The reason why I select Druid as my first career..

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As title.

When My DM asked me the above question, I said:
"Because Druid not only can use spell, but also has some battle feat. This
career combine the feat of fighter and cleric, and a druid always find his
'balance'.... this idea attracts me to choose it to be my first career".

DM replied: "You are a new player, and it is hard for a newbie to be a the
neutral alignment.

Is his words true or I am too thinkful-less to modify my char before
playing?

Thanks for any input.
& Best Wishes.

Ming.

 

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MingChieh wrote:

>When My DM asked me the above question, I said:
>"Because Druid not only can use spell, but also has some battle feat. This
>career combine the feat of fighter and cleric, and a druid always find his
>'balance'.... this idea attracts me to choose it to be my first career".
>
>DM replied: "You are a new player, and it is hard for a newbie to be a the
>neutral alignment.
>
>Is his words true or I am too thinkful-less to modify my char before
>playing?
>
>
It's true that playing a true neutral alignment properly is a demanding
task. But on the other hand, I think that a DM should always give his
players a chance to prove themselves. Who knows? True neutral might be
an alignment that you're very well capable to play. Try to convince him
that you deserve a chance to prove it.


Clarence

 

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MingChieh wrote:
> As title.
>
> When My DM asked me the above question, I said:
> "Because Druid not only can use spell, but also has some battle feat. This
> career combine the feat of fighter and cleric, and a druid always find his
> 'balance'.... this idea attracts me to choose it to be my first career".
>
> DM replied: "You are a new player, and it is hard for a newbie to be a the
> neutral alignment.
>
> Is his words true or I am too thinkful-less to modify my char before
> playing?

The most difficult alignment to play is the true neutral, while others in your
group may run to help the poor little bird from being eaten up by the wolf,
while you see the natures way of life and ignore the whole thing. You would
get really upset by the cutting down of a couple of trees, so that a farmer
can extend his fields, your friends would just help the farmer. You will most
likely have a completly different view of life than the rest of the group and
at the same time you have to try to keep the balance of good-evil+chaos-law,
which gives you a really small path to walk on and parting from the path leads
to loss of powers.

Depending on the campaign world you are playing in, you may have the option of
playing half-elf druid-ranger, which is the only exception where the druid
ain't neutral but neutral-good which would be a bit easier to play.


//Aho

 

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"MingChieh" <jmj@machvision.com.tw> wrote in message
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> As title.
> When My DM asked me the above question, I said:
> "Because Druid not only can use spell, but also has some battle feat. This
> career combine the feat of fighter and cleric, and a druid always find his
> 'balance'.... this idea attracts me to choose it to be my first career".
> DM replied: "You are a new player, and it is hard for a newbie to be a the
> neutral alignment.
> Is his words true or I am too thinkful-less to modify my char before
> playing?
> Thanks for any input.
> & Best Wishes.
> Ming.

I think it depends on your personality. I personally don't find it harder
playing a true neutral character than playing any other. If you can get
yourset into the mindset of your character, that's all that's needed. If
you're choosing a druid just to be a combat machine with a sprinkling of
clerical abilities, however, then you might need to rethink things...

Ncik.

 

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Thanks for your input.

Can I try to convice my DM make a home rule as NEVERWINTER game?
The druid is belong neutral alignment only, a plyaer can choose his
alignment from neutral-good, lawrful-neutral, true-neutral, chaosic-neutral
or neutral-evil five selections.
It seems more variable and convenience way to play, right?

If My memory is correct, NEVERWINTER designer group has declared that that
game follows the AD&D rules 3/e or later.

That's why I have that above idea. : )

Best Wishes,
Ming.

 

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MingChieh wrote:
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Can I try to convice my DM make a home rule as NEVERWINTER game?
> The druid is belong neutral alignment only, a plyaer can choose his
> alignment from neutral-good, lawrful-neutral, true-neutral, chaosic-neutral
> or neutral-evil five selections.
> It seems more variable and convenience way to play, right?
>
> If My memory is correct, NEVERWINTER designer group has declared that that
> game follows the AD&D rules 3/e or later.
>
> That's why I have that above idea. : )

yes, the computer game neverwinter nights follows the D&D version 3 rules to a
high degree, from the 3rd editions PHB:

"Druids, in keeping with nature's ultimate indifferenmce, must maintain at
least some measure of dispassion. As such, they must be neutral in some way,
if not true neutral."


For 2nd edition AD&D (Faiths & Avatars), Mielikki specialty priest (druid/ranger):

- Only half-elves may be druid/rangers. Half-elves of sea elf ancestry may
not be druid/rangers.

- Mielikkian druid/rangers are the only exception in Faerun to the rule that
druids must be neutral in alignment. (recquierment is NG for this multiclass)

- Mielikkian druid/rangers' THAC0s, saving throws, Hit Dice, hit points,
proficiency slots, and proficiency slot acquisition rate follows the rules for
multiclass characters in the PHB.

- Throughh Mielikki's grace, her druid/rangers accrue no armour penalties to
the ranger abilities for wearing elven chainmail.

Otherwise this is a normal Druid/Ranger, is better fighter than a plain Druid,
but goes up in levels a bit slower than the plain Druid.


I hope you will have great time with your Druid.

//Aho

 

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Thanks.

Because we use PHB 3/e, I can choose any race to be a druid.
The second question is which race I should select?
I discuss it with my DM, too. ( That's my habbit, and I hope that DM
wouldn't mind it... I just want to try to be a good new player...) And he
ask me what personal style I want.

By the way, the six attribute value I have are 10, 16, 12, 12, 12 and 10.
Since I want to be a druid, I want to put :
16 to WIS,
12 to CHA,
10 to STR,
12 to DEX,
10 to INT,
12 to CON,
If I choose elf to be my race, I can get extra DEX+2, CON-2 adjustments,
right?

But DM suggests me the half-elf or human are two typical races to be druids.
I don't know if I should follow the transdition?

Best Wishes.

 

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MingChieh wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> Because we use PHB 3/e, I can choose any race to be a druid.
> The second question is which race I should select?
> I discuss it with my DM, too. ( That's my habbit, and I hope that DM
> wouldn't mind it... I just want to try to be a good new player...) And he
> ask me what personal style I want.

I do suggest you read about all the races in the PHB, just the text before the
"racial traits", and discard those that don't seem to fit into your view of
your druid.


> If I choose elf to be my race, I can get extra DEX+2, CON-2 adjustments,
> right?

Yes, that is right for D&D 3rd edition.


> But DM suggests me the half-elf or human are two typical races to be druids.
> I don't know if I should follow the transdition?

The nature close raices are the best choise, like elves, half-elves and maybe
gnomes (I still play 2nd edition of AD&D, so gnomes aren't really allowed).
Humans IMHO are a bit to barbaric to be good druids.
I personally prefear half-evles, they are always looked down at (both humans
and elves), but they do have the skills to become a lot better than huamnas
and elves IMHO.


//Aho

 

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Thanks.

But sorry,
May I ask you what IMHO is ?

I am a newbie, so I have no idea about this word. Does it mean a player? Or
a group of attributes?

Best Wishes,
Ming.

 

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"MingChieh" <jmj@machvision.com.tw> wrote in message
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> Thanks.
>
> But sorry,
> May I ask you what IMHO is ?
>
> I am a newbie, so I have no idea about this word. Does it mean a player?
> Or
> a group of attributes?
>
> Best Wishes,
> Ming.
>

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion...

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