Druid (class)

This is a page about a playable character class. For other uses, see Druid.

Druids are quite powerful clerical casters that usually start out in better physical shape than Wizards or Priests, but tend not to be as proficient with magic as either. Druids start the game with higher piety than other classes.

As beings that are one with nature, animals that are naturally generated during the game will not be hostile to Druids. Druids also have a very varied skillset as nature priests, including useful skills like Herbalism and Swimming, and quite rare skills like Woodcraft and Gardening. Concentration and Literacy of course are must-have skills for them; they tend to advance in these skills slowly compared to other casting classes, though, which can make them somewhat frustrating to play in the early game.

Basic Information

Manual information

Druids are nature priests. They worship the Old Gods and regard all nature as a holy thing to worship and protect. Their specialty are spells of nature and protection. It is said that no animal will willingly harm a druid.

Base Stats

Statistically average stats for each race are listed below. Male Druids can be expected to have an extra point in Strength, female Druids — an extra point in Dexterity.

Race	St	Le	Wi	Dx	To	Ch	Ap	Ma	Pe
Human	13	15	12	12	15	11	11	14	12
Troll	23	7	8	10	25	7	6	10	9
High Elf	12	16	10	19	12	10	15	17	17
Gray Elf	11	17	11	16	11	8	20	20	17
Dark Elf	11	12	13	18	14	7	13	20	16
Dwarf	15	13	13	10	19	9	9	13	13
Gnome	11	14	10	13	16	13	10	18	13
Hurthling	10	12	11	18	17	13	11	11	12
Orc	16	9	11	11	19	8	7	10	10
Drakeling	15	12	14	11	19	10	8	14	11
Mist Elf	11	19	10	16	10	8	25	25	19
Ratling	12	11	10	15	20	6	5	13	16

Starting Skills

Skill	Typical Value	Typical Modifier	Available Ingame?
Climbing	48 (depends on Dexterity)	3d5	N/A
Concentration	40	3d3	No
First aid	46 (depends on Learning)	3d3	N/A
Gardening	7	4d5	Yes
Healing	45	3d5	Yes
Herbalism	75	3d4	Yes
Listening	47 (depends on Perception)	3d4	N/A
Literacy	50	3d3	Yes
Survival	40	4d4	No
Swimming	40	3d4	Yes
Woodcraft	7	4d5	No

Crowning Gifts

• Black Thumb
• Nature's Companion
• Nature's Friend
• Purifier
• Staff of the Wanderer
• Eagle's Claw

Nature's Companion is certainly the most useful of these for Druids. Druids that rely on melee a lot, such as Trollish or Orcish druids, may also be happy with Purifier or Eagle's Claw.

HP, PP, To-hit Growth by Level

HP: Low
PP: High
Melee to-hit: High
Ranged to-hit: Low

Special Abilities

Class Abilities

• Animals will generally be generated non-hostile if the PC is a Druid.
  • Exceptions are those that are summoned, those that appear in tension rooms, or all animals in Keethrax's level.
• Sacrificing animals as a non-chaotic druid decreases piety with your god and shifts alignment towards chaotic. This applies even to corrupted animals, such as chaos spiders or chaos rats.
• Druids will get a different reward for completing Guth'Alak's quest. This will be instead of the "knowledge or power" choice.
• Heir gift: yellow <armor> of life. Some races will get robes; others will get leather armor. Note that this armor seems to be of particularly good quality — it has typical stats of [+0, +5] or even [+0, +6].
• Druids need 50% more marks to increase a weapon skill (for all weapon categories).

Class Powers

• Level 6: Choosing to 'e'vade wilderness encounters will always work.
• Level 12: PP regeneration in the wilderness is increased to twice its usual rate.
• Level 18: Gains immunity to 'all weather effects' (i.e. rain).
• Level 25: Gains ability to summon 1d3 major animals, at the cost of 1d3 Mana points. This also trains Mana (similarly to necromancy).
• Level 32: HP regeneration in the wilderness is increased to twice its usual rate.
• Level 40: Gains shock immunity.
• Level 50: Corruption inflicted on the PC is reduced by 10%.

Starting Gear

All Druids start the game with

• 2 potions
• A spellbook of Divine Wrath
• A wooden shield (in the inventory)
• An apple and a melon
• Some gold

Race specific gear

Human	Troll	High Elf	Grey Elf	Dark Elf
Leather armor Quarterstaff Light cloak Sandals A(n extra) spellbook Torches Flint and steel Tinderbox Iron ration	Hood Thick furs Light cloak Heavy club Leather boots Iron rations Piece of raw meat	Hood Leather armor Light cloak Scimitar Iron ration	Hood Leather armor Light cloak Scimitar Loaf of elven bread	Hood Leather armor Light cloak Scimitar Spider bread
Dwarf	Gnome	Hurthling	Orc	Drakeling
Studded leather armor Hooded cloak Heavy cudgel Heavy boots Iron ration	Leather armor Hooded cloak Club Torches Flint and steel Tinderbox Iron ration	Leather cap Leather armor Leather girdle Hooded cloak Club Cursed Ring Torches Flint and steel Tinderbox Cooking set Iron rations Loaf of elven bread (possibly)	Studded leather armor Leather girdle Hooded cloak Quarterstaff Heavy boots Iron ration	Robe Leather girdle Hooded cloak Scimitar or quarterstaff Bracers of defense Iron ration
Mist Elf	Ratling
Leather armor Hooded cloak Mithril scimitar Leather boots Iron ration	Leather armor Hooded cloak Club Leather boots Iron ration