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Indeed, the class has a few fans like me. I don't get why they're so unpopular, druids are powerful and probably more ~~broken~~ breakable than any of the basic classes (at least in 3.5)
Wild shape was hard to read as a new player. Full casters are intimidating too. I love them too but they're just hard to explain to newcommers.
There have been fan works online explaining how to be an effective druid, see also though the guide to being everything a how-to for the Master of Many Forms druid prestige class
5e druids are easier - as casters they are excellent for battlefield control, as wildshape users they are a front line thwackers almost on par with fighters
3.5e druids seem most optimised as summoners, with you controlling numerous summons, but also capable in utility, buff, and battlefield casting
In 3.5 I like to have a spreadsheet listing all the spells for each level and allowing selection of the correct number of spell slots, it's hard to manage on paper, especially when you're using several books
you probably have the same couple giantintheplayground pages saved that I do.
I used to follow that comic :) didn't save any though, not the sort of thing I do
there was a comic? I saved a bunch of summoning and wild shape cheatsheats. hold up maybe I'm thinking of something else and said the wrong place
edit: no wait it was Giantintheplayground. there was just a forum where people congregated guides for various ttrpgs. but I was being presumptuous
Hmm. Now I'm not sure, I'm probably confusing it with order of the stick
You're both right - Order of the Stick is the webcomic hosted at GitP. The site also hosts one of the more (possibly most?) active 3.5 discussion forums around these days, with lots of reference threads and class handbooks, rules discussions, and occasional people coming in for build or DM advice.
Entirely possible that's where I found How to be Everything
The class fantasy never appealed to me. They can be powerful, but I don't have any real interest in being a dirt wizard or turning into animals.
More of a rogue guy, or arcane caster if I can get over spells-per-day being my anathema.
You and everyone in my d&d group :) we're lucky enough to have one always wizard, one always rogue, one always cleric, over almost always druid, and two minmaxers