druid gear wish list

[jdizzlean]

so you just cleared out a temple to tiamat, and were saved from a TPK by another dragon who's wish it is that you turn the temple into one now revering her instead. this dragon has given you "free run" of the collection of items in the hoard that has been collected over the decades. what do you look for?


the DM has basically said we can submit a wishlist of items, and he'll decide from there what to grant. vaults include weapons, rings, staffs, rods, wands, armor, coins, books, scrolls, etc, etc.

I'm a summoner/caster focused druid, currently lvl 6. we've been fairly low wealth to this point, prior to "defeating" the priestess of tiamat, we'd already liberated a huge pile of platinum and dumped it into a portable hole...

[Biffoniacus_Furiou]

Ring of the Beast in Complete Champion is probably one of the best items a summoner druid can get.
The Armor of the Beast and Mantle of the Beast in that same book are also worthwhile if you wild shape.

Monk's Belt (DMG, adds Wis bonus to AC) + Wilding Clasp (MIC) so it still functions when you wild shape.

The four pieces of the Raiment of the Four set are pretty good, but you would need a Wilding Clasp for each if you wild shape.

Circlet of Rapid Casting (MIC), also needs a Wilding Clasp.

Necklace of Adaptation (DMG) is one of the best items you can ever have. Also needs a Wilding Clasp.

Any of the Necessary Magic Items (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?187851-3-5-Lists-of-Necessary-Magic-Items) that you can't do with your spells or wild shaping.

You can add many effects to an existing item for the same price as a standalone item of the same bonus, per MIC p234. So any ring you ask for, also ask that it have a Deflection bonus to AC added. Any head or neck item, ask that it also has an enhancement bonus to Wis added.

[Hiro Quester]

Eggynack's Being Everything (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1shTP_iyGQN2L43pmQO1wausVD9dtiK97SnLO6hqRRxY/mobilebasic) druid guide has some good advice about magic items.

Ring of the beast and mantle of the beast are very good. The armor is meh, and prevents the monk's belt from granting wis bonus to AC.

Sandals of the vagabond are useful if you like going before the monsters (+2 luck bonus to initiative).

A pearl of speech is useful for communicating with your party while in wildshape.

If you do a lot of self buffing (druid list is very good for this) a ring of counterspells (for Greater Dispel Magic) can save you from a targeted dispel magic.

[Biffoniacus_Furiou]

Ring of the beast and mantle of the beast are very good. The armor is meh, and prevents the monk's belt from granting wis bonus to AC.

You don't count as wearing armor if it's Wild armor and you're wild shaped. The armor still melds into your form, everything about it is lost except the armor bonus to your AC, so if it's medium or heavy armor your speed isn't reduced as though you're armored, the max Dex bonus doesn't apply, etc. Thus you can still benefit from Wis to AC from the Monk's Belt if you're wild shaped and wearing wild armor such as Armor of the Beast.

[Nifft]

I've always been a fan of gear that doesn't need a Wilding Clasp to function.

- Third Eye (especially Clarity or Freedom) -- either MIC or XPH

- Symbiotes -- Fiend Folio, Eberron books -- for example the Psionic Sinew from FF grants you claws that deal 1d12 damage, a +4 [Force] armor bonus to AC, and +4 enhancement to Str. Also it eats your blood, but you're a Druid so you can lesser restoration that problem away.


There are also some items which explicitly work during Wild Shape, for example the Raiment of the Stormwalker from MIC -- an item set not as good as Raiment of the Four, but all of the Stormwalker items work in Wild Shape, and the Bracers of Lightning are a solid boost to any multi-attack shape including big-cat Pounce forms.

[jdizzlean]

here's my list:

1. Monk’s Belt with wildling clasp (or Wild enhancement)- AC bonus of 5th lvl Monk (WIS to AC, +1 additional)
2. Great Druid’s Staff – Dire Bear: Magic of Faerun 170: +2 quarterstaff, 1/day summon 1d3 dire bears as SNA 7, 1/day dominate 36HD of animals in 1500 ft radius (DC 14), spell like effects: Pyrotechnics, Quench, Ice Storm, Sleet Storm, Dispel Magic, Pass w/o Trace, Tree Shape, Call Lightning, Cure Serious, Plant Growth, Remove Disease, Speak w/ Plants. 1/mo: Insect Plague, SNA 5, Transmute Rock to Mud, Wall of Fire, Wall of thorns. Grants SR 23, if willingly lowered, can absorb spell levels as charges.
3. Ring of the Beast – treat summon nature’s ally as being cast 1 lvl higher (But not higher than the max you can cast) (stack enhancement of +x to AC)
4. Periapt of Wisdom (replace chain w/ wildling clasp) +2 or +4 (stack: Wrymfang Amulet: allows natural weapons to overcome DR)
5. Book – location of Garden of Nature’s Rage – DMG II page 242, 1/day when wild shaped gain +4 to CON/STR
6. Cloak of Resistance +3 to +5
7. Ioun Stone – Incandescent Blue (+2 WIS)
8. Tome of Understanding +1-5: permanent boost to WIS
9. Bracers of Blinding Strike, with wildling clasp/wild enhancement: +6 AC, grants Improved Initiative, Extra attack each round at highest BAB
10. Third Eye Concentrate - +10 to skill check
11. Pearl of Speech – speak command word, to allow speaking common in wild shape
12. Wands: Cure Light/Moderate Wounds
13. Handy Haversack - This bag holds 120 pounds of stuff, weighs a maximum of 5 pounds, and enables you to pull anything out as a move action without provoking an AoO.
14. Staff of Fauna (Comp Divine 105) Animal Growth (2 charges), Barkskin (1 charge) Greater Magic Fang (1 charge)
15. Extra Wildling Clasps
16. +1 or +2 Energy Aura Sling – add 1d6 (fire/cold/electicity/acid) to projectile
17. Druids Vestment – worn over normal clothing/armor, grants Wild Shape 1 additional time/day.