Scholar using 5e mechanics?
- Circle of Dreams Druid?
- Druid (Circle of Dreams)/Wizard multiclass?
- Fey Pact Warlock?
- Homebrew Druid subclass?
- Homebrew Wizard subclass?
...Honestly, whilst the Circle of Dreams Druid with perhaps some Wizard/Feylock multiclassing seems the best way to do it as an "official" class, looking over the fluff, I cannot help but feel that the Sidhe Scholar would work best as a Wizard subclass that gained some druidic traits and spells - I mean, seriously, their whole fluff is that they are scholars whose study of the fae amused the Sidhe into bestowing magical powers on them. That feels more like an Int caster than a Wis caster to me.
