Comments on: 4E Druid Review

By: reveal

reveal — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:52:00 +0000

@Da Dominus – They’re controllers.

Role: Controller. Your beast form gives you access to powers that provide control at close range, while your humanoid form allows you to hinder your opponents from a distance. Depending on your choice of class features and powers, you might lean toward either leader or striker as a secondary role.

By: Da Dominus

Da Dominus — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:15:11 +0000

The 4E Barbarian is the only preview I've seen lately, not being an Insider subscriber. I was impressed but wondered about the new Druid. A lot of folk are gonna be displeased with iot from you describe. Loss of game breaking power equals loss of too much to some. Not me. I'm curious to see how they work in the new party dynamic 4E relies upon. What role are they? Leader? Defender? Da Dominus´s last blog post..Dominion Cast 19 - Love Nerds

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:52:31 +0000

Still, man, calling Druids the “Aquaman” of 3.x is pretty bold, and it just doesn’t fit. If anything, Fighters were the Aquaman of every edition but 4th.

By: reveal

reveal — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:16:12 +0000

@Gavinfoxx and Felon – IME, every single druid I’ve ever seen played has been played as a tree-hugger (i.e. the rights of nature will always supercede the rights of man) and weren’t played very effectively. Your experiences obviously differ, but I’m just drawing upon my observations of the way I’ve seen druids played.

By: Felon

Felon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:06:29 +0000

Reveal’s review shows some big misconceptions about the 3e druid. They were never prescribed into the role of “tree-hugging hippy”. The could be murderious and evil. And they certainly weren’t weak or useless, so I’ve little idea where the Aquaman analogy comes from.

By: Gavinfoxx

Gavinfoxx — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:47 +0000

Uhh… Aquaman?!

Druids were one of the MOST POWERFUL CLASSES EVER in 3.Xe! Havent you heard of CoDzilla? They had a CLASS FEATURE (animal companion) that was about as powerful as the party fighter! And they only got stronger with extra books. Yea, Druids, like Clerics, were POWERHOUESS in 3.Xe…. and they seem to still be pretty powerful!

By: Jeff Greiner

Jeff Greiner — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:04:41 +0000

I think it's wildshape, honestly, that underwhelms me. I really liked the idea of taking a shape and having that specific choice being important. Need to get up that cliff? Eagle shape and fly it. Need to dig, be a badger. Etc, etc. The 4e druid wildshapes into the amorphous unnamed "beast" and uses special beast powers that are the same regardless of what shape you take. It had a real versatile feel before and now wildshape feels bland. That said, some of the powers look really cool. It's just the base abilities that leave me going, "meh". Jeff Greiner´s last blog post..The Tome Ep 91: DCC 53-55

By: newOldTimer

newOldTimer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:52:43 +0000

Thanks for the Druid preview… I was a little disappointed that this and other classes weren’t rolled out with the more “traditional” classes, but it looks like it will be well worth the wait.

By: reveal

reveal — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:32:16 +0000

@Jeff – I thought the bard was a great change from the 3E bard and there were a lot of differences. The druid is really good but there isn’t as much different from 3E as the bard. Perhaps that’s why you were underwhelmed.

By: Jeff Greiner

Jeff Greiner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:30:06 +0000

I was personally a little underwhelmed by the preview of the druid. The bard preview was rockin-awesome. The druid was sort of, "meh". Which is odd to me, given that I love 3e druids and despise 3e bards. Jeff Greiner´s last blog post..The Tome Ep 91: DCC 53-55

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:01:00 +0000

Aquaman? AQUAMAN?!?! do you not remember Rufus at all? he was badass! :p

By: reveal

reveal — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:18:06 +0000

@xPirate – There are some other options if you want to try them. I run a few Play-by-Posts which are great if you don’t have access to local gamers. Check out Circvs Maximvs and ENWorld to see what they’re like. Both links are in my Blogroll to the left.

By: xPirate

xPirate — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:43:33 +0000

Just so you know, most of your blog posts make me want to get into Tabletop RPGs. Unfortunately, there's not really anyone around here that does it anymore. haha. xPirate´s last blog post..Interview: Jess Ryan from OneInTwenty and Amy Burch from Amnesty International