Best Domain for a Blaster Druid?


Advice


As the title states I'm wondering what the best domain would be for a blasting druid, I read a bit and weather looks to be the best(also curious if I could do a subdomain? Still new and not quite sure if I can or not.) but I thought a bit more insight could me out! I'm planning on taking the archetype menhir savant, so that should help in more damages.

Thank you in advance!


Also some good feats to have as a caster would be greatly appreciated!


Frankly, a druid is a second-rate blaster at best. They don't get to swap damage types like an admixture wizard or get bonus damage like a sorcerer with the right bloodline.

The Menhir Savant archetype only gives a bonus on damage with spells which scale based on caster level; most druid spells do so poorly or not at all, including those in the Weather domain. You want the Fire domain if you take this path.

The Naga Aspirant (not compatible with Menhir Savant) gets a bunch of spells off the sorcerer/wizard list which would help a great deal. It doesn't get the caster level bonus though, and it's a race-specific archetype.

Alternately you could concentrate on spells which use attack rolls and go Nature Fang for Studied Target and sneak attack.

What level are you starting at and likely going to?


For blasting probably fire. That gets you a blasty spell in most of your slots and I'm pretty sure you can prepare any domain spell in a domain slot eg. an empowered fireball in your 5th level domain slot if you don't like Fire Shield. I also think that if you acquire the ability to convert uncast slots spontaneously eg. with the Preferred Spell feat you can select a domain spell and then use non-domain slots for it.

Good feats are your typical blaster wizard feats. Since you can't element swap like an admixture evoker the only really good focus/specialization spell is flamestrike and it's a level higher than recommended for use with metamagic. It's also your first up front damage blast outside the fire domain. Everything prior is either more control than damage or damage over time.

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