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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Panda" data-source="post: 7279874" data-attributes="member: 6861845">No problem! I was surprised too, it really improved the maelstrom spell.Regarding healing spirit, I'd call it blue simply because I think it's the &quot;best in class&quot; spell of its kind. Sure, combat healing might not be great in this edition, but healing spirit is among the most cost effective ways to do it; and, on top of that, it is a virtually guaranteed post-combat recovery. You can never be sure you'll get a short rest in before an ambush, but you can probably bar a door for a minute in most situations. Most importantly to me, it allows a moon druid to heal (and pretty well) someone downed without dropping beast shape. I play a lot of moon druid, and the ability to have a repeatable bonus action heal without wasting a charge of beast shape to pick someone up (or top them off, since it's on already and repeatable) is just amazing. There is some opportunity cost (druids get a lot of good concentration stuff), but I think it's a very solid option and should be blue just by virtue of filling a role that was totally missing from the druid kit before. Even if Bob the Rogue doesn't get slapped down, you can still use the bonus action to heal yourself, making your wild shape last longer. Whether you agree or disagree, thanks for the guide! It is very helpful to get opinions and other ideas on uses for a lot of these spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Panda, post: 7279874, member: 6861845"] No problem! I was surprised too, it really improved the maelstrom spell. Regarding healing spirit, I'd call it blue simply because I think it's the "best in class" spell of its kind. Sure, combat healing might not be great in this edition, but healing spirit is among the most cost effective ways to do it; and, on top of that, it is a virtually guaranteed post-combat recovery. You can never be sure you'll get a short rest in before an ambush, but you can probably bar a door for a minute in most situations. Most importantly to me, it allows a moon druid to heal (and pretty well) someone downed without dropping beast shape. I play a lot of moon druid, and the ability to have a repeatable bonus action heal without wasting a charge of beast shape to pick someone up (or top them off, since it's on already and repeatable) is just amazing. There is some opportunity cost (druids get a lot of good concentration stuff), but I think it's a very solid option and should be blue just by virtue of filling a role that was totally missing from the druid kit before. Even if Bob the Rogue doesn't get slapped down, you can still use the bonus action to heal yourself, making your wild shape last longer. Whether you agree or disagree, thanks for the guide! It is very helpful to get opinions and other ideas on uses for a lot of these spells. [/QUOTE]

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