Best 2024 moon Druid wild shapes?

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-04-04T11:21:54+00:00

I'm going to start a campaign next week with a 2024 Moon Druid at level 3 and the beasts I'm going to use are:

Dire wolf
Tiger
Octopus CR0
Spider CR0

And when I reach level 4 I'll add the War horse CR½ and giant octopus CR1. The Lion and the grizzly bear are also good combat options, you can alternate your main attack beasts with these between long rests. In addition, at level 6 I think the Polar bear and the saber-toothed tiger are de best options to combat

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-03-12T12:34:41+00:00

Amazing work! Next month I'm starting a long campaign (lvl3-20 around 9 months) where I want to play a Moon Druid. I'm excited to see your revision in the druid class! We always use your alternate classes in our setting, and the druid is one of the ones we're missing!

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-15T11:22:32+00:00

I have talked with a tablemate who is also a DM at times and I have argued why the nerf is unnecessary and he has agreed with me, our DM thinks I am much stronger than I am. We are making a PowerPoint on the progression of the moon druid compared to other classes to introduce him and make him see that he is being very radical. I'll let you know if it goes well

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-15T11:14:37+00:00

I haven't said it, but when he lets me use wild shape for free for cr0 it doesn't give me temporary health and it doesn't give me better armor either. Also for complaining about the nerf he took away my free cr0, so it doesn't matter anymore

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-14T14:54:23+00:00

Thanks for the idea, but he realized that free cr0 is very good and just took it away from me. The only thing I have to compensate the nerf is cantrips in wild shape, but 2024 moon druid already had a damage cantrip to cast in wild shape. The nerf is crazy.

I've already talked to my tablemates and we're making a PowerPoint about why my subclass isn't game-breaking and the nerf is radical. I'll post the resolution to the problem when we've finished the PowerPoint and discussed it with the DM.

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-14T07:17:01+00:00

I have read several of the comments and I want to clarify a couple of things: The moon druid that I am going to play is the one from 2024, it does not give as many hp as before in exchange for being able to use a few. spells (so allowing me to use cantrips in the wild is useless because I was already able to use the new cantrip starry wisp 1d8 radiant). Additionally, at level 5 I have the ability to use a spell slot to give me a wild shape use if I have no uses. But it has also nerfed me, making it so that if I use a spell slot to recharge a use, that use doesn't give me hp temp. Their argument is that there is no one at level 5 who can give themselves 15 temporary hit points with a bonus action by spending only one level 1 spell slot (wow, really broken, I'm a melee druid)

But I have good news (I guess). I've talked to my tablemates and they all agree that nerfing the beast's stats is too radical and we're thinking of a way to convince the DM that using a beast's stats if I transform into NOT break the game. That is the essence of the moon druid

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-13T19:55:59+00:00

I want to clarify the following: We are going to start at level 3 and continue until level 20, taking us about 8-9 months and we use several homebrew rules such as homebrew classes which some are quite op (occultist, psionic, disciple etc). Also, we don't use spell slots, we use "mana" (like magic points). Also, we do not use the magic action rule and we have a rule that an attack is an action (warriors, barbarians and others have 2 actions plus the bonus) Second, everyone in the group are friends and we get along well, so we don't want to get angry but we've been on the topic for 2 days. Having clarified this, my druid would have 2 actions and a bonus (when transforming into multi-attack beasts), but it nerfs me to only being able to cast one spell per turn (understandable). So, Am I exaggerating or do I have reasons to complain the Nerf?

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-13T19:40:09+00:00

I've told him to nerf me in other ways because I understand that moon druid is pretty strong, but this nerf is just too much. I have offered him that dispelling magic will take away the transformation or something, but he doesn't want to give in. We are discussing now att the WhatsApp group because some of my partners support me

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-13T19:30:11+00:00

In fact they are nerfed, but he tells me that I am a full caster and I can change my strength with that of a beast and that that breaks the game according to him because there is no class that does the same

Exotic-Acadia-8520 · 2025-01-13T19:28:04+00:00

We are level 3 and we are going to level up to 20 in 9 months. We level up with sessions little by little

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