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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 6255784" data-attributes="member: 3400">It's really only a difference of 1 level. The MU hits 7th level just as the druid hits 8th at that point on the XP tables. And it's not like the druid's shape changing is quite the combat power it ends up being in 3e. In many cases, that druid is probably more formidable in his normal form than he is in animal form - though it does end up being pretty useful for spying. Picking out and comparing this one set of trees is really missing the rest of the forest. The MU, even a level behind the druid here, has a lot of raw combat power potential at his fingertips because of his spells that the druid does not have. The druid, instead, has some good support and repair powers as well as good &quot;getting along in the wilderness&quot; abilities. It's perfectly OK for the druid's shape changing abilities to be better than the wizard's polymorph self spell and not consider the druid to be, somehow, overpowered. The druid's a good, flavorful, and fun class to play in 1e - but it's not overpowered even if it does have a few nice and specific places it shines for a while.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 6255784, member: 3400"] It's really only a difference of 1 level. The MU hits 7th level just as the druid hits 8th at that point on the XP tables. And it's not like the druid's shape changing is quite the combat power it ends up being in 3e. In many cases, that druid is probably more formidable in his normal form than he is in animal form - though it does end up being pretty useful for spying. Picking out and comparing this one set of trees is really missing the rest of the forest. The MU, even a level behind the druid here, has a lot of raw combat power potential at his fingertips because of his spells that the druid does not have. The druid, instead, has some good support and repair powers as well as good "getting along in the wilderness" abilities. It's perfectly OK for the druid's shape changing abilities to be better than the wizard's polymorph self spell and not consider the druid to be, somehow, overpowered. The druid's a good, flavorful, and fun class to play in 1e - but it's not overpowered even if it does have a few nice and specific places it shines for a while. [/QUOTE]

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