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CoDzilla stands for Cleric or Druid + Godzilla Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 23/01/2012 09:54:12 AM
It could fill a fighting role via companion/shifting, it could fill a damage-caster role, or it could fill a healing role. And if needed, to some degree, you could change what role you were filling in the middle of a fight.


The way the classes worked out in D&D was that warriors and rogues were best at the low levels, while wizards dominated at high levels. The way the Wizard's spellcasting works out, a well-prepared high level Wizard can do anything better than anyone else, aside from healing. But at low levels, they're borderline useless, with d4 hit points, no combat ability and a handful of weak spells to cast each day. Warriors, on the other hand, get both the ability to consistently dish out high damage (for the level) and the resilience for prolonged combat. And Rogues, thanks to their numerous skills and particular talents, generally get to be the troubleshooters of the group.

And then you had Bards which could do pretty much everything and sucked at it all. Or you could go for a Cleric or Druid where you can do pretty much everything and be good at it.

Druids are particularly good at it. Even at first level, thanks to their animal companion, they're more than capable of performing front rank duties. It'll only get worst when you add Wildshape. Between your Wildshaped form, your Animal Companion and your Summons, with a few buffs you can completely ridicule anything a dedicated warrior can possibly do while at the same time casting AoE spells like Flame Strikeor Storm of Vengeance to pretend you're a Wizard. Minmaxing Clerics can probably get you a better result than a Druid, a well planned out Wizard can achieve fantastic results, but Druids can do pretty much everything they do as a basic feature.

So yeah, I can obviously see why you would like the class, and you're not alone, but fixing it was pretty much an inevitability. Hence why I called it the most reasonable change ever.
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Cool! - 20/01/2012 02:51:25 AM 943 Views
which druid is it? - 20/01/2012 02:53:15 AM 970 Views
That... I can't tell you. - 20/01/2012 04:58:31 AM 521 Views
Boo! Tell us! *NM* - 20/01/2012 02:18:36 PM 489 Views
That's a retarded thing not to be able to tell us - 20/01/2012 02:59:58 PM 533 Views
And that's a nicely PC response from you. - 20/01/2012 04:22:51 PM 636 Views
I have never claimed to be PC *NM* - 20/01/2012 04:43:13 PM 470 Views
According to the tv, Mac is cooler anyway. - 20/01/2012 04:55:54 PM 577 Views
Meh, How would DDO have any idea who lord is? - 21/01/2012 04:06:20 AM 476 Views
It wouldn't be that hard to figure out, actually. - 21/01/2012 04:40:31 AM 616 Views
then just say "I really wish I was allowed to tell you but I can't" - 22/01/2012 12:15:01 AM 491 Views
LadyLorraine, this is a video game forum. - 22/01/2012 07:10:51 AM 489 Views
Shrug. Make a new screenname, then. *NM* - 22/01/2012 12:31:51 AM 422 Views
The website he linked to describes the Druid as "shape-shifting", fyi. *NM* - 21/01/2012 11:51:08 AM 429 Views
yah that's not the aspect they changed about the druid that irritated me - 22/01/2012 12:19:51 AM 743 Views
They made the druid less versatile than it was in 3.5? - 22/01/2012 06:18:39 AM 769 Views
imo, the best part about the class was that it could fill almost any role. - 23/01/2012 02:47:59 AM 996 Views
CoDzilla stands for Cleric or Druid + Godzilla - 23/01/2012 09:54:12 AM 954 Views
there are other ways they could have fixed it beyond limiting the ability to fill multiple roles. - 23/01/2012 01:36:03 PM 951 Views
What makes it great is what demands the nerf . - 23/01/2012 11:45:23 PM 803 Views
*shrug* I guess part of my thing is... - 24/01/2012 04:12:53 AM 835 Views
My favourite thing about the druid... - 23/01/2012 10:04:47 PM 1098 Views
Oh I'm sure there's some prestige class or absurd feat or something... - 24/01/2012 04:02:20 AM 817 Views
It's (sort of) in the Pathfinder core book - 24/01/2012 01:35:34 PM 872 Views
yah and, imo, it shouldn't be. Dragons are not animals or beasts *NM* - 24/01/2012 02:57:59 PM 513 Views
I would like to apologize to lord and Aemon - 23/01/2012 02:55:05 AM 870 Views
I do see where you're coming from, I really do. - 23/01/2012 03:16:19 AM 848 Views
thank you for your polite response - 23/01/2012 03:23:06 AM 955 Views
Thanks LL, no harm done. - 23/01/2012 03:33:36 AM 929 Views
I tried DDO for a bit once. - 20/01/2012 01:48:10 PM 1093 Views
So just out of curiousity... - 20/01/2012 08:09:31 PM 1004 Views
Hah! Sadly no, I haven't touched AC since I started here. - 22/01/2012 06:45:56 AM 825 Views

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