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That you have have these spells on a priest doesn't make call lightning good. It's about the economy of spellcasting in a game where resting is limited due to time being a valuable resource, and where most battles are mobs. How many call lightnings can your druid even memorize at level 5? And once you've used them up, how is he going to contribute to combat? If my druid covers communal delay poison & resist energy instead, my cleric can memorize animate dead, which is superior to spontaneus summoning, even if you prop that one frog up with augment summoning. Meanwhile you can prop the damage on composite bows a bit by buffing strength, and that chapter two bow has very good stats. I have tested both variants in-game, and never bothered with call lightning again.No it does not. Druid is not a replacement for a Priest, but an addition to one. You have those spells on a priest.
As for summons, battles that last longer than 5 rounds are pretty rare. Still better than wasting feats on Precise Shot. Bow is like 1d8+3? With a bad attack bonus and one attack per round. I rather attack with 3d6 with save for half (evasion is rare ability on enemies). At least you get certain damage and in some situations you do 3d10.
And I never said Druid is a best summoner, I said that his summons can be used so the druid is more useful during lower levels until he can get to high level spells.
And Shapershiting is not bad lol. At mid levels you get access to big elementals that got natural reach, it lets you attack from safe areas. Stone Elementals gets Strength and attack bonuses, you can buff yourself with Greater Natural Weapon and Bull's Strength and it is a nice support to your melee dudes.
Or you shift into Air Elementals, get lots of Dex and super speed bonus. You can kite stuff alone on the map with Storm Call and Greater Storm call.
Also read what I wrote: shapeshifting wasn't bad when I've tried it, it was buggy, and the original question wasn't about a melee druid build anyway. And if by greater natural weapon you mean magic fang, that one was bugged too and did nothing. (no idea what the current stand on this with hotfixes is)
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