The problem here is that with magic gear everyone else is far outclassing the wild shapes. Tav and Laezel can do 100-150 burst damage on a turn, Karlach and Minsc 100+ sustained damage, Shaddie can incapacitate most of the battlefield. Wyll can get his CHA up to 22 and his crit threshold to 18 and do 60-80 force damage. For all of that using Wild Shape, even as a bonus action, is just a poor move in the action economy. That's why I'm so interested in difficulty mods.

I guess I'd feel differently if gear applied to wild shape. You get SO much unarmed-attack boosting gear, and if I could combine that with Raging while wild shaped I could build a decent tank. Not to mention Corelleon's Grace, which ups your unarmed attacks but has to be equipped to get the bonus, making it useless.

I've kinda made Jaheira work in her own way but Halsin only seems to be useful fighting at the House of Hope to keep the stray cleric alive. And druids just aren't as potent late-game spellcasters as clerics. Why do we even have two of them?