what is a Druid
Druids are the defenders of nature and life. they are known as the “Hippy” class by the community , but anyone who has played with or as a Druid know that they are not all peace, love, and plants. Druids are full casters (Get spells at level 1), but their main gimmick is their “Wild Shape” that they can use to change their forms into beast or other forms or even change their environment depending on their subclass. Their Wild Shape gets stronger as they gain levels.
The following are druid subclasses;
- Cycle of the Land: These Druids draw their power from distinct types of lands and habitats and can use their Wild Shape to create a patch of healing flower and life-draining thorns. (Player’s Handbook 2024)
- Cycle of the Moon: Gain the ability to shapeshift into even more powerful Wild Shapes. (Player’s Handbook 2024)
- Cycle of the sea: Use your wild shape to summon the wrath of the oceans to aid you in battle. (Player’s Handbook 2024)
- Cycle of the stars: You gain power to read the stars to affect your fate, and you can even take a starlike transformation. (Player’s Handbook 2024)
- Cycle of Dreams: You gain the ability to aid your campions recovery and rest, as well ability traveling through physical space as well as the dreamworld. (Xanathar’s Guide to Everything)
- Cycle of the shepherd: Summon Beast and Fay to serve aid you in battle. (Xanathar’s Guide to Everything)
- Cycle of spores: Gain symbiosis with spores and fungi via your Wild Shape and use them to reanimate the dead and attack foes. (Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything)
- *Cycle of the Blighted: Corrupt the land, impower your wild shape, and summon blighted beings to aid in battle. (Tal’Dorei campaign setting reborn)
- Cycle of Dragons: Your Wild Shape turns into a “Dragon Shape” which allows you to take up a Draconic form of your choice. (The Griffon’s saddlebag: book two)
- *Cycle of the Petal: Use your wild shape to summon a swarm of razor-sharp petals that can take the shape of a beast and barriers. (Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass)
- Cycle of the Hive: Become a living hive of insect, arachnids, and/or crustaceans that will come to your aid during battle at the use of your Wild Shape. (Helliana’s guide to monster hunting: part one)
- Cycle of Blood: channel the savage power of the blood moon to grant you boons at the use of your Wild Shape. (Grim Hollows: player pack)
- Cycle of Entropy: Use your Wild Shape and spells to become the living embodiment of catastrophe. (Grim Hollows: player pack)
- Cycle of Mutation: Mutate your Wild Shape into knew and dangerous horrors. (Grim Hollows: player pack)
