How to Play a Circle Of Stars Druid in Dungeons and Dragons 5e
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- MONSTERS OF DRAKKENHEIM is 300+ pages of eldritch horror inspired monsters for 5e by the Dungeon Dudes! Coming to Kickstarter March 26th, 2024: www.kickstarter.com/projects/... We take a look at the Circle of Stars Druid and discuss what feats, spells, races, and ability scores might help make this class the star of the show. We take a specific focus on options that pair with its Starry Form ability.
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0:00 - Sponsor
0:58 - Intro
2:18 - Stars Druid Features
6:06 - Building a Stars Druid
7:30 - Races & Ability Scores
11:07 - Using Starry Form
13:32 - Archer Form
17:12 - Chalice Form
20:39 - Dragon Form
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I really wish Stars Druid got an expanded spell list like wildfire and spores did. Give me my Melf’s Minute Meteors, Wizards, I wanna make some shooting stars
At level 17:
Druid: "I cast Meteor Swarm."
Wizard: "You cast WHAT NOW?!"
We do get guiding bolt and I use the hell out of it
Crown of Stars! C'mon!!
Yea free uses of arguably the best first level spell is good enough for me, it actually makes this subclass almost op
I don't think I have ever gone a singe session without using Guidance via Starry Map at least 3 times lol
I like how the starry form doesn’t have to look like an archer, chalice etc.
I have a half-triton stars druid who was in a pirate crew, and was their navigator, so his starry forms had that theme. They were cannon (archer), keg (chalice) and spyglass (dragon)
I'm playing a fey Circle of Stars druid in Eberron, where all the planes are linked to moons of the planet, and instead of a constellation, I have different spectral moons orbit her, to signify where she's drawing power from at the moment.
For my Druid I reflavored and added a homebrew form to be based on the 12 Zodiac Elements (basic for elements) to go with the starry form. Archer being based on the fire Zodiacs, Chalice being Water Constellations, and Dragon being Air Constellations. Made a homebrew Shield form for extra temp hitpoints and based it on Earth Zodiacs.
Fantastic ideas ! I'm actually starting a campaign with a Stars Druid who is all about astrology. I had not thought of reflavoring the starry forms this way but it's fun !
So I'm playing a crystal dragonborn stars druid who's an oracle/astrologer. Archer is shooting stars and comets that burst from his hand to be the bolts he fires. Chalice looks like a celestial waterfall flowing across his scales. And dragon is him being filled with radiant prismatic flames.
Excellent idea, I'm making a Gith Star Druid who has strings of jewelry hanging down from her neck. They magically rise to form a constellation around her. Her goal is to search the stars for ways to bring the two Gith people back together, so probably something that represents the 3 warring triangle factions (not sure what which would be the Mind Flayer one though, Dragon?).
I have a Warforge Circle of the Stars Druid I’m about to start playing in my friends game. They had serial number 0R-10N and were badly damaged in barre and left in the field, discarded. Not dead but forced to be in standby mode due to loss of limbs, he studied the heavens and mapped the constellations in his head. An adventuring party stumbled upon him while searching through the remains of the years old war. Helping him by replacing his limbs with polished stone and wooden parts fashioned from their surroundings, the Warforge adopted the name Orion (like the constellation) and set out to study the heavens eventually meeting a reclusive Druid who taught him how to connect to the earth and eventually the stars.
Very excited to try this character out!
Absolutely inspired character concept
I’m playing a Circle of Dreams warforge druid who’s serial number is 81M0N but the 8 was scratched so that it ended up looking like an “S”. Now he goes by Simon and is the party healer.
For me it’s the little details and characteristics that I love about making a character. Your backstory for Orion is so, so good!
he should have a built in telescope
@@TheDMNMOR for some reason I read 81M0N as Demon so seeing that it was an S instead of an 8 nearly killed me lmao
Dang I have a very similar character the idea I had with him is that in his past life he like helped commit crimes against humanity. However his entire memory was wiped and he occasionally gets random bursts of images from the war.
Playing one in Spelljammer as an Astral Elf. Who spent 10,000 years meditating, and hearing the stars talk to her, and then joined a crew to travel among the stars.
My circle of stars druid save our party wizard 's counter spell vs Strahd's 5th level fireball. Effectively stopping a TPK! Don't under estimate weal. For when that counter spell needed a boost of +6 to beat the fireball the stars aligned in time. An epic battle indeed.
RAW idk if that’d work because they’re both reactions
@@evilsquirrel0573 sperate reactions
@@evilsquirrel0573 Counterspell from the caster ally + Weal from the Stars Druid, seems pretty obvious to me 🤔
@@TsujiCross I didn’t catch that, my bad
I have a Triton Circle of Stars Druid who has tattoos of small circles all over his torso and arms and when he activated his starry form different tattoos light up forming the constellation of the aspect he’s using. It’s not a crazy unique concept but I really like it for this subclass.
Don’t sell yourself short. I think that’s pretty unique. Even your race can boast some flavor from the subclass. Remember the moon affects the rise of the tide. Sounds badass to me.
It sounds like a really cool character I like the mental image of it it sounds awesome!
Unique or not, it's awesome!
I've been playing the same haha
I'm doing a similar thing. Kind of like Aqualad from young justice.
I have a similar concept except she's a pale-red hexblood, trained by a dusk hag and when she wild shapes her body goes pitch black and the stars and lines shine a dim red.
I LOVE this subclass
I can decide on a fight by fight basis whether the party needs be to blast, heal, or if we really need that one spell to stay active.
And remember at LV10 you can choose on the fly (while flying in Dragon form)!
When the Circle of Stars first came out, I was playing in a naval based campaign. My Life Cleric, the ships doctor, reconnected with his long lost family on a deserted island. After reconnecting with his heritage, he took the multi-class into the Circle of the Stars (as was family tradition). Now pulling double duty as both the ships doctor AND navigator all went well for a while. Fast forward ~20 sessions and when my PC lost his eye in a brutal ship combat, he crafted his star map into his new glass eye.
He was an amazing character! The ability of that multi class combo and the Star Form to keep some really juicy concentration spells up turned out to be very potent. Can’t wait to play the subclass again sometime in the future!
I was playing an abjuration wizard when Tasha’s came out. I noted in your ranking video for wizards as well, but taking 2 levels of star Druid to get the dragon form and getting a minimum of 10 on INT checks with the abjuration wizard and their improved abjuration means that your counterspell is automatically 10 + PB + INT, and you could conceivably counterspell 9th level spells with 3rd level slots starting at level 12. Just so much fun. Love your channel, thanks dudes.
I’m playing a Sea Elf Stars Druid (currently Level 7) in Rime of the Frostmaiden. She was born under the sea on an especially starry night and always felt drawn to the stars. She became a sailor and was headed to Icewind Dale to see the northern lights when circumstances led her to become an adventurer. She uses scrimshaw techniques to carve the constellations on her handmade shell/bone shield. She’s part blaster (yay for Guiding Bolt!) and part summoner [thanks to a Bag of Tricks, Summon Beast, Summon (Water) Elemental]. She loves water spells (Tidal Wave, Create or Destroy Water) and sea plant spells (reflavored Thorn Whip, Spike Growth, etc.). She switches between Archer and Chalice Starry forms. Feats include Fey Touched (free at Level 1) and Resilient Constitution (Level 4). Had already planned to take Spell Sniper at Level 8 - so very happy to hear your recommendation! Stars Druids rock!
Fell in love with this subclass when I first read it! I've made a kalashtar Stars Druid and flavored the Starry Form as a kind of Avatar State where the "noble spirit" tied to my kalashtar takes over/copilots the body, making them act differently than normal. Just sounds fun!!
I just made a circle of the stars druid and came to this video and I also chose Kalashtar as my race. The story of the campaign is that the cosmos fractured and many people were lost for years but as the realm recovers those people came back avengers endgame style. My character was one of them and now he hears voices telling him secrets but not psychically like he's used to as a kalashtar. Our adventure is about to begin and I love that one of the first comments I see is of a similar character concept going in a different direction.
@@Dakarai_Knight Wow thats so unique! Cool! Yeah I think the kalashtar just goes so well with a stars druid, I'm glad someone else agrees too. I hope you have a great game!
@@chelseal8448 I can't wait honestly. It just works so great thematically. Something about telepathy and raised consciousness feels cosmic. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with the idea as well.
I had a Drow Stars Druid. Basically, he used to be part of a raiding party as they attack at night, it was his first time seeing the stars, gradually becoming obsessed with constellations. One of their raids resulted in him finding a book on stars, taking it as a sign, he snuck away from his raiding party whilst they were resting. Essentially he became a hermit, self teaching himself to draw up star maps and even began worshipping Eilistraee.
I love the circle of Stars Druid (ideally with a protector Aasimar and Elf with elven accuracy). I recommend taking a look at Treantmonk’s (Treantmonk’s Temple) series about Druid spells if you play this subclass because a reliable spell concentration for your spells can’t be understated.
Though not optimal, I love the starting at 9th level Double Dragon 🐉 stratagem- take Stary Form Dragon and cast Dragonic Spirit.
Playing a Stars Druid right now in an Eberron campaign with Gritty Realism Rests and the strength is pretty clear. The Dragon constellation improves as you have bigger spells to keep concentration on, but don't forget that it's an option to help your Wisdom and Intelligence checks as an out of combat option. You also still have the incredible utility of becoming an animal which can accomplish the same thing as several spells. Guidance for free becomes a sizable boost to the party's rolls over the campaign, but it's also pretty abusable for individual activities like tool checks. Guiding Bolt isn't just free castings; it's a perfect option for when you're already concentrating on a spell (which the druid list is lacking in). To me this Druid flaunts it's nova potential. You do get a similar wrap to the Moon where there's a couple big jumps in power between which you're comparatively falling off, but being able to take full advantage of your casting makes it less pronounced.
My character is an Elf with the Mark of Shadows which fills in the Druid spell list nicely with illusion magic. Between his spells and animal forms, my druid is very effective as a spy or thief. One of the cool things about more of your average damage coming from your Bonus Action is being able to make use of other Actions without high an opportunity cost. I've gotten to pull off some fun maneuvers by creatively using Minor Illusion in battle. I expected the Starry Form to be nice with my Broom of Flying, but what surprised my DM and I was realizing that RAW my Thornwhip would yank an enemy 10ft toward me vertically causing fall damage. Personally my Star Map is a prismatic gem that refracts light into a projection of the cosmos. Because of the nature of our campaign rules, using spell slots for healing is unviable; my DM and I are haven't settled on a change to the Chalice form yet so it remains unused.
For a Witchlight campaign, I chose to play a Faerie Stars Druid, (named Cosmo Twinkle and he’s got a Blink Dog as a mount named Comet) with a Witchlight Hand background… came from a family of adopted moon druids who perform as all the animals in the animal tamer act… he rebelled “why settle for the moon mother when there’s stars!!!”
His star map is a crystal he’s borrowed tiny holes in, when held to the light you see the constellations in the holes.
A faerie named Cosmo... Please tell me you were the fairy godparent to a small boy with a silly pink hat. 😆
I absolutely LOVE this class, and you guys have given me such great ideas!!! I now want to make my next character a Fairy, Star Druid Swarmkeeper Ranger! Drawing those star bolts for the sky and firing them through her bow, her butterfly or Firefly swarm surrounding the bolt as it soars through the air!
Great timing guys! I'll be taking a 2 level dip into the circle of stars druid to complement my remaining levels in Twilight Cleric. It's still early, so I can't say too much, but it's been tons of fun so far. Cheers! and thanks for your insight.
I'm playing an old man tortle star druid with fey touched. When he uses Stary Form, his while body turns dark and little white dots cover his body. The ones on the back of his shell connect to form the constellations. I love him so much.
Fairy was great for stars druid to just be your best magical girl self. Just don't forget that your starry form sheds bright light for 30' making stealth complicated
I played a hill dwarf stars druid and loved it, he believed that the stars in the sky were gems placed by reorx so beautiful they shone with their own light like other dwarves believed the dull rocks they found in the earth did, played it very atypically for a druid instead of being a wild live in the forest type character, decided to live as a scholar staring at the sky through a spyglass
I think another interesting feat option would be Metamagic adept. Getting the chance to Twin Spell some Guiding Bolts or Healing Words at key moments. With Chalice you could get three people back into the fight with just a first level spell.
My favourite thing I've done with a druid was in a lvl 14 oneshot where we were on a bridge that was only 5ft wide and incredibly high up. I used Dragon to get a fly speed, flew out about 20ft from the bridge and used thorn whip to pull the bad guy off the bridge, falling to his doom. Seeing as we got our asses handed to us in the previous encounter with a pc death, it seemed fair for us to end that combat fairly quickly.
Perfect timing! I have a character in my livestream campaign who is playing an Aasimar Druid. They went with Circle of Stars, but I sent my group a link to several of your videos to help them figure out some of the options. Awesome work as always guys!
Our stars Druid was super creative with his and had his map be a globe on top of his staff. And when he uses Starry form his body glows with constellations, kinda like Disney’s Hercules.
I went Eladrin for the fey touched flavor and named him based on obscure Latin constellation names, then added some sailing experience with constellations tooled into my leather armor. One of my favorite creations.
omg the timing of this upload is perfect. just a couple days ago i was looking into making a stars druid for my next character and i was looking up videos. first thing i searched up was anything from this channel, and i watched the subclass rankings for druid. happy to see a guide posted at the perfect time XD
You guys have impeccable timing! I just started a campaign where I was going to be a circle of the stars Druid! Love the video
Y’all really put so much thought into these, keep up the great work :D
I'm currently playing a Circle of Stars Druid in my buddy's campaign. For the race, I picked the 1/2 Moon-Elf for the flavor. Also turns out the group consisted of a High Elf and Drow along with a Human and 1/2 Orc. Interesting group to say the least.
I gotta ask. What is the moon elf? I haven't heard of it before.
Just did a one-shot as a Shifter Circle of Stars druid, with a little reformed were-wolf flavour to it.
@@ryudragon7 Moon and sun elves are different flavors of high elf.
One thing that I've seen is if you take metamagic adept and get twinned spell to twin healing work. Using the chalice form thats healing 3 different people in 1 go
@@shenpai1566 Oh, so same stat boosts and starting racials as H.E.? Got it.
Great timing! Starting my first session after getting my circle of stars features tomorrow.
This video 100% gave me the inspiration to create a Druid for our upcoming campaign. I was initially going to go multiclass Bard-adin, but there was a lot of Charisma overlap. This looks SOO much fun because of the potential in damage and being a good utility and support option.
Thanks for mentioning the Moonbeam/Thorn Whip combo. It sounds like a neat idea. My Twilight Cleric has Moonbeam. Now, all I have to do is get the spell sniper feat and pickup Thorn Whip.
Made a tabaxi gloom stalker ranger named Chasing Constellations (Chase) Ascending Lantern. Planned on cross classing at level 8 but wasn’t sure what to do. After reading circle of stars druid, decided it was the perfect fit for my backstory and due to the tabaxi destinies attached to their names, will make for some great RP. This character is on hold for an upcoming campaign and I can’t wait to play him.
Literally just said "WAAAAAT!" outloud on my lunch hour when I saw this new vid. Been planning an Aasimar Stars Druid for my next campaign, perfect timing :))
Love this circle! Played tortle druid of stars, and preparing it for the Netherdeep campaign
This video couldn't have come at a better time! I'm playing a firbolg Circle of Stars druid tomorrow for a one shot! I hadn't considered the synergy of moonbeam with something like Thorn Whip. Definitely gonna try it out! Thanks guys!!!
I have a drow circle of stars that I love so much. It’s just so incredibly versatile even within the same combat, from being battlefield control to dealing out great damage to then being a really good life saving healer. Turning healing word from 1d4 to 1d4+1d8+wis mod is no small thing. As well as the possibility of getting up two downed players at once.
I’ve also multiclassed into a twilight domain cleric because it really fits the theme, and let’s me prepare so many extra 1st level spells I could use (healing word, bless, detect magic etc) as well as… you know… the channel divinity
But not only is the stars Druid very powerful in many ways it’s also just so fun to play and thematic. My character has stars tattooed across their body that light up when using the abilities, they are a literal star gazer and a beacon of light in the darkness to ward off evil
So excited to see this video. Circle of Stars is my favorite subclass from Tasha’s and I’ve played several characters with it so seeing a deep dive on it from the dudes is great. My dwarf stars Druid’s star map is a collection of silver beads woven into his beard. There’s so much function and flavor to be had here. If you’re on the fence about playing one do it. They’re awesome.
thank you for sharing another nicely informative and fun review! i very much like the druid subclasses with new options instead of wildshape
Having an action healing spell is really useful, because the chalice ability will let you heal without seeing the creature. So in an emergency, you can for example bonus action Starry form, action cure wounds yourself + heal the player you cannot see.
You can also Healing Word yourself I think and therefore still Thornwhip or Moonbeam with your action
@@jw__11 yes, of you are already in the correct form. However, it is a bonus action to change the form, and unless something is very wrong from the beginning of the fight, you're most likely not going to be in chalice form. So the emergency oh shit I need to heal someone This Round but can't see them (or Must heal two PCs immediately) means you want a healing spell that uses an action, so you can first bonus action into chalice form, then cast the spell, and do the extra healing.
Kinda rare situations, but I have already encountered them while playing more than once.
@@miridium121 can't you change the Form every time at the top of your turn without expending anything?
@@jw__11 only from level 10 onwards. Until then, you need to use a bonus action (and of course keep track of the fact that you can only do two of these per short rest)
@@miridium121 ah, ok. I missed that part. In that case Cure Wounds is a good option.
Would Goodberry work with this?
I haven’t had a chance to play him, but I have a warforged stars druid ready to go. I like to imagine him being constructed by stargazing wizards centuries ago, and he’s sort of like a roving observatory unto himself. I imagine his star map being built into his hand and he can project an image of it onto surfaces (or maybe even make a 3D holographic image???)
I have a Loxodon Stars Druid in my folder that i haven't had opportunity to play.
I have his Star Map made from a metal and made into bands that wrap around his trunk, and can be turned to make different configurations (think the weird circle map from PotC).....also i like the idea of turning the trunk into a Guiding Bolt Cannon
And with the Natural Armor I can focus on Con and Wisdom progression, i still like a strong-ish flavour, so you can also hold stuff in the trunk as well
Smashing video. love the spell combos, i will definitely be looking into those
My stars druid was an Aasimar named Orion, and I agree that they do work well as a blaster. His version of Call Lightning was shimmery starlight crashing to the earth.
Thank you Dungeon Dudes!
TLDR Stars Druids are great. Think about Thorn Whip, Moonbeam and Healing Word, and be an Archer most of the time.
Thank you.
This is a Circle I want to try at some point. Really enjoy the connection to the stars. Good RP and flavor mixed within a fun class.
I'll be playing a one of these in an upcoming campaign. I took Feytouched for Misty Step, Hex, and the wisdom bump. While it is another concentration spell, being able to hex something for extra damage on archer and whatever other spell I fling out means an extra 2D6 per round. And it's a free spell once a day. The campaign also uses a 24 hour long rest mechanic, so extra spells are big. Have to play conservatively as is.
I'm so happy that there is a video about Stars Druid ! I wanted to play this class for a long time and I really like your class introduction videos. Does anyone knows a DnD session uploaded on RUclips or another platform where we could see a Stars Druid in action ? Thanks :)
This is my absolute favorite Druid subclass. It's so thematically perfect.
I built a Firbolg Stars druid for an Ancients of Elnor campaign. We're starting at level 12 so I took Observant, Resilient (CON), and maxed WIS. I will take War Caster at 16 so I can keep my concentration spells up. I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with this guy! Definitely planning on pulling some bad guys into the air with thorn whip while in dragon form :-). Thanks for the Moonbeam suggestion, that's a good one!
This is definitely a subclass that caught my eye, excellent video dudes!
Going 2 levels life domain cleric then 2 levels circle of stars druid then back into cleric is an insane healing build. Especially since tashas added aura of vitality(stacks with the cleric's life ability so each round(for 10 rounds) you can heal 2d6+2+3[spell level])to the clerics spell list and druids get goodberry(10x{1+2+1[spell level]}), and although chalice only works when you use a spell slot it still gives an extra 1d8+wis, so for example a 1st level healing word could heal 1d4+1d8+wis+2+1(spell level)(up to 20 Hp [4+8+5+2+1])
holy shit! you are right, 2d6+2+3+1d8+5 with a bonus action, in a single minute you could heal 20d6+20+30+10d8+50 of HP healed in a single minute with only 1 3rd level spell and 1 use of starry form, if you take the metamagic adept feat and choose long spell you can heal twice that for a total of 40d6+40+60+20d8+100 of healing, same resources plus 1 metamagic point, you can do this at level 7! (2 druid 5 cleric)
combine with beacon of hope for 120+40+60+160+100 --- 480 of healing!!!
@@afasdfasafd314 I hadn't even thought of the meta magic dude this is nutty
@@afasdfasafd314 beacon of hope and aura of vitality(chalice only works when you use a spell slot, so not 10d8 just one)are both concentration so you could only have one going at a time but if you had a second cleric or a bard with magical secrets.... nvm just bottle beacon of hope up into a glyph of warding before a long rest(if you have the 200gp)
@@kazoobeast yeah, i meaned like a second caster in the party or something like that, glyph of warding would work if you are going back since you cannot move it once you place it
@@afasdfasafd314 it say you can cast in side an object that can be closed so just carry a locket or something
I recently played a stars druid from lvl 1-6 and using it as a control mage with damage supplements felt really nice. Faerie Fire/Entangle for advantage paired really well with the ranged spell attack nature of its early blasting spells. Then having that on top of the typical goodberry juggling, healing word, and guidance you become very much like a jack of all trades.
Playing a yuan-ti stars druid in Theros. Being a Pharika follower nyxborn and playing it as a herbalist/poisoner (something like an apothecary in ancient greece). Got the lucky feat (that goes great flavor wise withthe 6th level skill). It plays soooo good and it's sooooo flavorfull
Chalice Starry Form and (upcast) Wither and Bloom is an effective combo! AoE damage (10 ft radius sphere) + spell healing + Chalice healing. All while concentrating on something else that also does damage (like a Tasha’s Summon X spell).
There's a neat little synergy between Guiding Bolt (which gives advantage on your next strike) and Elven Accuracy, which lets you roll three dice instead of two if you have advantage. If you're in your archer form that's a lot of d20s to land your 1d8+WIS hit every round.
Right when I needed it. Thanks!
Funny thing, after watching the Druid Tier Rating videos today, I read up the Star Druid and decided to build one.
And now my favourite DnD-Tubers bring out a how to guide for the Star Druid, on the same day! 🤣
I played an aasimar stars druid a little while back in a high level mini-campaign, and I had a blast. It felt super powerful and versatile, and sooo thematic.
I flavoured her star map as a big, floating golden bowl, which had shimmering constellations in the water. I love when DMs let you go nuts with reflavouring!
I’m currently playing a Goblin Stars Druid in a short mini campaign. We started at lvl 7, so I opted for the fey touched feat, the idea being he’s from the Feywild and accidentally came through a one way portal to the material plane. The party doesn’t really have a tank, so my standard move now that we’re at lvl 8 is to turn on dragon mode and polymorph into a TRex. Great fun.
I'm going to be playing a Crystal Dragonborn Circle of Stars Druid in an LMoP campaign soon and I'm so excited. I love the idea of the lights from my star form refracting and glistening through my scales!
Currently playing a Crystal dragonborn stars druid in a homebrew campaign and it is amazing! My PC is very much the oracle/astrologer/astral Dreamweaver kind-of character. Between the crystal and celestial aspects it has SO MUCH flavor. What spells I can't easily flavor as celestial events(nebula, comets, celestial fire or lightning) I can generally flavor as being crystalline in nature( erupting earth, and spike growth are made of crystal spikes and thorns rather than stone or plants. And thorn whip is a beam of celestial fire with jagged crystal spikes.) Summons can appear having the same starry form as the PC. And the new tashas summon spells with archer and GB really add to efficient action economy. You can also use the racial dragon wings to fly while wildshaped between lv5-8(3 lv earlier than normal wildshape) for easier infiltration. Or after lvl 10 can be used if you need to switch from dragon form while airborne to prevent falling if you need a quick chalice heal( wither and bloom as action for ranged healing while using BA to use wings). You get to save spell slots as well since you have free GB and dragonbreath attacks.
10/10 would recommend!
A star map gauntlet sounds like a cool idea.
My group’s Druid ended up selecting star druid instead of their original plan for a more moon one. They also ended up taking up a level of twilight cleric so they can contribute the campaign by sharing their new darkvision. Also they really liked the mental image that both contribute to. They play a fairy though so flight is already part of their build. It’s pretty cool. I really like how their character turned out.
1) I know this is an older video 2) I only just found this channel. On the the actual comment: So a friend is running a very high level (17th) “one-shot” (we’ve already split it up between 2 sessions and still going) and I’m playing a tortle stars Druid. It’s a blast (no pun intended). For one high level games are always a power trip, but for another, my AC sits happily at 22, I took the fey touched feat to pick up silver barbs, I also picked up the telekinetic feat to pair with moon beam and spike growth. Finally I picked up warcaster so that I could have a shield and a moon sickle at the same time and still cast spells (22 spell save DC, what?!) it’s genuinely some of the most fun I’ve had with D&D and that’s saying something since I’ve been playing for like… a decade (I know that isn’t much compared to many veterans of 1st edition). It’s a shame that the area we’re in is too small for me to break out shapechange and turn into an adult silver dragon because that’d really be something fun, but in the meantime I’m pretty happy with completely doming some Rakshasa with my archer constellation (what’s that? Limited magic immunity? I can’t hear you over my class feature which isn’t a spell). Oh and I can dodge and still zap them for some sweet damage which at 22 AC means they aren’t usually able to lay a claw on me. Plus the (forge?) cleric and the rogue, it’s a pretty wild time. Have I mentioned that high level play is such a power trip? Because in a different campaign in the same group, we’re at mid level and still terrified that the rakshasa we pissed off will find us again…
I'm starting a new campaign (first time playing in person since covid lock down) tomorrow, planning on being a stars druid who is a Water Genasi with a Sailor's background. Part of the background idea is that she studied the stars so much as a sailor that by wanting to learn more, maybe even become a renowned cartographer, that the old druidic star knowledge called to her. Got some good ideas here for how to manage my star forms when I get to the levels talked about 🙂
Thank you for making these videos, Dudes :D Good stuff!
Hey, I'm here rewatching. After a unexpected PC death I'm now a winged tiefling Star Druid.
Thanks for helping
I built my stars druid with the Hexblood for race in my buddies Theros campaign. Real nice.
I have not yet played a starts druid because I dm my game, but I have one in mind, it was an Air Genasi whose star map was in his eyes, his eyes reflect the night sky at the time of his birth, I may update him when I actually get to play it, but it is definitely on my bucket list, along with my Artillerist Artificer, mostly because I want to be able to look at my DM during combat and tell them I would like to summon Qbert. If you know you know.
I absolutely love the stars druid. I have a kobold one that I've been planning on using at some point with a somewhat outer wilds-y aesthetic
I'm currently helping my sister with her Stars Druid build, so this video came out at a great time! She wanted to play a Tabaxi oracle and even at level 2/3 these abilities are not only very flavorful but they are super impactful. She used Dragon form with Protection from Evil and Good in our first boss fight against a Sea Hag, which effectively made the party paladin immune to most of the tricks the hag is normally capable of (since the Druid could never lose concentration unless she took at least 22 points of damage) -- it was incredibly cool.
This is 100% the next character I want to make. I've been itching to play a druid or cleric in a group game for a while.
I had the idea of a character that was an Aasimar Watcher Paladin / Stars druid and the map was like tattoos/birthmarks on her body. Her shield was able to be split into four different parts that she could set up around her to read the map because the inside of the shield was made of mirrors. Never got to play her but I have the sheet and I think it's really cool.
What's really awesome is that I just made my own Star Druid yesterday right before this came out. She's a Warforged not even using the Tasha's options, just a +2 Con and +1 Wis. Going to completely ignore normal wildshape and focus on the optional feature from Tasha's that lets you turn it into a temporary Find Familiar spell. She's basically a Maid Doll who's master's died and kept taking care of her home until it was reclaimed by nature, the plants and animals eventually starting to merge with her body turning her into a sort of Dryad. Stars is amazing since it actually means she doesn't need to use wildshape normally so her racial features won't become meaningless.
I just started a stars sailor yuanti. He's very cold, but mostly hates having his time wasted. So far so good but this video was super informative.
I've still only played a Dreams Druid, but this has got me excited for a circle of stars!
I’m playing in a Curse of Strahd campaign, and one of my party members is playing a Drakewarden Ranger/Stars Druid multiclass. They started with a level in Ranger, then two in Druid, so they got a sort of extra attack with Archer form at player level 3. Then they hopped back into ranger, and we’re now at level 6, so they’ll get their Ranger extra attack and be firing off around 3 shots per round. The Archer form has been awesome as a source of radiant damage in this campaign. At least a quarter of our encounters have been against enemies that heal every round unless being hit with radiant damage, so their character has come in clutch a whole ton. And now they’re mentoring my character, a hexblood blood cleric, and I’ll be hopping over to Druid to follow in their footsteps. Stars Druid is definitely one of my favorite subclasses in the game.
Great video as always. The spell Spike Growth. I don't remember a mention of it in the video with all the push /pull options available. Otherwise this is exactly my Stars Druid. Extremely versatile. The damage feels strong early game but you are also the best healer ever and the best summoner who can fly. Feels Amazing.
As a human I took Ritual Caster (wizard) and summon my familiar keeping my "shape change" available. Help action to Guiding Bolt with advantage. Follow up with Archer now also at advantage. Very reliable and I always have an animal friend near, still playing a druid.
I also have a 2 level dip in Twilight Cleric with an Amulet of the Devout. Extremely powerful to keeping party going healthy. Take all your healing spells and leave the druid slots for all the concentration and blasty goodness. And please ALWAYS take heat metal. Always. LoL.
Currently playing a Circle of Stars Arakocra !! So much fun
I really like the Stars Druid subclass. I fully intend to play one, but I've been having trouble figuring out a race. Now I have an idea for a pretty nifty Owlin Circle of Stars Druid because I just think that the race works really well with the subclasses theme.
This one is on my character list, so thanks for your suggestions whenever that day comes. I plan on being an elf simply because I love the Aaravos ⭐️A E S T H E T I C ⭐️
YESS!!!! Finally. I'm playing a Circle of Stars Druid right now in one of my campaigns. I'm also a Loxodon/Firbolg mixed race.
I currently play Stars Druid, level 6, I hadn't thought about the Moonbeam tactic, really helpful. I find Chalice to be great and very useful from the start and Cure Wounds is actually good here because it's a BA to activate the Chalice form, so at least for the first heal, Cure Wounds is good for a big heal.
Kelly! Love the One Ring inscription hoodie. Very snazzy.
One of my fellow player's in a new Strahd game is a stars druid, and there is apparently nothing that prevents you from stacking wild shape with starry form. So their go to is to be a giant wolf spider starry archer. Even if the ranged attack is at disadvantage, being able to have a bonus action attack while in beast form that can eat some extra damage has been pretty good for them.
Oh wow, put out a concentration spell and shift dragon, then next shift into an animal with a ton of HP would be really cool too.
Was just looking to play this class, ill be playing a half drow named Lucius for the extra dancing lights, faerie fire and darkness to add to the light aesthetic
About to play one of these as my first AL character! Wish me luck!
I have a halfing Stars Druid with the Bountiful Luck feat. He is in a sea adventure and is a ship's navigator but his real profession is as a gambler. He travels to different ports where halflings are unknown and not aware of their luck. In battle he is primarily a buffer/de-buffer and a blaster and healer at times. A fun, very versatile character.
Thinking about making a character with 2 levels of cirlce of stars druid and the rest in twilight cleric. Having so many different options between starry form, twilight sanctuary and the range of spells available could make a really versatile, thematically cool character.
Really good content. Mine actually a Shifter Longtooth druid Circle of Star lvl 4. We roll random stat for everything.
My Stars Druid had his map as an orb on a quarter staff that you could insert a small object in. When you cast light on the object in the orb, the map projects the constellation.
Played an aasimar circle of stars and it was one of my favorite characters I've played. DM let me make my star chart be tattoos for the character.
did you use the new magical tattoos rules?
@@michaeljpastor Didn't even think of that at the time. No we didn't but I think I would make that change in the future
YOU ARE BOTH AWESOME! ❤❤❤
I played an Aasimar Stars Druid at level 8 and I found that dragon form was the one I used the most. I also had Resilient: Constitution and I never once had my concentration broken. If a fight got too dicey after a few rounds, I would burn my second wild shape to switch to Chalice to get a great boost in my healing. I only got to play it at that one level in a campaign that died out, and I would totally love to try it again. Druids are ridiculously heavy on concentration spells on their spell list so I found that Dragon Starry Form was simply too valuable to pass up.
Plus with the dragon form you can't get worse than a roll of 10 on intelligence and wisdom checks. This frankly gets chronically undervalued when the stars druid gets discussed. It actually provides a strong reason to start with 14 intelligence and take a skill like Investigation. Just because (at level 5) you wouldn't able to get worse than a 15 on any investigation check. If you play half-elf then you also get an extra two skill points you can put towards intelligence or wisdom skills. So you can become a really strong character for skill checks while also not lose your concentration. It's even better with a half-elf if you are using the Tasha's rules for flexible ability score bonuses.
That has give me the idea of a tortle circle of stars druid hatched on the day Drakkenheim was hit. When he reached maturity he goes to find the mysterious falling star the elders talk about.
I multiclassed a base Circle of Stars Druid (2) with a Twilight Domain Cleric (7) Tabaxi for the flavor. Super fun. Never really have to worry about anyone going down, I’ve been able to magically stop encounters before they begin, and do some pretty significant damage. Would recommend.
Star druid is the class that drew me in the most, though I want to work on more constellation forms as wild shape has so many potential transformations
I think the only thing this subclass would lack is that it is still based on the Druid spell list alone, so playing a Dragonmarked race from the Eberron setting really helps diversify your Druid.
I'm currently playing a Mark of Sentinel Human Stars Druid, and I can't wait for those high levels when I can be a Counterspelling Druid (with minimum of 10 on such checks from Dragon Form) controlling the battlefield with Bigby's Hand.
Ya know, it's real nice that you guys use chapters in your content, wish more creators would use them, especially for long form videos
I completely agree, unfortunately chapters aren't a default thing for content creators. You actually have to hit certain views and other channel milestones to unlock them.
@@johndidato I didn’t know that! Thanks for the info
I am currently running a star Druid sailor in a ToA campaign. Using dragon form to prevent us from getting lost has been a huge help.
When I finally get to play a Druid, I’m doing a Tortle Star Druid. His star map is on his shell, and I won’t need the dex for a higher AC.
I am so proud of Vangogh. He is a traveler, and his dream is to travel the stars.
Edit: oh dang, Monty even ran into the same idea I just posted! Great minds think alike. Gonna tell myself I thought of it first though. ;)
Tortle star druids rise up! Ki's star map is engraved down the length of his bong staff
I also had that concept. Mine's called Botticelli tho XD
@@jw__11 I’m just a sucker for a starry night.
@@moocowofjustice525 same