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WotC's Nathan Stewart Reveals Ravnica's Druid Circle of Spores
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<blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 7760587" data-attributes="member: 53176"><p>Not going to lie. I didn't like the spore druid to begin with. I dislike it less now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not going to be strong in the early game.</p><p></p><p>Symbiotic Entity takes an entire Action to set up. Likewise it drops after you loose your temp HP, which means its over in like two rounds. And your damage is going to drop off at level 5, when the actual melee characters get their second attack. The real thing going for it, until level 10, is a reliable way to trigger your reaction. Worst you could do with it is figure out a way to cast<em> Booming Blade</em>. Once again, <em>Shillelagh</em> is only really useful if you are abusing feats or using it with a non-druid class. </p><p></p><p>Looking at the whole package: I don't care for the bonus acid damage to melee weapon attacks. It feels missleading. Like "Here is a melee druid that doesn't have to turn into a bear! J/k you were actually a caster druid all the time!" If they changed it to bonus damage on all Cantrips while the entity was up, it would work better. And you could still be a melee druid by picking up <em>Primal Savagery</em>.</p><p></p><p>[-]Though it is worth noting that you can use both your Halo of Spores and your Spreading Spores at the same time, just not against the same creature, which is potentially useful for area denial.[/-]</p><p></p><p>Oh wait, I just noticed your Spreading Spores will kill your Zombies too. Seems like an oversight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leatherhead, post: 7760587, member: 53176"] Not going to lie. I didn't like the spore druid to begin with. I dislike it less now. It's not going to be strong in the early game. Symbiotic Entity takes an entire Action to set up. Likewise it drops after you loose your temp HP, which means its over in like two rounds. And your damage is going to drop off at level 5, when the actual melee characters get their second attack. The real thing going for it, until level 10, is a reliable way to trigger your reaction. Worst you could do with it is figure out a way to cast[I] Booming Blade[/I]. Once again, [I]Shillelagh[/I] is only really useful if you are abusing feats or using it with a non-druid class. Looking at the whole package: I don't care for the bonus acid damage to melee weapon attacks. It feels missleading. Like "Here is a melee druid that doesn't have to turn into a bear! J/k you were actually a caster druid all the time!" If they changed it to bonus damage on all Cantrips while the entity was up, it would work better. And you could still be a melee druid by picking up [I]Primal Savagery[/I]. [-]Though it is worth noting that you can use both your Halo of Spores and your Spreading Spores at the same time, just not against the same creature, which is potentially useful for area denial.[/-] Oh wait, I just noticed your Spreading Spores will kill your Zombies too. Seems like an oversight. [/QUOTE]
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