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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6253304" data-attributes="member: 3400">Why not? Consider the other things involved. The druid has weak armor and moderate weapons - most of which are relatively rare as magic items. His spells are dependent on very special material components or they become weaker. He starts up with a good bump in spells, sure. But his ability to do non-specialized healing is weak because his version of cure light wounds is 2nd level. Call lightning isn't much of a balance factor because of its limited applicability and long casting time. And a lot of his other spells are not particularly strong at those levels. He can hold animals, heat metal (also a fairly slow spell to major effect), and a variety of other divinatory or utilitarian effects. Basically, the druid excels most at curing disease and neutralizing poison at 3rd level and if that's unbalancing there's a serious problem with the definition of balance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 6253304, member: 3400"] Why not? Consider the other things involved. The druid has weak armor and moderate weapons - most of which are relatively rare as magic items. His spells are dependent on very special material components or they become weaker. He starts up with a good bump in spells, sure. But his ability to do non-specialized healing is weak because his version of cure light wounds is 2nd level. Call lightning isn't much of a balance factor because of its limited applicability and [b]long[/b] casting time. And a lot of his other spells are not particularly strong at those levels. He can hold animals, heat metal (also a fairly slow spell to major effect), and a variety of other divinatory or utilitarian effects. Basically, the druid excels most at curing disease and neutralizing poison at 3rd level and if [b]that's[/b] unbalancing there's a serious problem with the definition of balance. [/QUOTE]

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