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[666bender]

Druid feat lvl 9:
I got :
Boon companion ( feather domain)
Power attack
Natural spell
Planar wildnshape
Vital strike

I am a hybrid, caster and melee . Ability support both roles.
Animal companion is a tiger.
For lvl 9 options are :

Lunge - adding some reach is always nice
Rime spell- frost bite with rime is 1 trick pony, but what a pony!
Quick wild shape : to take the best form the best time.

No item creation other than scrolls allowed .

[Cornielius]

I like Wild Speech.
At 9th, you have 3 wild shape uses per day, 4 with druid's vestments, but planar wildshape uses a second one to activate.
That takes up most of your uses, so I find it helpful to be able to talk to the party and stay in wild shape for the full duration.
That lets me scout or whatever without giving up combat form.

Also, it seeems the latest FAQ about uses per day would prohibit getting the smite from planar more than once a day, regardless of how many times you use planar wildshape.
I think.
Another reason to just stay in your celestial form longer.

[666bender]

Speaking is no problam.
I got a limited item for that and I use share laungagus mean while / so all can speak with my animal ....

[Majuba]

Problem: you could not have qualified for all your feats when you acquired them.

Quote:

I got :

Boon companion ( feather domain) - Requires Level 4
Power attack - Requires Level 2
Natural spell - Requires Level 4
Planar wildnshape - Requires Level 4
Vital strike - Requires Level 8

So at best you could have gotten two other feats at Level 1, Power Attack, then 2 of the other first four.

[666bender]

We have special house role for retrain a feat every 4 levels .....

[666bender]

We have special house role for retrain a feat every 4 levels .....
SO , what's the best feat ?

[Saigo Takamori]

I would think about Improved Initiative. Lunge will not be that usefull (with your shapshifting you will already get control of a large area), Rime spell is kind of ''one trick pony'' and quick wild shape not that usefull (3-4 time a day, and only if you are not already in some wildshape?)

As a druid, you are a caster that can change de battlefield easily if you have the time, and Improved init may help you play first to summon/ change the area/ nuke the monster.

[Daenar]

I put improved initiative on almost all my characters at some point.

[666bender]

Saigo Takamori wrote:

I would think about Improved Initiative. Lunge will not be that usefull (with your shapshifting you will already get control of a large area), Rime spell is kind of ''one trick pony'' and quick wild shape not that usefull (3-4 time a day, and only if you are not already in some wildshape?)

As a druid, you are a caster that can change de battlefield easily if you have the time, and Improved init may help you play first to summon/ change the area/ nuke the monster.

Sadly I am menhir , not a shaman archetype, so although summon is great , going first with it has no meaning ....

It's a shame only Druids lack standard action summon.
(Cleric , wizard and summoners do).
I like going last , as I walk the back normally. I can position and act with the haste and bard ....

[Rodinia]

It's perfectly possible to take the Boon Companion feat when you don't yet have an Animal Companion:

Boon Companion wrote:

Your bond with your animal companion or familiar is unusually close.

Prerequisites: Animal companion or familiar class feature.

...

You don't actually need to have an Animal Companion, you just need to have the class feature. In my book this makes Boon Companion available as soon as you have one level in a class with the Animal Companion or Familiar class feature. For example, a Cleric with the Feather Domain gets the appropriate Class Feature at level 1, even though they don't actually get an Animal Companion until 4th level.

If there's a FAQ somewhere showing why this is incorrect please point me to it.

[Berinor]

http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1fm#v5748eaic9qt8

Relevant text: You have a class feature when your class description tells you you gain that class feature, generally based on your level in that class (and perhaps altered by factors, see below).

[666bender]

Any how - our Dm allowed it ....
So, back to topic - which feat to grab ?
Improve initiative is an option, any game changing meta feats ?

[Berinor]

Indeed. If you're a melee druid, Quicken might be nice to sneak in a little casting. 4 levels is a hefty cost, but not costing you actions is compelling.

[666bender]

Quicken is amazing for fate's favor cleric for swift +3/+3
druid dont have BOOM spell at lvl 1.

[Magda Luckbender]

666bender wrote:

Quicken is amazing for fate's favor cleric for swift +3/+3

druid dont have BOOM spell at lvl 1.

Swift Action Divine Favor (with Fate's Favored) gives a +4 +4 bonus at caster level 9+. With Magical Lineage (Divine Favor) it's a 4th level spell. It's Magda's bread-and-butter spell, as it gets her started in CODZilla mode on Round 1.

[thegreenteagamer]

I like Powerful Shape. You're a hybrid caster-melee, well, this certainly helps the melee side of things.

[666bender]

Magda Luckbender wrote:

666bender wrote:

Quicken is amazing for fate's favor cleric for swift +3/+3

druid dont have BOOM spell at lvl 1.

Swift Action Divine Favor (with Fate's Favored) gives a +4 +4 bonus at caster level 9+. With Magical Lineage (Divine Favor) it's a 4th level spell. It's Magda's bread-and-butter spell, as it gets her started in CODZilla mode on Round 1.

I agree .... But that is cleric .... As I said, Druid don't have lvl 1 boom spell

[666bender]

thegreenteagamer wrote:

I like Powerful Shape. You're a hybrid caster-melee, well, this certainly helps the melee side of things.

A great feat . For later on, when opponents get huge and up.

The cmb boost is poor, the feat mainly ally grab and trip to keep working Z