I'm not a big fan of specific animal shapeshifts, vine lashing, and all that. I'm quite partial to D&D's approach where Druids aren't limited to "natural" spells, and have access to more elemental forms of magic, too. A Wizard conjures frost, flame and lightning, but a Druid commands it. Again, its very reasonable as an…
I primarily focused on the element of Wild Shape because of the way its handled in 4e and the fact that, to my knowledge, no one has done something similar with Druids in an MMO where their alternate forms get a lot of priority. Wild Shape is half of the class in PHBII, and the Predator build is a melee Controller-Striker,…
Druids do have attacks which deal Lightning damage, such as Storm Spike (PHBII pg85), but attacks like Flame Seed and Chill Wind (and notably Fire Hawk) are much more Controller-ish. Flame Seed leaves a pool of flame adjacent to its target that lasts for a short duration, basically "Don't move or take more damage because…
The major reason I shrunk away from the idea of having Druids get "forms" is because every other MMO and RPG Druid currently does that; 4e D&D doesn't. Its unique in that sense; that a Druid who Wild Shapes into a badger has the same agility, strength, and stamina a Druid who Wild Shapes into a wolf does. Why? Magic. It…
I believe a lot of the fascination about Druids, and animal shapeshifters in general is our affinity as people for animals. We love wolves, we love felines, we love birds, we love dinosaurs, all of the sort; we as human beings can't escape that fascination, hence why fantasy includes the Druid among other things (like…
Its very early in the game (hell, its still Beta right now), but Primal classes need to make their way into the game. Druids just for the fact that shapeshifting has always been a huge boon and a major attraction to most any game it appears in, and the fact that D&D doesn't feel complete or right without them (you've got…
Even simple mechanics like this add a lot of flavor and personality to the game, even if they are not used for roleplaying by most players; the fact that they still exist and are optional makes the game better.
While a dedicated roleplaying shard is possible, albeit not likely, this topic is about adding a subset for the forums - these forums - for roleplaying on the official forums here in dedicated topics, rather than the current situation where there is absolutely no subsection and roleplaying topics are mixed in with…
This would be the best situation, but one that might not be entirely possible in the eyes of Perfect World as that would take some time and resources away. If it were regulated by players, with incidents or violations within the forum (for example, a topic owner reports to a Moderator a breach in their roleplaying topic's…
Though an actual roleplaying server would be nice, that would realistically depend on how busy Neverwinter becomes player base wise, and class wise. While the game already includes the basic Defender, Healer, Controller, Striker combination, and with a fair amount of their lore already present in game and in 4th Edition…
This is probably an exceptionally wise maneuver for the forums to employ. I agree that there should be an actual roleplaying subsection, as otherwise the roleplaying forum topics will disappear under the much more prevalent introductions, help requests and general Dungeons and Dragons chat. Now, it would not be too hard to…