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Johanas
2017-06-28, 11:42 AM
Hello everyone! I am building a druid, and I would love a second set of eyes to ensure I am building this correctly. This was set off by my recent interest in Druidic Herbalism, and I’ve always been fascinated by the Naga Aspirant racial archetype, so I thought I would combine them. Then I realized the potential craziness that this combination can create. However, I am at a bit of a disadvantage, having never played an Alchemist, and some of the Druidic Herbalism features function as Alchemist Extracts.

Naga Aspirant:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/uncommon-races/arg-nagaji/naga-aspirant-druid-naga/

Druidic Herbalism:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid/#TOC-Nature-Bond-Ex-

So.
Can I use Druidic Herbalism to create extracts of the newly-added Naga Aspirant spells?
Can I use Druidic Herbalism to make extracts I can hand out of Personal-Range spells, like the afore-mentioned Divine Favor?
I would also love your thoughts on this combination, and anything it inspires to be added to the character!

Serafina
2017-06-28, 11:58 AM
As long as it says that it's added to the druid spell list, then it should be eligible for druidic herbalism.

Also, while RAW it's not feasible, you might want to combine Naga Aspirant with Feyspeaker (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid/archetypes/paizo-druid-archetypes/feyspeaker-druid-archetype/) to get a Charisma-based Druid.
Now RAW you can't combine the archetypes since both alter/replace Wildshape. However, you can just grant Naga Shape at 6th level (or maybe 8th level) instead with such a combination, and everything still makes sense and is fairly balanced. It's a house-rule of course, so do ask your GM, but it can make for a pretty fun and unique Nagaji druid.

As an additional flavor-thing, you can represent the "potions" you get from Herbalism as secretions of the Nagaji enhanced by their magic.

Oh, and I highly recommend making it impossible to sell Herbalism-potions. To do that, just give them a quick spoil-date (a few days) if not routinely checked by the druid. That still allows the characters to stock up on a ton of potions during downtime (which you might also want to curb by imposing a limit), but that's better than turning that into money too.
Offer such limitations to your GM in exchange for combining the archetypes.

Johanas
2017-06-28, 12:09 PM
Thank you Serafina! You always give good advice. I appreciate the Feyspeaker idea; I will definitely float that past the GM. If I can switch casting over to Charisma, that would solve several problems altogether. I didn't want to use any Racial Heritage feat shenanigans; I'd really rather play a Nagaji, you know?

I'm definitely going to use the secret Nagaji magic. I will need to come up with an "Ancient Chinese Secret" catchphrase for whenever someone asks about it.