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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arbados" data-source="post: 895288" data-attributes="member: 2068">There have been many great ideas and I have already spoken to the elven rogue player about some of the suggestions.  It seems that he feels that the group should work it out in character and try to offer some battle suggestions such as wildshaping if necessary to help out the front lines.  Obviously, it's hard to explain all the dynamics of the group and to give a clear mental picture of the ins and outs of the game and each player.   However, I will say that I feel as DM that the main reason that the druid fails to engage in melee combat is simply for fear of his character getting killed.  He is very excited about attaining 12th level and this is the highest level character he has ever had.  He looks forward to achieving epic level and knows that to engage in close combat could certainly mean no epic druid in the future.In speaking with one of the players it seems that this has really come to the forefront due to one final action by the druid about 2 game sessions ago, which possibly caused the death of the Psychic Warrior.In short, what happened was the following:The group was fighting a powerful group of drow deep within the underdark realms.  Each member was doing their share in the battle, but at one point the Psychic Warrior called for help saying that he was in very poor shape and needed some assistance (healing).  The Psychic Warrior was holding forces at bay along with the Devoted Defender from moving towards the wizard, druid and rogue.  On the druids turn he decided to cast barkskin upon himself before moving into aid the Psychic Warrior.  The druid was at full hp's and was the only one with the ability to heal so the other members of the party could not offer the same aid.   Well the next flurry of attacks by the drow killed the Psychic Warrior and that was the end! The group eventually won the battle, but with the loss of the Psychic Warrior.  I will add that the druid after casting his spell did not move anywhere near the Psychic Warrior and remained at his spot which was 20 or so feet away.The druid does this repeatedly and this is a part of their frustration.</blockquote>

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