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<blockquote data-quote="Storyteller01" data-source="post: 2660351" data-attributes="member: 20931">I chose druid. At 16th level, they have wild shape (elemental), one heck of a pet, (Tyranosaurus being one option), AND the ability to summon a varitable army of cannon fodder without actually sacrificing much. With the elemental wildshape they gain immunity to a given energy type without casting a spell. This gets nasty if the druid has gone their home work (so the fire-loving sorcerer meteorswarming the summons still leaves you with an unhurt fire elemental). Sure, they have to sacrifice a spell of equivalent level to summon creatures, but to do the same a wizard or cleric must memorize those spells (limiting or negating their overall spell choice for the day) and the sorcerer loses that spell known. Even with Protection spells, the critters become obstacles (Player: I cast fireball!! DM: Okay. It flys away, hitting the *convenient critter* 15 feet away from you). Seems to me that the druid can handle more than any other class of equivalent level. Perhaps this is deliberate? Even in a city based environ, a creative druid can accomplish quite a bit. The cleric, while powerful, is still stuck in a given niche (healer and whatever they've been optimized for).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storyteller01, post: 2660351, member: 20931"] I chose druid. At 16th level, they have wild shape (elemental), one heck of a pet, (Tyranosaurus being one option), AND the ability to summon a varitable army of cannon fodder without actually sacrificing much. With the elemental wildshape they gain immunity to a given energy type without casting a spell. This gets nasty if the druid has gone their home work (so the fire-loving sorcerer meteorswarming the summons still leaves you with an unhurt fire elemental). Sure, they have to sacrifice a spell of equivalent level to summon creatures, but to do the same a wizard or cleric must memorize those spells (limiting or negating their overall spell choice for the day) and the sorcerer loses that spell known. Even with Protection spells, the critters become obstacles (Player: I cast fireball!! DM: Okay. It flys away, hitting the *convenient critter* 15 feet away from you). Seems to me that the druid can handle more than any other class of equivalent level. Perhaps this is deliberate? Even in a city based environ, a creative druid can accomplish quite a bit. The cleric, while powerful, is still stuck in a given niche (healer and whatever they've been optimized for). [/QUOTE]

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