Best item under 5500 gp for an monk / Druid?

[Rycaut]

This is for PFS play. I have an 8th level - zen archer 4, menhir savant Druid 4 character in PFS who has just gotten a boon that offers him a discount on a single item up to 5500gp but I'm having a bit of trouble deciding.

A few caveats - this is for PFS play so items like bracers of falcon's aim are not available and this can't be used as partial payment on a more expensive item. He already has an adaptive +1 composite longbow (though a second perhaps of a special material is one option)

As a monk he does not and should not wear armor (he has a massive wisdom so gets a lot from the monk bonuses).

Druids vestments are one option though a few thousand cheaper than the upper limit on this boon.

A scroll with multiples of a higher level Druid spell is one option.

(Partially charged wands are not an option since this is PFS play but a fully charged 2nd level Druid wand is an option - he doesn't have UMD)

He has a domain and a familiar not an animal companion so unless it is a great item for a hawk familiar items for his companion are not options.

Suggestions?

[David_Bross]

This may be a silly question but what is the point of 4 menhir savant? It seems like this is primarily an archer character so...

As far as items at 5500;
Bracers of armor +1 spell storing (Frigid touch is beautiful here from druid levels) 4000gp
Belt of Dex +2 4000gp
Druids vestments 3750gp
Bracers of archery lesser 5000gp

All of those seem like reasonable choices for an archer. The druids vestments less so than the others, but again, I'm not really sure what you're getting out of druid.

[mplindustries]

I also can't figure out what the Druid levels do. You can't shoot a bow while wild shaped, so I don't get it. Maybe explain what you actually do and I can give better advice.

[Oliver McShade]

Ring of Feather Falling = 2200 gp = Never need to take falling damage again, as the ring self activates as an immediate action, if you fall more than 5 feet.

Ring of Sustenance = 2500 gp = No long a need for food or water, and you now only need 2 hours of sleep a night. Great for druid with high perception score + high wisdom bonus. You can now act as night watchman.

[Rycaut]

The character is shifting from primarily an archer to a hybrid archer and caster. In a level he will have full level 9 Druid wild shaping (9th level feat). He already has a belt.

In pfs play a ring of sustanance rarely comes into play. Feather falling is certainly a basic option. Bracers of armor with spell storing is definitely an option to explore.

He not intended to be hyper optimized but is amazing at perception, has high disable device (though no Trapfinding) and a good mix of spells plus all the Zen archer feats and goodness.

[mplindustries]

What feat gets you full 9th level wild shaping when you have only 4 or 5 levels of Druid?

Why would you ever wild shape if you're an archer? If you intended to be a spellcaster, why did you waste levels on zen archer? I don't understand this character.

The only thing I can think of for this confusing concept is a Headband of Wisdom for 4k.

[Reynard_the_fox]

It's called Shaping Focus - it gives you +4 levels of wild shaping, up to the limit of your current druid level. And there's something to be said for versatility, especially in PFS; sometimes you need a caster, sometimes you need an archer.

Anyway, don't forget about a good old-fashioned Pearl of Power lvl 2 or a Cloak of Resistance +2.

[Rycaut]

I already have a headband of wisdom +4 (which is 16,000gp).

The feat is Shaping Focus - it is for multiclassed Druids and the effect is that your effective Druid level for wild shape is calculated as if it were 4 levels higher to a maximum of your character level. So as my 9th level feat it will give me wild shape as a 9th level Druid. But I won't yet have natural spell or wild speech.

A polymorphic pouch is one item I'm considering for when wild shaped.

As I've repeated this is not intended as an fully optimized character. But he is really fun to play. He is an eagle domain Druid which means he has aspect of the falcon as a domain spell and with four levels of zen archer he has a bunch of archer feats. He will wild shape for movement or to get to creatures he couldn't otherwise reach (so likely will primarily use elemental forms - especially air elementals. When he is level 10 (likely 6 levels of Druid 4 of monk he will have evasion when flying.

In PFS play archers definitely can be great but occasionally enemies are buffed in ways that render an archer less effective (wind wall, obscuring mists etc) wild shape will give me a lot of options

[hogarth]

How about a dusty rose or clear spindle ioun stone?

Dusty rose in a wayfinder => +1 insight to AC, +2 insight to CMB and CMD

Clear spindle in a wayfinder => no need for food or water (bleh), immune to possession and mental control (awesome)

[Rycaut]

A dusty rise or clear spindle ioun stone are both good suggestions. His will save is pretty high but even so protection from most mental control is pretty solid. Though the "as protection from evil" could imply that the protection is only against evil sources.

For this character the dusty rose might be a good fit - he has good AC but could always have more and his cmb/cmd are only ok so boosting them would be helpful occasionally.

[mplindustries]

If you want AC, how about a Jingasa of the Fortunate Soldier?

Luck mods aren't easy to get, and it'll work while wild shaped.