Druid Being Surrounded

[Morris Chan]

so say my druid was surrounded near a pillar and i was surrounded on all sides how do i get out of there without taking a lot of opportunity attacks. earth ground. stone pillar

[A Man In Black]

What level? Are you expecting this to happen, or having to deal with it on the fly?

[Daniel Moyer]

The question/situation needs to be more specific...

Are you already being threatened?

Do the surrounding enemies have reach?

Are the surrounding enemies flying? Walking? etc.

If you aren't currently threatened and have access to wildshape...

Monkey, climb the pillar

Bird, Fly away

Air Elemental, Fly away

Earth Elemental, Earthglide

Badger, Burrow

[Morris Chan]

level 6 druid i rolled low on initiative and was surrounded before i got a chance to wild shape and fly or something else.

[BigNorseWolf]

Turn into a badger and take a 5 foot "Step" burrowing down.

Take 5-Foot Step

You can move 5 feet in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement. Taking this 5-foot step never provokes an attack of opportunity. You can't take more than one 5-foot step in a round, and you can't take a 5-foot step in the same round that you move any distance.

You can take a 5-foot step before, during, or after your other actions in the round.

You can only take a 5-foot-step if your movement isn't hampered by difficult terrain or darkness. Any creature with a speed of 5 feet or less can't take a 5-foot step, since moving even 5 feet requires a move action for such a slow creature.

You may not take a 5-foot step using a form of movement for which you do not have a listed speed.

-The implication there is that you CAN take a 5 foot step using a form of movement that you do have. The badger burrows at 10, so its fast enough to use as a 5 foot step.

I can't find if the burrowing badger leaves a path behind it or not. Worse case scenario is you get +4 against all the attacks on one round, then can withdraw into a 20 foot tunnel and make them come at you one at a time.

[Morris Chan]

ahh good point, thanks

i can also be an earth elemental and earth glide down 5 feet as well.

thanks =D