2024 Druid Class Guide for D&D 5e

We discuss the Druid class from the 2024 PHB.

TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Druid Archetypes
04:34 - Spellcasting
07:37 - Druidic
08:28 - Primal Order
09:04 - Wild Companion
09:25 - Wild Shape
15:28 - Ability Score Improvements
15:43 - Elemental Fury
16:42 - Archdruid
17:33 - Ability Scores
20:11 - Backgrounds
21:15 - Species
23:27 - Feats
24:18 - Cantrips
25:07 - Spells
31:24 - Subclasses
38:32 - Roleplaying a Druid
44:14 - Final Thoughts

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[GeraldKatz]

Druids do not have to be vegetarians. This was not an official game rule, but too often in my gaming experience players and DMs have insisted upon it. My last druid was not. Predators eat prey. My druid had no problem with eating meat nor hunting for food. Hunting for sport or general cruelty were no-nos, but hunting for sustenance and domesticating for utilities such as clothing (hide, leather) were fine. Fur for warmth is ok. Fur for luxury extravagance he'd frown upon. Some tree chopping for lumber and fire logs is ok. Deforestation is wrong. Growing tree farms is fine. Humans/sapient creatures are also part of nature. They are on top of the predator list. Interacting with and using Nature respectfully is all good. It's the excess exploitation that's bad.

[awilson]

"...turn into a snake; it never helps."

I understood that reference.

[DSpiritwolf]

Alright, I'm so ready to listen on everyone's favorite nature wizard class!!
(I just really like druids.)

[Villasilmad]

I once played a Plasmoid Moon Druid who multiclassed into Barbarian and came from a giant moon made of cheese. He had previously worked in the 'cheese-quarries' on the island but had inexplicably fallen to the material plane one day.

[guardiantree]

Let’s go, been waiting on your take on the Druid! Easily my favorite class.

[suavekun]

Will be playing a Land Druid High Elf with magic initate wiz for extra spells. Spells are quite powerful, and the druid spell list has great options. Circle of the Land spells makes the versatility even greater. I'm very excited!

[fasterpet]

I've always hoped there would be a new druid subclass that add additional wildshape forms. Like wild shaping into fey, monstrosities, aberrations, or elementals. So many specific options for flavor.

[Still_Me]

4:13 A chain shirt is medium armour, not light. Light armour is just padded, leather, and studded leather.

[TaterTtHtdish]

Gonna play a pirate tortle circle of the sea druid soon! I'm so excited

[house]

If you want an elementalist build, and old species are allowed at you table, go Kobold. Take the cantrip option and pick the new Sorcerous Burst. Most of the elemental type and cascade on 8's. It's not super powerful early but at 5th level your chance of a cascade doubles.

[Thetausty]

I want to do an Aasimar Druid of Stars for my next character :)

[Jynirac]

Warforged Moon druid. Instead of shapeshifting you transform.

[iskandarthegreat]

My DM is planning on running SKT soon and I plan on playing a storm giant runt with the sea druid as a chill surfer dude.😊

[nuadai]

Favorite Druid examples of mine actually come from computer games. One is Cenarius from WoW, who (in one of the novels) just summoned a deer from the forest, killed it and cooked it for his guests, because everything in the forest has its purpose and game is supposed to provide sustenance for predators and hunters.

The others are actually from the flavor texts of cosmetic sets in Diablo 4. Aside from the ones that are inspired by the different regions on the map, there's the one who is like an elite royal guard to a sacred tree, another who walks among "civilized" societies and uses his social connections to roam more freely than other Druids. But my most favorite of them is the Punisher Druid, who's clad in human bones and is basically hunting Druids that have strayed from the right path and have done damage to what they're supposed to protect.

[jda]

Just started playing a new Half-Orc druid! Just in time for this vid! Thanks!

[M_M_ODonnell]

Heroes' Feast is a must-have spell if you have enough money and can hire a workshop to turn out gem-encrusted bowls for you full-time. (...at which point as a DM I'd feel obliged to have a side story develop about a threat to the supply chain, in terms of gems and/or workable base materials. Or the local artisan who makes spell-component-grade flashy tableware gets kidnapped, or sick, or is one of the victims of the BBEG's latest raid or attack.)

[syrupchugger]

Never really considered a druid until yalls videos. Pointy hat also had a great idea I'd love to use: an automaton druid that was a robot gardener for an abandoned estate. Circle of stars and it's starry form is it powering up and his power core is glowing through cracks in its metal making the illusion of constellations. I'd make all the spells some kind of mechanization of the bot, like processing anything it consumes and rearranging it's molecules to make goodberries or diverting the core heat to make a blast of fire

[arandhitgiroti]

I created an Air Genasi Circle of the Stars Druid a few weeks back and used it at a one shot!
Super fun to role play as an elementalist outside combat and then shapeshift into your choice of one of the 3 Starry forms as per the situation during combat. Love the creative freedom this subclass can provide when it comes to choosing things like your Star Map, your connection to nature, the stars etc. Choosing Air Genasi as my species and Guide as my background added more depth to how my character is connected to the celestial elements and nature in general. He also smokes Panaeolo (aka the Nether Herb) to 'attune to the weave' and see nature's 'true beauty' while in his trance. :P

[winterslastrose]

Princess Mononoke will forever be my favorite film of all time.

[guardiantree]

Circle of the Sun. (Plant & light themed Druid). Cause why not?

Prepared Spells:

Cantrips: Thornwhip & light
3- Entagle, shield, ensnaring strike, hail of thorns.

5- blinding smite, plant growth, daylight.

7- Grasping vine, conjure woodland beings

9- wrath of nature, tree stride

Lvl 3. Feature: Once per day you can ritually cast speak with plants. You can use wild shape to turn into a plant creature with a cr equal to 1/2 your Druid lvl instead of a beast.

You can expend a use of wild shape when you cast a Druid spell to make yourself & your allies immune to its effects.


Lvl 6 features Thorn whips range & pull are doubled. It can also be cast as a BA or after using it you can cast blinding smite, hail of thorns or ensnaring strike if you hit. Daylight spell can be cast with a bonus action.

While in daylight you gain temp hp equal to 2x your Druid lvl if you spend no movement at the end of your turn.

You can cast circle of the sun spells while in wild shape.

Lvl 10 feature: Spike growth no longer requires concentration if placed in the area effect of a one of your circle of the sun spells. When a target is restrained by entangle, ensnaring strike or grasping vine spell they take 1d6 acid or 1d12 poison damage & on the end of their next turns while still restrained by the spell. Up casting the spell adds a d6 or d12 per each spell slot used.

Lvl 14 feature: Once per long rest you can use three uses of wild shape or the appropriate spell slot to cast Druid grove as one magic action without a component cost if you are in daylight.