ProudGrognard
2015-02-02, 07:54 AM
Greetings all,
There has been a concept going in my mind, of a druid who is something like a geomancer. I have tried to homebrew it several ways, and I would like some opinions on the result.
For reasons of expediency, I present it in an abridged format.
Special: Must choose the Earth or Caves domain
Loses
Shield Proficiency
Nature Sense
Woodland Stride
Wild Empathy
Trackless step
Resist Nature 's Lure
A thousand faces
Changes
Spontaneous casting cannot be used for SNA. Instead, it can be used for casting any Earth spells.
Wild Shape: At 6th level, only as Earth Elemental, as level -2.
Gains
-Acid Dart Domain Power does damage 1d6+1 bludgeoning every two levels (2d6+2 at 4, 3d6+3 at 6) and is usable +1 time every two levels after first. At 9th level, it also earthbinds (entangles), if Ref Save is not passed. At 13th level, it can affect a number of targets equal to the druid's Wis modifier.
-Gains Acid Resistance at 5th level, as per the Earth Domain (yes, I know that the domain gives it at 6th level) of the druid has chosen Caves. Gets the Tunnel runner ability at 8th level if he has chosen the Earth domain.
As I see it, this archetype is a more focused and powerful spellcaster, has an offensive ability which is considerable, but loses on shapechanging, having an animal companion and on the minor druid abilities.
What is your opinion on relative strength?
There has been a concept going in my mind, of a druid who is something like a geomancer. I have tried to homebrew it several ways, and I would like some opinions on the result.
For reasons of expediency, I present it in an abridged format.
Special: Must choose the Earth or Caves domain
Loses
Shield Proficiency
Nature Sense
Woodland Stride
Wild Empathy
Trackless step
Resist Nature 's Lure
A thousand faces
Changes
Spontaneous casting cannot be used for SNA. Instead, it can be used for casting any Earth spells.
Wild Shape: At 6th level, only as Earth Elemental, as level -2.
Gains
-Acid Dart Domain Power does damage 1d6+1 bludgeoning every two levels (2d6+2 at 4, 3d6+3 at 6) and is usable +1 time every two levels after first. At 9th level, it also earthbinds (entangles), if Ref Save is not passed. At 13th level, it can affect a number of targets equal to the druid's Wis modifier.
-Gains Acid Resistance at 5th level, as per the Earth Domain (yes, I know that the domain gives it at 6th level) of the druid has chosen Caves. Gets the Tunnel runner ability at 8th level if he has chosen the Earth domain.
As I see it, this archetype is a more focused and powerful spellcaster, has an offensive ability which is considerable, but loses on shapechanging, having an animal companion and on the minor druid abilities.
What is your opinion on relative strength?