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My GM for rise of the runelords has suggested that all of his players have a backup character ready to go, partially now because we have lost 4 characters in 4 of the 7 wings of this dungeon and he feels like there is a high probability of us losing a few more before we are done, yet we now have a potential supply of characters through a method that I won't divulge as it could provide spoilers to people playing rise of the runelords.
Problem: Party configuration leaves us having to fill the same roll that we were filling, because as of right now we are a precariously balanced party of 4. (Bard10/Paladin2/Pathfinder Chronicler2; Paladin 14(me); Ranger 14; and Alchemist 14. Because of this balance we have healing through Alchemist, Paladin and Bard +wands between combat. But if anyone goes down then we have a problem with having to replace with someone in our own role.
To my need for advice- I would like to play a druid should my paladin go down and was wanting advice on how to build a druid in such a way as to fill the roll of party tank/ healer in between fights. 14th level 150k gold. I was thinking that Wild shape is probably essential to this, and to that end I was considering an Elf to use the favored bonus for extra natural AC while wild shaped, to get the AC to typical paladin levels. Thoughts and opinions would be appreciated.