Grappling Druid

[Atalius]

One of my party members is a wild order druid who has Fighter dedication. How good of grapplers are druids in their animal form? Our hard hitters don't want to spend there actions grabbing enemy's instead they want to layout maximum dpr. Our Druid hits a lot lighter than them and so is considering how helpful it will be to able to grab and if he will thrive at it or not?

[Kyrone]

Animal Form alone is great at grappling until lvl 10 and still decent at lvl 11.

After that it will need something like Elemental or Dragon Form that will last until lvl 16-17 and then finish with Monstrosity.

If the person is putting their proficiency increase in Athletics and have some STR you can just ignore everything that I just wrote because the form will just use the best value.

[FlashRebel]

That's something I noticed about the new dynamic of polymorph spells: you don't have to make a gish build anymore to benefit from combat-oriented forms - and they practically all are - but it's still an option nonetheless for specialists. Getting combat feats from multiclassing definitely complements the polymorph playstyle very well. The biggest selling point of battle forms IMO is their excellent AC, something spellcasters often lack due to low armor proficiency.

[SuperBidi]

Plant Form for Flytrap or Dinosaur Form for the +1 bonus and you are as good of a grappler as any martial.

[Vidmaster7]

So what if the druid grapples a succubus?

[Atalius]

SuperBidi wrote:

Plant Form for Flytrap or Dinosaur Form for the +1 bonus and you are as good of a grappler as any martial.

Ohhh nice, which Dinosaur+1 bonus do you mean?

[SuperBidi]

Dinosaur Form gives + 1 to Athletics checks while wild shaped. With this bonus, you are on par with most martials.

[Atalius]

SuperBidi wrote:

Dinosaur Form gives + 1 to Athletics checks while wild shaped. With this bonus, you are on par with most martials.

Ahh yes, Ferocious Shape nice