{"name":"Druid","overview":"PHB, Pgs. 65-69","hitdice":"d8","hitpointsfirstlevel":"8+ Con modifier","hitpointsathigherlevels":"1d8 (or 5)+ Con modifier","armorproficiencies":"Light, Medium, Shield (Druids will not wear armor or use shields made of metal)","weaponproficiences":"Clubs, Daggers, Drts, Javelins, Maces, Quarterstaffs, Scimitars, Sickles, Slings, Spears","tools":"Herbalism kit","savingthrows":"Int, Wis","skills":"Choose 2: Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, and Survival","equipment":"[ul]\r\n[li]A Wooden shield or any Simple weapon[\/li]\r\n[li]A Scimitar or any Simple melee weapon[\/li]\r\n[li]Leather Armor, an Explorer's pack, and a druidic focus[\/li]\r\n[\/ul]","spellcasting":"","features":"[h2]Druidic[\/h2]\r\nYou know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages. You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message. Others spot the message\u2019s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can\u2019t decipher it without magic.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Spellcasting[\/h2]\r\nDrawing on the divine essence of nature itself, you can cast spells to shape that essence to your will.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Wild Shape[\/h2]\r\nStarting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before. You can use this feature twice. You regain expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.\r\n\r\nYour druid level determines the beasts you can transform into, at 2nd level, for example, you can transform into any beast that has a challenge rating of 1\/4 or lower that doesn't have a flying or swimming speed.\r\n[table]\r\n[tr]\r\n[th]Level[\/th][th]Max. CR[\/th][th]Limitations[\/th][th]Example[\/th]\r\n[\/tr][tr]\r\n[th]2nd[\/th][th]1\/4[\/th][th]No flying or swimming speed[\/th][th]Wolf[\/th]\r\n[\/tr][tr]\r\n[th]4th[\/th][th]1\/2[\/th][th]No flying speed[\/th][th]Crocodile[\/th]\r\n[\/tr][tr]\r\n[th]8th[\/th][th]1[\/th][th]\u2014[\/th][th]Giant eagle[\/th]\r\n[\/tr]\r\n[\/table]\r\nYou can stay in a beast shape for a number of hours equal to half your druid level (rounded down). You then revert to your normal form unless you expend another use of this feature. You can revert to your normal form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn. You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die.\r\n\r\nWhile you are transformed, the following rules apply:\r\n[ul]\r\n[li]Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature\u2019s bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can\u2019t use them.[\/li]\r\n[li]When you transform, you assume the beast\u2019s hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. For example, if you take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn\u2019t reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren\u2019t knocked unconscious.[\/li]\r\n[li]You can\u2019t cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn\u2019t break your concentration on a spell you\u2019ve already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you\u2019ve already cast.[\/li]\r\n[li]You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can\u2019t use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.[\/li]\r\n[li]You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the GM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature\u2019s shape and size. Your equipment doesn\u2019t change size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can\u2019t wear must either fall to the ground or merge with it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you leave the form.[\/li]\r\n[ul]\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Druid Circle[\/h2]\r\nAt 2nd level, you choose to identify with a circle of druids. Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h3]Circle of the Land[\/h3]\r\nThe Circle of the Land is made up of mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites through a vast oral tradition. These druids meet within sacred circles of trees or standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle\u2019s wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those folk. As a member of this circle, your magic is influenced by the land where you were initiated into the circle\u2019s mysterious rites.\r\n\r\n[b]Bonus Cantrip[\/b]\r\nWhen you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one additional druid cantrip of your choice.\r\n\r\n[b]Natural Recovery[\/b]\r\nStarting at 2nd level, you can regain some of your magical energy by sitting in meditation and communing with nature. During a short rest, you choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your druid level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. You can\u2019t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.\r\n\r\nFor example, when you are a 4th-level druid, you can recover up to two levels worth of spell slots. You can recover either a 2nd-level slot or two 1st-level slots.\r\n\r\n[b]Circle Spells[\/b]\r\nYour mystical connection to the land infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to circle spells connected to the land where you became a druid.\r\n\r\nChoose that land\u2014arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain, or swamp\u2014and consult the associated list of spells.\r\n\r\nOnce you gain access to a circle spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn\u2019t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn\u2019t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Land's Stride[\/h2]\r\nStarting at 6th level, moving through nonmagical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through nonmagical plants without being slowed by them and without taking damage from them if they have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard.\r\n\r\nIn addition, you have advantage on saving throws against plants that are magically created or manipulated to impede movement, such those created by the entangle spell.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Nature's Ward[\/h2]\r\nWhen you reach 10th level, you can\u2019t be charmed or frightened by elementals or fey, and you are immune to poison and disease.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Nature's Sanctuary[\/h2]\r\nWhen you reach 14th level, creatures of the natural world sense your connection to nature and become hesitant to attack you. When a beast or plant creature attacks you, that creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against your druid spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature must choose a different target, or the attack automatically misses. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Ability Score Improvement[\/h2]\r\nWhen you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can\u2019t increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Timeless Body[\/h2]\r\nStarting at 18th level, the primal magic that you wield causes you to age more slowly. For every 10 years that pass, your body ages only 1 year.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Beast Spells[\/h2]\r\nBeginning at 18th level, you can cast many of your druid spells in any shape you assume using Wild Shape. You can perform the somatic and verbal components of a druid spell while in a beast shape, but you aren\u2019t able to provide material components.\r\n[hr]\r\n[h2]Archdruid[\/h2]\r\nAt 20th level, you can use your Wild Shape an unlimited number of times.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, you can ignore the verbal and somatic components of your druid spells, as well as any material components that lack a cost and aren\u2019t consumed by a spell. You gain this benefit in both your normal shape and your beast shape from Wild Shape.","subclasses":"","tabledata":"Level | Proficiency Bonus | Features | Cantrips Known | 1st Slots | 2nd Slots | 3rd Slots | 4th Slots | 5th Slots | 6th Slots | 7th Slots | 8th Slots | 9th Slots\r\n1st | +2 | Druidic, Spellcasting | 2 | 2 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n2nd | +2 | Wild Shape, Druid Circle | 2 | 3 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n3rd | +2 | \u2013 | 2 | 4 | 2 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n4th | +2 | Wild Shape improvement, Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 3 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n5th | +3 | \u2013 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n6th | +3 | Druid Circle feature | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n7th | +3 | \u2013 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n8th | +3 | Wild Shape improvement, Ability Score Improvement | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n9th | +4 | \u2013 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n10th | +4 | Druid Circle feature | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n11th | +4 | \u2013 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n12th | +4 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | \u2013 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n13th | +5 | \u2013 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n14th | +5 | Druid Circle feature | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | \u2013 | \u2013\r\n15th | +5 | \u2013 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | \u2013\r\n16th | +5 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | \u2013\r\n17th | +6 | \u2013 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1\r\n18th | +6 | Timeless Body, Beast Spells | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1\r\n19th | +6 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1\r\n20th | +6 | Archdruid | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1","tags":"SRD5e, Class","templateId":"25","blockId":"177304","isShared":"1"}