So been playing with my gnome druidism for a while ... we are now level 11. My early intensions were to go natures warden and I liked the flavor of the beast master ranger so I went that route to get NW requirement.
This is where it gets sticky ... I no longer see real benefit to NW now that the character is Druid 4/Beastmaster 6 (I still have to lvl 11). I will have Natural Spell and Shaping Focus (so I wildshape as a lvl 8 druid). I have the natural attack weapon group for Ranger (but neglected to get an Amulet of Mighty Fists) which is probably mu biggest issue. I have a great to hit ... but do no damage. My party are a bunch of rush in melee so my AOE druid spells are useless.
I am just getting shaping focus so if I wildshape, I'm ok now unless we run into DR but I am trying to now become more useful outside of animal. I'm not sure if I should go Druid 5 and get my 3rd level spells (2 due to high stats) or possibly lvl 1 sylvan blooded sorcery (which will also increase my AC power) so I can get enlarge person and shield spell ... one to make my gnome a bit tougher and the secong to offset no armorial bonus while wildshaped.
Long story short ... lack of forethought has screwed me a bit. Any advise is welcome