Druid Class Deck Preview

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

In the wake of Paul's lovely but sadly ill-conceived Best Character Ever blog, I'm here to talk tree-huggers. Hippies. Lovers of the natural world. Two-thirds of them are even wearing clothes!

Gronk's too sexy for his shirt, so sexy it hurts.

We've mentioned all three of these characters in previous blogs, but now I've got a chance to go into a little more detail. Our design goal for this deck was to make three characters that play differently but can each use the full range of cards in the set effectively. So even characters that aren't, say, Pack Lords can make good use of Animal allies.

When the design team thinks of druids, we think of three main features: animal companions, wild shape abilities, and nature spells. So we designed each druid to showcase a different one of these features. As Paul mentioned last week, Class Deck Lini is all about the Animal trait. So we made her some new friends!

Expecto Pat-Giant Weasel?

Gronk, as you might infer from his art, is a master of shapeshifting. He's in tune with the flora and fauna of the forest, and can alter his form to serve the situation. In testing, he proved quite self-sufficient, and I think he'll be a popular choice.

Everyone loves the Swiss Army elf.

Maznar is the classic “nature's wrath” druid, wielding elemental magic to zap his enemies and succor his friends. I love his art—it immediately told me what sort of character he'd be. Maznar is a follower of the Green Faith, a natural spiritual tradition that abhors abominations and reveres wild things and places. Acolytes of this faith wander the world as a sort of magical park ranger, keeping things as they should be.

If you've got tentacles where you shouldn't, he's gonna send you packing.

Finally, here's a peek at some classic druid spells we were thrilled to bring to the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game!

Those looks like some good berries, if you know what I mean.

The Druid Class Deck is now available for purchase!

Tanis O'Connor
Adventure Card Game Designer