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So I'm working on a druid with the Blight Druid archetype and I really want to play up the whole "pestilence and decay" aspect of the class, while still making it mechanically sound (this is for Pathfinder Society play).
The best thing I've thought of at this point is to suffer through being largely useless until level 5 when I get miasma and wild shape, at which point I can shift into a combat animal, get in melee, and subject enemies to my miasma ability for free while I chew on them. The problem is, I've never actually done a "combat druid" before. Obviously I want high WIS for the ability and spell save DCs, but wild shape is a lot less powerful than it was in 3.5 and charging into melee with only 10-12 CON and not a lot of armor seems like a really bad idea, miasma or not. Getting more CON means sacrificing other physical stats more than I would like to, and I'd really like to avoid a negative CHA (since I intend to make use of Vermin Empathy whenever possible).
I'm soliciting advice here, for a build that will help me stay relevant and functional in the early levels and still accomplish my objective of being a plaguebringer/debuff expert throughout. Much appreciated.
Build for combat endurance, not melee damage, if you're worried about that. Go for Con or Dex and don't worry so much about Str for damage. Of course, your miasma ability is going to be reducing the damage you take though, because the afflicted targets are taking a -2 to hit and damage.
So really, I'd say you DON'T have to worry so much about Dex and Con because the amount of damage you're taking will be reduced.
All theory, as I've never played a blight druid.