the druid delemma
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2002 12:33 pm
ok so I've read several posts that say that druids are not as good as clerics and I thought that wasn't quiet true. So I just wanted to know what other people here think.
Now from the manual I see that druids get several nice bonuses that clerics don't, like immunity to poison, grease, web, and entangle spells. They also get attack bonuses while in the wilderness, also useful. Elemental shape also looks like a pretty good skill, which druids get at lvl 16. And then druids get to have an animal companion, which is also undeniably a helpful skill to have.
Clerics also get some nice skill, spontaneous casting is pretty cool, and clerical domains improve clerical powers as well. As far as spell selection goes I think both clerics and druids have their ups and downs. I've heard people complain that clerics get mass healing as a lvl 8 spell, but druids get it at lvl 9, but no one seems to mention that druids get regenarate as a 6th lvl spell and clerics get it as a 7th lvl spell. Same goes for the fire storm spell druids get it earlier then clerics. There are other spells but I won't go over every one of them, you can look them up in the manual.
In conlusion, I think that while some of druid special abilities didn't make it to NWN druids are still quiet a match for clerics. Please note that this is only my opinion and I welcome any criticism with an open mind.
Now from the manual I see that druids get several nice bonuses that clerics don't, like immunity to poison, grease, web, and entangle spells. They also get attack bonuses while in the wilderness, also useful. Elemental shape also looks like a pretty good skill, which druids get at lvl 16. And then druids get to have an animal companion, which is also undeniably a helpful skill to have.
Clerics also get some nice skill, spontaneous casting is pretty cool, and clerical domains improve clerical powers as well. As far as spell selection goes I think both clerics and druids have their ups and downs. I've heard people complain that clerics get mass healing as a lvl 8 spell, but druids get it at lvl 9, but no one seems to mention that druids get regenarate as a 6th lvl spell and clerics get it as a 7th lvl spell. Same goes for the fire storm spell druids get it earlier then clerics. There are other spells but I won't go over every one of them, you can look them up in the manual.
In conlusion, I think that while some of druid special abilities didn't make it to NWN druids are still quiet a match for clerics. Please note that this is only my opinion and I welcome any criticism with an open mind.