Shadow Druid

[thelemonache]

Been working on a gestalt shadowy druid build. Feyspeaker, crocodile domain, improved familiar, archery. I can do really cool and really fun things, but like, It's missing something...like a group synergy angle. other side of gestalt, im leaning toward familar adept wizard for the illusion concentration handoff, shadow oracle, or court poet/totem (tiger) skald for the stats and more shadow stuff, but none seem overly synergistic with druid.

Any thoughts on a party synergy angle? Darkness makes people mad usually, at least skald can sing people to see in darkness?

[Northern Spotted Owl]

Do you want Crocodile domain for grappling or sneak attack? Since you mention improved familiar, that's clearly part of it.

I'd suggest you go with a class that gets you full BAB. A druid has good will & fort saves, so a class that has good dex saves would be great too.

Druid/Unchained Monk -- Full BAB, good dex saves. Wis bonuses to AC are great for you. I think there's some feat that lets you use Flurry of Blows with natural attacks.

Druid/Tetori Monk -- You don't get full BAB, but you grapple at full CMB/CMD. Could be great with that Crocodile domain.

Druid/Slayer -- Full BAB, good dex saves. You get more sneak attack dice, studied target, and slayer access to ranger & rogue feats without necessarily meeting the prereqs.

Druid/Barbarian -- Full BAB, 12d HD, increased speed, and rage, beast totem for AC & pounce. Consider Invulnerable Rager.

Druid/Bloodrager -- Full BAB. You can Wild Shape (supernatural druid ability) and then rage (exotic bloodrager feature) and those do not block one another. Mad Magic lets you cast spells. Wild Shape gives you size-based str increases, and Rage gives you morale-based str bonuses, so those stack. And take Primalist to trade out sub-par bloodline features for barbarian feats (pounce!)

[Mysterious Stranger]

Bloodrager could make an interesting character. It gives you full BAB, increased HP and rage. The Aquatic bloodline seems to synergize with the crocodile domain, and would make you terror in the water. The Shadow bloodline is also a good fit it you want to go focus on darkness and shadow. Fey bloodline could also work well with the fey aspect of your character.

Raging with full BAB character while in wild shape is hard to beat.

[thelemonache]

Northern Spotted Owl wrote:

Do you want Crocodile domain for grappling or sneak attack? Since you mention improved familiar, that's clearly part of it.

I wanted the familiar and the sneak attack. Yeah slayer does sound exceptionally cool, I just read up on Ankou's Shadow last night and it seems full of holes and fun, which is my kind of class haha.

As for bloodrager, I've never actually played one before, they seem really popular with my play group, so i always felt like there wasnt room for me to play one. Worth looking into though!

[Northern Spotted Owl]

In terms of a druid/bloodrager, other bloodlines that are just generally solid all seem to start with the letter A:

Aberrant
4th level: extra 5' reach
plus some resistances to conditions

Abyssal
4th level: grow 1 size larger, i.e. wildshape into a large creature and increase to huge (when you want to)
plus various resistances to energy types

Arcane
4th: blur when you rage
8th: haste when you rage