My druid just recently got a reskinned Staff of the Woodlands from a hill giant druid, called a Staff of the Hills and Valleys. It's the same staff, except it turns into a 30' tall menhir when it transforms, the menhir is practically indestructible, and it's about 15' wide so we can climb up it and camp on top. It was made by the giant as a memorial stone to her husband, so it's covered in Giant glyphs telling the husband's life story. My character had the magic transferred into a smaller staff, but it still transforms into the same menhir. The GM even ruled I could make my Leomund's Tiny Hut (We don't have a wizard, so I took Ritual Caster) slightly smaller so it perfectly caps the top of the stone. We love it.
I can't believe you missed the best part about having a staff of the woodlands: TRANSPORT VIA PLANTS! This lets you teleport from anywhere as long as there is some sort of ground to plant the staff in. Plant it in a dungeon, go back to your group's HQ to rest/restock on supplies, then come back and turn it back into a staff.
Staff of Healing should be higher on the list since it can have Shillelagh casted on it because it's made of wood. It turns it into a d8 damaging staff and uses the druid's wisdom modifier to deal damage instead of strength
How in the world is staff of woodlands only rare? It sounds legendary. Awaken with no component, pass without trace at will, +2 attacks and spell attacks, it sounds even better than very rare.
Yeah seems a little crazy when you think about. I know from personal experience of giving it to a druid, it should definitely be at least very rare. Compare it to the staff of fire and I think it is clearly stronger
I like the content as you're the first I've heard use a necklace of adaption. But could I make an aesthetic suggestion for the video? I think putting the name of the item up on the screen could go a long way. Nothing fancy or with pictures. Just the name, sitting underneath that magnificent beard while you talk.
Metal armor is flavor text for druid and is based on lore, there is ways to have an exception to this such as having the goddess Meilikki who clergy is druids and rangers and are the rare druids who use medium metal armor and by using the wizards of the costs lore you can get around this if the DM agrees to allow you to be part of the Meiliki druids. There is not a detriment applied for having metal and is rp specific.
Chest of Preserving from Waterdeep Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Common magic item that prevents food and meat from aging or rotting while it's inside the chest. Many Druids that have been designated healers will use the rest of their spell slots right before a long rest to create Goodberries, it's a good strategy. The one issue is that Goodberies do not keep their magical effects past 24 hours so if you get a consistent lull in activity or just a couple days of downtime where you don't need those Goodberries you just have a pocket of fruit. The Chest of Preserving prevents that as the description specifically says the contents of it don't age, meaning you can stuff a days worth of Goodberries in there and basically have a short or even long rest of healing eventually without ever stopping your treks. You can even live off them to save money for other magic items or supplies that would otherwise go to rations.
Dragonborn druids are really fun! I played one for Rise of Tiamat and i has such a ball! She was very thunder and lightning based because she was a Bronze dragonborn. I recommend them haha :)
My fighter got rust bag of tricks. We needed some strong animal to keep eye on enemies we captured, pulled owl. We gave it alchemical bomb and lit candle, if they move, it would blown everybody to pieces
Wand of Polymorph is the sleeping GOAT. The Wand gives huge thematic presence to the druid and is supremely useful both in and out of combat. Four extra castings of polymorph daily should not be underestimated. Uncommon: Bag of Tricks Rare: Staff of Woodlands Very Rare: Wand of Polymorph
My DM quickly regretted giving me a staff of the woodlands when I ended with 14 mushroom children that I refused to get into battle, 2 sentient cows, and I gave intelligence to a dog who was the pet of a senile old man so he would take care of him (even toguht the dog would probably abuse this newfound power). it came to a point where resident Wizard NPC asked for it as payment in order to turn back human another NPC who got transformed into a myconid and for half a year worth of sessions we were trying to turn back.
alright the ring of spell storing is amazing for any character as you can have your caster pump some buffs into it, and then equip it as a warrior and get some nice buffs when you need them
i may be late to the party but i'm planning on making a druid and come across your video. Dragon Scale Mail sounds cool and i want to make it an objective to find a dragon and hide it to craft such an item. But in DnD Beyond it says: "The armor consists of [...] leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, [...]" My DM will probably rule that its okay but i wanted to let everyone know that theoretically the item has metal edit: i could get information from reddit that dragon scale mail is allowed for druids in adventures league even tho it has metal on it
Been waiting for this vid, my druid needs some magic items, thanks bud Edit:by any chances do you know if the staff of the woodlands need con for i think wall of thorns and do you need the components for awaken
with candle of invocation lit for one minute ( which you can do 240 times) outside of combat and druid can cast goodberry 10 times creating 100 berries and if you have one level in life cleric you now have 400 point of out of combat healing to distribute. This makes the nerf to healing spirit look silly.
These berries also last 24 hours so you have 100 berries for an entire day that each heal for 4 meaning you pretty much have the party covered and can just monch berries not to mention in higher levels you can just spend an additional minute of the candle and have 800 points of healing instead.
Pretty great choices, so I hope you don't mind me asking but...what would you say are your top choices of Magic Items for Warlock if you haven't already done it?
I disagree with the Dragon Scale Mail. I'd go with a Barrier Tattoo, especially the one that gives you AC 18. That copies to your wild shapes too, since it's not technically armor.
As far as druids not being allowed to use metal armors. I let my players hunt for rare creatures that can be turned into armour.also side note: Samurai Armor is almost entirely leather and wood. When in doubt Travel east and you'll find some eventually (at least on Toril)
Any equipment that the new form can't 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.
I would contest your point that druids can wear studded leather armor since the studs are almost always metal (something a druid in my game has had trouble with so far)... they're really limited to leather and hide...
@@robertherek4020 that's what I mean, I've had a druid ask if his studs could be chitin and I okayed it, but in general studded leather has metal studs...
@@biancabrooks280 I mean technically you can homebrew anything. And chitin plate armor would negate heat metal... so viable? Dunno about practicality in real life if it was made, but we are dealing with fantasy.
I employed bags of tricks as a Drow ranger (that played and acted like an assassin with a spider companion), my dm let me kill an orc by shoving a “fuzzy ball” down their throat. What a fun way to end an interrogation!
Frankly, I agree with Roy from OotS: the Bag of Tricks can summon any animal, as long as it's completely useless in combat. The image of him pulling a fuzzball out of a Bag and tossing it towards an ogre, only to have the monster immediately swallow the summoned creature, will remain with me until I'm old and gray. Insignia of Claws only works if you have a *VERY* understanding DM who allows you to continue wearing it when you're wild shaped. Otherwise, it's only useful for monks. Necklace of Adaptation is absolute garbage as you present it. Whyinthehell would *ANYONE* want to transform into a creature with a five-or-ten-foot land movement speed? The only ( *THE. ONLY* ) use I can see for this item is using it in an underwater adventure when you want to wild shape into a terrestrial creature underwater, and by the time you're doing that, you should both have and be casting Water Breathing on your entire party, every day. The candle of invocation sounds like a cr@p item unless you're surrounded by characters of the exact same alignment as you ... something I've found to be ridiculously rare in any adventuring party.
It souns like the claws insignia is meant for druids though. Its pretty much a badge right? Just put it on something you can wear and it should be perfectly fine. Hell, just stick it onto yourself, your skin or something. Make it a part of your skin perhaps, almost like a tatto. It its not as if you will ever not want it.... Unless you like me consider the option of turning into a poison bug so you can bite and nock out the child of someone you want to manipulate allowing you to kidnap the child easily.. Then that extra damage may have the unfortunate effect of killing the target?
For some reason I haven't seen anyone else saying this, but druids can't wear studded leather. The studs are metal, so a druid won't wear it. Which sucks, but I guess Wizards thought they could nerf Druid by making their AC bad without buffs or high Dex investment.
Actually, the studs could be made of horn or bone. In fact, the splint armor worn by the Byzantine cataphracts (knights) was made of horn because it was cooler and more flexible than metal splint mail.
Insignia of claws does not benefit your beast form, as wild shape specifically states you don't gain the benefits of any of your gear while in beast form
"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 DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature’s shape and size. "
Dude. you could at least SHOW the item name somwhere on the screen. It's so hard to follow this when you mumble the name only once. Better yet, show a jpeg of the item.
That's cause I usually film these between 1am and 3am, after working 12 hours, helping to take care of my two kids and streaming for another 3 hours before. I do appreciate the concern my friend. I'm trying to get into a better rhythm so I don't look so tired all the time
My druid just recently got a reskinned Staff of the Woodlands from a hill giant druid, called a Staff of the Hills and Valleys. It's the same staff, except it turns into a 30' tall menhir when it transforms, the menhir is practically indestructible, and it's about 15' wide so we can climb up it and camp on top. It was made by the giant as a memorial stone to her husband, so it's covered in Giant glyphs telling the husband's life story. My character had the magic transferred into a smaller staff, but it still transforms into the same menhir.
The GM even ruled I could make my Leomund's Tiny Hut (We don't have a wizard, so I took Ritual Caster) slightly smaller so it perfectly caps the top of the stone. We love it.
I can't believe you missed the best part about having a staff of the woodlands: TRANSPORT VIA PLANTS! This lets you teleport from anywhere as long as there is some sort of ground to plant the staff in. Plant it in a dungeon, go back to your group's HQ to rest/restock on supplies, then come back and turn it back into a staff.
Whoa! That’s pretty slick
That is not a feature of the Staff of the Woodlands. It would be cool if it was!
@@benostiguy7215 Well, it is if you're a druid who can cast that spell.
@@johnathanmartin1504 It’s still not a feature of the staff, but yeah, it’s a cool benefit ✌️
@@benostiguy7215 the point is that you always have a tree handy if you need it. Even in a desert, an ocean, deep underground, wherever
5:17 That would be easily countered if the enemy knows how to draw an Anti-Sea Bear Circle.
I feel that's druid 101
Polar Bears? X3
But keep in mind, that Anti-Sea Bear circle won't work against a Sea Rhinoceros.
Staff of Healing should be higher on the list since it can have Shillelagh casted on it because it's made of wood. It turns it into a d8 damaging staff and uses the druid's wisdom modifier to deal damage instead of strength
How in the world is staff of woodlands only rare? It sounds legendary. Awaken with no component, pass without trace at will, +2 attacks and spell attacks, it sounds even better than very rare.
Yeah seems a little crazy when you think about. I know from personal experience of giving it to a druid, it should definitely be at least very rare.
Compare it to the staff of fire and I think it is clearly stronger
Yeah, that's pretty off balance 😅
Don't forget free tree
You never know when you'll need a tree
@@Konpekikaminari I don't know if you were joking but having a tree is very valuable for a druid, as you can teleport with it.
@@johnathanmartin1504 I was 100% serious
A creative mind can do so much with this feature
I like the content as you're the first I've heard use a necklace of adaption. But could I make an aesthetic suggestion for the video? I think putting the name of the item up on the screen could go a long way. Nothing fancy or with pictures. Just the name, sitting underneath that magnificent beard while you talk.
You should put the name of the magic item on screen.
It's great that I found this, because I was looking for a magic item that my group's druid would like
Currently playing a new moon druid, I'll keep an eye out for these. Thanks.
Metal armor is flavor text for druid and is based on lore, there is ways to have an exception to this such as having the goddess Meilikki who clergy is druids and rangers and are the rare druids who use medium metal armor and by using the wizards of the costs lore you can get around this if the DM agrees to allow you to be part of the Meiliki druids. There is not a detriment applied for having metal and is rp specific.
And they get proficiency with scimitars 👌
My driud ran into battle with a tiger, giant hyena, and giant weasel. She ripped up some hobgoblins
This video couldn't be better timed! I'm putting together a Druid for a one shot today.
Chest of Preserving from
Waterdeep Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Common magic item that prevents food and meat from aging or rotting while it's inside the chest. Many Druids that have been designated healers will use the rest of their spell slots right before a long rest to create Goodberries, it's a good strategy. The one issue is that Goodberies do not keep their magical effects past 24 hours so if you get a consistent lull in activity or just a couple days of downtime where you don't need those Goodberries you just have a pocket of fruit. The Chest of Preserving prevents that as the description specifically says the contents of it don't age, meaning you can stuff a days worth of Goodberries in there and basically have a short or even long rest of healing eventually without ever stopping your treks. You can even live off them to save money for other magic items or supplies that would otherwise go to rations.
cant wait to play my dragonborn druid in Saltmarsh
Dragonborn druids are really fun! I played one for Rise of Tiamat and i has such a ball! She was very thunder and lightning based because she was a Bronze dragonborn. I recommend them haha :)
Dragonborn druid gang!
Majority of these items were craftable wonders items in 3.5 that I used to use a lot
Yeah I miss true crafting rules in 5e
My fighter got rust bag of tricks.
We needed some strong animal to keep eye on enemies we captured, pulled owl.
We gave it alchemical bomb and lit candle, if they move, it would blown everybody to pieces
"It's TU. You know what that means."
Yeah. Pillow hair day.
More like, fell asleep in my chair, woke up at 4am, recorded the video, hair day lol
@@NerdImmersion
Haha
Wand of Polymorph is the sleeping GOAT. The Wand gives huge thematic presence to the druid and is supremely useful both in and out of combat. Four extra castings of polymorph daily should not be underestimated.
Uncommon: Bag of Tricks
Rare: Staff of Woodlands
Very Rare: Wand of Polymorph
My DM quickly regretted giving me a staff of the woodlands when I ended with 14 mushroom children that I refused to get into battle, 2 sentient cows, and I gave intelligence to a dog who was the pet of a senile old man so he would take care of him (even toguht the dog would probably abuse this newfound power). it came to a point where resident Wizard NPC asked for it as payment in order to turn back human another NPC who got transformed into a myconid and for half a year worth of sessions we were trying to turn back.
14 mushroom children?? 😍 this is the dream of my spores druid
alright the ring of spell storing is amazing for any character as you can have your caster pump some buffs into it, and then equip it as a warrior and get some nice buffs when you need them
you can have a Druid with plated armour just that it wont be metal but made out of chitin or darkwood for breastplate.
When you get to Rogues can you do a bonus list for Theif Rogues since they can use magic items from other classes
I think I could do that
2:30 XD moon circle druid be like"make that 4 brown bears"
i may be late to the party but i'm planning on making a druid and come across your video.
Dragon Scale Mail sounds cool and i want to make it an objective to find a dragon and hide it to craft such an item. But in DnD Beyond it says: "The armor consists of [...] leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, [...]"
My DM will probably rule that its okay but i wanted to let everyone know that theoretically the item has metal
edit: i could get information from reddit that dragon scale mail is allowed for druids in adventures league even tho it has metal on it
Been waiting for this vid, my druid needs some magic items, thanks bud
Edit:by any chances do you know if the staff of the woodlands need con for i think wall of thorns and do you need the components for awaken
So no components from what I can tell, concentration yes
Thank you
with candle of invocation lit for one minute ( which you can do 240 times) outside of combat and druid can cast goodberry 10 times creating 100 berries and if you have one level in life cleric you now have 400 point of out of combat healing to distribute. This makes the nerf to healing spirit look silly.
These berries also last 24 hours so you have 100 berries for an entire day that each heal for 4 meaning you pretty much have the party covered and can just monch berries not to mention in higher levels you can just spend an additional minute of the candle and have 800 points of healing instead.
I’m playing a Moon Druid in our next campaign. Thank you!
Owls are great for giving the help action as the fly by ability means they can say Duck you opportunity attacks
Fire staff will be really good for Wild Fire Druid
One minute on unlimited good berry every morning on your druid/life domain with the candle of invocation.
Byzantine Splint Mail was made from Horn. It was lighter and cooler than Plate, important if you are fighting in the Middle East.
I would argue that on of the flying items (broom, boots, wings of flying, or magic carpet) are great for spell casters to get away from melee enemies.
I would say its good but slightly less so for druids as they can fly in wildshape. But naturally that limits spell casting.
Pretty great choices, so I hope you don't mind me asking but...what would you say are your top choices of Magic Items for Warlock if you haven't already done it?
Going in alphabetical order, every Tuesday. Next up is fighter, so warlock is coming!
@@NerdImmersion thanks, can't wait :)
I disagree with the Dragon Scale Mail. I'd go with a Barrier Tattoo, especially the one that gives you AC 18. That copies to your wild shapes too, since it's not technically armor.
well again, when this video was made (in October of 2019) Barrier Tattoo didn't exist
How about a +1 sling for your magic stones?
The insignia of claws would be super useful for a Druid with the Primal Savagery cantrip too.
Why? Primal Savagery is not an unarmed attack, it's a melee spell attack.
@@SuperSixel I think I would still allow it just because it seems cool and is 'close enough'
As far as druids not being allowed to use metal armors. I let my players hunt for rare creatures that can be turned into armour.also side note: Samurai Armor is almost entirely leather and wood. When in doubt Travel east and you'll find some eventually (at least on Toril)
Why not Staff of Swarming Insects? Great summoning item.
Any equipment that the new form can't 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.
aaron jacques Nope, the DM decides what magical effects from equipment transfers over to the beast shape. That is what the PHB says.
I would contest your point that druids can wear studded leather armor since the studs are almost always metal (something a druid in my game has had trouble with so far)... they're really limited to leather and hide...
Depending on how your dm rules you can stud the armor with wood.
@@robertherek4020 that's what I mean, I've had a druid ask if his studs could be chitin and I okayed it, but in general studded leather has metal studs...
If you can homebrew it to be chitinous studs instead of metal studs, why not homebrew chitinous plate armor?
@@biancabrooks280 I mean technically you can homebrew anything. And chitin plate armor would negate heat metal... so viable? Dunno about practicality in real life if it was made, but we are dealing with fantasy.
Love this list! Another great video.
i didn't hear Staff of Striking. Available to people that have Wisdom as their attack mod. Well that's Shillelagh, fellas.
Thank you :)
Rolled a nat 1 on your "suggest".
Yeah I could have re-recorded that, but I thought I'd leave it in lol
I employed bags of tricks as a Drow ranger (that played and acted like an assassin with a spider companion), my dm let me kill an orc by shoving a “fuzzy ball” down their throat. What a fun way to end an interrogation!
Frankly, I agree with Roy from OotS: the Bag of Tricks can summon any animal, as long as it's completely useless in combat. The image of him pulling a fuzzball out of a Bag and tossing it towards an ogre, only to have the monster immediately swallow the summoned creature, will remain with me until I'm old and gray.
Insignia of Claws only works if you have a *VERY* understanding DM who allows you to continue wearing it when you're wild shaped. Otherwise, it's only useful for monks.
Necklace of Adaptation is absolute garbage as you present it. Whyinthehell would *ANYONE* want to transform into a creature with a five-or-ten-foot land movement speed? The only ( *THE. ONLY* ) use I can see for this item is using it in an underwater adventure when you want to wild shape into a terrestrial creature underwater, and by the time you're doing that, you should both have and be casting Water Breathing on your entire party, every day.
The candle of invocation sounds like a cr@p item unless you're surrounded by characters of the exact same alignment as you ... something I've found to be ridiculously rare in any adventuring party.
It souns like the claws insignia is meant for druids though. Its pretty much a badge right? Just put it on something you can wear and it should be perfectly fine. Hell, just stick it onto yourself, your skin or something. Make it a part of your skin perhaps, almost like a tatto. It its not as if you will ever not want it.... Unless you like me consider the option of turning into a poison bug so you can bite and nock out the child of someone you want to manipulate allowing you to kidnap the child easily.. Then that extra damage may have the unfortunate effect of killing the target?
#8 turns a Killer Whale into an Instant Hell Murder Whale
For some reason I haven't seen anyone else saying this, but druids can't wear studded leather. The studs are metal, so a druid won't wear it. Which sucks, but I guess Wizards thought they could nerf Druid by making their AC bad without buffs or high Dex investment.
Actually, the studs could be made of horn or bone. In fact, the splint armor worn by the Byzantine cataphracts (knights) was made of horn because it was cooler and more flexible than metal splint mail.
No lunar sickle?
Insignia of claws does not benefit your beast form, as wild shape specifically states you don't gain the benefits of any of your gear while in beast form
"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 DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature’s shape and size. "
It would work on any beast that has skin regardless as the tattoo goes on your skin. And no it wouldn’t matter if it is covered by fur.
Dark wood breast plate
Personally I can not wait for you to tackle wizard...
Druids can't have metal armor, but what if they had stone armour?
That theoretically should work
awesome content ive got my channel where i do impossible magic too
Dude. you could at least SHOW the item name somwhere on the screen. It's so hard to follow this when you mumble the name only once. Better yet, show a jpeg of the item.
are you always stoned or is that just how your eyes are
Just my eyes, never been stoned
I don't believe magic item bonuses and effects Translate to Wild shapes
Get some sleep man you always look so tired
That's cause I usually film these between 1am and 3am, after working 12 hours, helping to take care of my two kids and streaming for another 3 hours before. I do appreciate the concern my friend. I'm trying to get into a better rhythm so I don't look so tired all the time
I made the likes 420!!!
He looks sad
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