They lack access to Remove Curse, Break Enchantment, Raise Dead, Cure Blindness, and Restoration, so basically no.
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Actually, yes, they can.
Take the Ancient Guardian archetype, and then get the Healing (Restoration) Subdomain for Nature Bond.
My 3.5 druid was our party healer, but I ended up taking Craft Wand just to make wands of cure light wounds. (It was in a campaign with no easy access to magic shops.)
But I didn't have access to a lot of those great condition removal spells. So I think the DM had pity on us.
Actually, yes, they can.
Take the Ancient Guardian archetype, and then get the Healing (Restoration) Subdomain for Nature Bond.
I agree with Secret Wizard. If you want a healing focused druid, go that route. Healing Domain or any of its subdomains have a lot to offer.
can you make an effective healer out of one of these guys? and if so can you point me to a guide that i can read?
Druids are effectively 1/2 a Cleric in terms of healing.
I think the Shaman class could be an effective healer (it mixes Cleric and Druid), but instead of a familiar, you get a glorified familiar.Be warned with using Shaman familiars as combat familiars, the cost to replace them is 500*Class levels instead of 200*class levels.
Channel energy is just too valuable to lose.
Although... Reincarnation brings back people who died of old age. Mystic past life trait from Samasarans can get you some Cleric Spells too. To not feel bad, focus on what druids add. If you focus on specific cleric stuff no non-cleric can match that. Embrace the druidness that makes you special. The reason why you want to be a druid!
Another option for a healing-focused Druid is variant multiclassing, from unchained.
If I recall correctly, a Druid/VMC Cleric can convert spells into cures like a standard cleric can.
I prefer VMC Cleric on a Witch, but still works.
Actually, yes, they can.
Take the Ancient Guardian archetype, and then get the Healing (Restoration) Subdomain for Nature Bond.
Isn't that archetype restricted to lizardfolk only?
Don't get me wrong, lizardfolk druids are awesome as hell, but I don't know if the OP wants to be one exclusively...
Not only is it Lizardfolk-exclusive, but it's from the Monster Codex - a GM supplement book, so even if you're allowed to roll Lizardfolk, you'd need explicit GM permission before using it.
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A big thing druids as healers lack is the ability to spontaneously convert other spells into healing spells. That's an underestimated ability that allows normal (good-ish) clerics to prepare "interesting" spells without losing out on healing power. A druid on the other hand has to make much more tradeoffs on how much slots to spend on preparing cure spells.
So even if you get access to important spells, you'll still be less flexible than a cleric because you need to make a harder split in resources.
With out the use of wands, they are better as a secondary healer. I suppose that it could be argued that with their buff and controller spells, Druids are better at preventing damage then healing it. Drovier is a good group support archetype.
how would a druid compare to a paladin that does not have his spells?
What do you mean? Do you mean as a healer? Either way, it would be helpful to know if there is some archetype that you have in mind.
Druids only get one Domain. Their choice of for this Domain is limited by the class, not their deity. They are limited to the Air, Animal, Earth, Fire, Plant, Water, or Weather Domains from the standard list. They do, however, have their own special Domains. There are some archetypes that grant access to other Domains. Druids can take Sub Domains.
Nature bond gives you one Domain or an Animal Companion.
Although... Reincarnation brings back people who died of old age.
True, and other causes of death, we lost our Barbarian one time when I was my Druid. I reincarnated him but his percentile roll was a Halfling! HAHAHA! A big difference from his Lizardfolk Scion!
so does anyone know where i can find a druid build guide?
I don't know of a build guide but I could offer my suggestions if you could say what you're building towards.
well i am not to sure. i am thinking a half-elf with the vulture domain. and since my Dm has a hard-on for me i was looking at the reincarnated druid. and just let my dm kill me once a week in game time.
Bunk that! If your GM is constantly trying to single you out and purposely kill you then don't play with them. Alternatively, outsmart them. The reincarnation thing could work but I forsee you constantly having to readjust your ability scores, losing all your loot, until you reincarnate as something terrible like a bugbear and him forcing you to stay that way because it would hinder the crap outta you. Or he woulod just kill you during your 7 days, making it permanent.
You should be building a character that you want to play thematically and that would be fun for you to role play... not one to counter an unfair GM. Why does you GM have it out for you?
To quote Spinal Tap -
The druids! No one knows who they were, or what they were doing. But we do know they built.....Stonehenge!
To quote Spinal Tap -
The druids! No one knows who they were, or what they were doing. But we do know they built.....Stonehenge!
Ylvis- "Stonehenge" XD