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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9319365" data-attributes="member: 2209">For me the 3.5 druid variant from <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/28731/player-s-handbook-ii-3-5?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Player's Handbook II</a> was the best. Unlimited at will wild shape but a beast form with enhancements based off your stats and level. So you can do the D&D movie druid thing of turn into a weasel to run under a table to avoid someone chasing you then turn into a squirrel to jump up and climb away then turn into wolf to break out into a long distance run. Mechanically it prevented SAD CoDzilla druids dump statting physicals but still being a great physical attribute melee combatant by wildshaping into a dire bear. It provided options to be a SAD spellcaster or a MAD physical combatant wildshaper role.I am just starting to play a 5e druid and it feels very much just a spellcaster with limited use turn into a weak polymorph. The 5e wildshape is turn into a low AC low CR monster so you basically buy yourself some easy to hit animal hp which makes the wildshaping druid a damage soaker role, which feels off theme to me for a druid. Also the big class feature being so outclassed by polymorph feels disappointing.1e druids had weird xp, weird level limits and advancing combat, weird true neutral alignment stuff, and they took a few levels to get going at all (cure light wounds as a second level spell).</blockquote>