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Someone was asking about early game Druid. There are a couple ways you can go:
If you forgo a pet (which is a decent idea since you have no Feat sharing abilities) you can take a Domain instead. This gives you extra spells as well as Domain abilities. Storm Burst attacks Touch AC, debuffs the target, and bypasses SR. In CotW the damage does up like a Kinetic Blast so stays relevant the whole game. Lightning Lord doesn't even need an attack roll at all. There's an archetype that specializes in Storm abilities that even lets you convert regular spells into Storm spells Spontaneously.
She actually has the Storms Subdomain which has this ability instead of Lightning Lord since as a Nature Fang she's more focused on attacking in Combat that casting. It is nice to have Touch abilities and Spells to fall back on against high AC foes.
Nature Fang Druid gets Slayer Talents and Studied Target (and one Sneak) like a Slayer. One of the biggest benefits of that is getting access to Combat Style Feats. Here she's getting Shield Mastery at lvl 6. It would usually take a Druid until level 15 to get that, and it's crucial for making Shield Bashing viable. CotW has several follow up Feats that build on Shield Bash that will be nice to explore.
With Shield Mastery your Bash doesn't even take the usual -2 Two-Weapon Fighting malus. There is a trait that lets you treat a Heavy Shield as Light but unfortunately I forgot to take it.
Let me know if you prefer the shots with most of the info turned off.
She cast that Obscuring Mist (first level Storms Domain spell) on those three archers on top. It gives everything more than 5 feet away from them Total Concealment (50% Miss Chance). Very handy.
The other things on this shot:
Shad is a Battle Host Occultist. Fighter Proficiencies (Martial Weapons, Heavy Armor, and Tower shield) in exchange for fewer Implements. Her Missile Shield Feat Deflected that projective from her teammate that failed her Corrupting Touch Save.
Shad made hers since all melee start with Shake it Off.
Kojak is an Investigator. That Quick Studied Combat gives him +1/+1 every other level.
Oh, and this, which is awesome:
If you forgo a pet (which is a decent idea since you have no Feat sharing abilities) you can take a Domain instead. This gives you extra spells as well as Domain abilities. Storm Burst attacks Touch AC, debuffs the target, and bypasses SR. In CotW the damage does up like a Kinetic Blast so stays relevant the whole game. Lightning Lord doesn't even need an attack roll at all. There's an archetype that specializes in Storm abilities that even lets you convert regular spells into Storm spells Spontaneously.
She actually has the Storms Subdomain which has this ability instead of Lightning Lord since as a Nature Fang she's more focused on attacking in Combat that casting. It is nice to have Touch abilities and Spells to fall back on against high AC foes.
Nature Fang Druid gets Slayer Talents and Studied Target (and one Sneak) like a Slayer. One of the biggest benefits of that is getting access to Combat Style Feats. Here she's getting Shield Mastery at lvl 6. It would usually take a Druid until level 15 to get that, and it's crucial for making Shield Bashing viable. CotW has several follow up Feats that build on Shield Bash that will be nice to explore.
With Shield Mastery your Bash doesn't even take the usual -2 Two-Weapon Fighting malus. There is a trait that lets you treat a Heavy Shield as Light but unfortunately I forgot to take it.
Let me know if you prefer the shots with most of the info turned off.
She cast that Obscuring Mist (first level Storms Domain spell) on those three archers on top. It gives everything more than 5 feet away from them Total Concealment (50% Miss Chance). Very handy.
The other things on this shot:
Shad is a Battle Host Occultist. Fighter Proficiencies (Martial Weapons, Heavy Armor, and Tower shield) in exchange for fewer Implements. Her Missile Shield Feat Deflected that projective from her teammate that failed her Corrupting Touch Save.
Shad made hers since all melee start with Shake it Off.
Kojak is an Investigator. That Quick Studied Combat gives him +1/+1 every other level.
Oh, and this, which is awesome:
Spirit Warrior (Sp)
At 5th level, a battle host can call forth the spirit of a dead warrior who once owned his bonded item. Calling the spirit is a standard action, and unlike the use of most spell-like abilities, it doesn’t provoke an attack of opportunity. This ability functions as spiritual ally, using the battle host’s occultist level as his caster level and his Intelligence modifier instead of his Wisdom modifier to determine the spell’s effects. The battle host can summon a spirit warrior once per day at 5th level, plus one additional time per day for every 4 occultist levels he possesses beyond 5th.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/spiritual-ally
At 5th level, a battle host can call forth the spirit of a dead warrior who once owned his bonded item. Calling the spirit is a standard action, and unlike the use of most spell-like abilities, it doesn’t provoke an attack of opportunity. This ability functions as spiritual ally, using the battle host’s occultist level as his caster level and his Intelligence modifier instead of his Wisdom modifier to determine the spell’s effects. The battle host can summon a spirit warrior once per day at 5th level, plus one additional time per day for every 4 occultist levels he possesses beyond 5th.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/spiritual-ally
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