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<blockquote data-quote="HappyHubris" data-source="post: 9625635" data-attributes="member: 7051933"><p>I'll be playing my first full campaign soon and I have decided to go with a little Kobold Storm Druid. Our tentative party is Obedience Champion, Thief Rogue, Cloistered Cleric, TBD Bard, and my Storm Druid. Looking at the lineup my guess is that I would want to focus on damage and crowd control. We will likely be doing a 1-10 or 1-12 AP. We are allowed free archetype only for flavor/light supplemental choices, not class archetypes or the heavy hitters, and I'm leaning towards Herbalist for thematic reasons. I am limiting myself to content in Player Cores 1 & 2, as I like having paper references in front of me.</p><p></p><p>Perusing the Druid feats, I am considering three main options:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sprint for a larger focus pool with order explorer and the order spells. This would give me a nice roster of free nukes each fight, but would involve juggling a number of features and being shallow instead of deep.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Grab animal companion and bulk it up with the many available feats. This is likely the most powerful path, but it would be all of my eggs in one basket.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focus on thematically building out my Storm order with incremental upgrades. Probably less impactful but more cohesive, with room to grab a bunch of random feats.</li> </ul><p>What do you think? Or is Druid not the best fit for this group and I should look at a more traditional caster like Wizard (Witch is off the table for another campaign)?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HappyHubris, post: 9625635, member: 7051933"] I'll be playing my first full campaign soon and I have decided to go with a little Kobold Storm Druid. Our tentative party is Obedience Champion, Thief Rogue, Cloistered Cleric, TBD Bard, and my Storm Druid. Looking at the lineup my guess is that I would want to focus on damage and crowd control. We will likely be doing a 1-10 or 1-12 AP. We are allowed free archetype only for flavor/light supplemental choices, not class archetypes or the heavy hitters, and I'm leaning towards Herbalist for thematic reasons. I am limiting myself to content in Player Cores 1 & 2, as I like having paper references in front of me. Perusing the Druid feats, I am considering three main options: [LIST] [*]Sprint for a larger focus pool with order explorer and the order spells. This would give me a nice roster of free nukes each fight, but would involve juggling a number of features and being shallow instead of deep. [*]Grab animal companion and bulk it up with the many available feats. This is likely the most powerful path, but it would be all of my eggs in one basket. [*]Focus on thematically building out my Storm order with incremental upgrades. Probably less impactful but more cohesive, with room to grab a bunch of random feats. [/LIST] What do you think? Or is Druid not the best fit for this group and I should look at a more traditional caster like Wizard (Witch is off the table for another campaign)? [/QUOTE]
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