Shepard is not going to come, I'm afraid. They're moving away as far as they can from summons. Martials hate them, the digital platforms hate them, some DM hate them. I love them But looking at the Necromancer and Summoner Wizards I'm almost sure we won't ever see them back in 5e. Druids have always been in this strange place between clerics and wizards. And WotC doesn't know what to do with casters in 5e. Especially not casters who can be summoners, healers, damage dealers and melee. They're afraid of offending players who play more popular classes.
I've also come to this conclusion, especially with the changes to all of the conjure abilities we had prior. Shepard druid, if we were to ever get it back, would either be a neutered multi-pet class or an awkward variant of an artillerist artificer.
I'm personally expecting them to do a UA for circles of Spores and Wildfire at some point, but even spores I'm expecting them to dummy down the necromancy aspect of it. We got our summons fantasy in Baldur's Gate, but doubt we'll see it on tabletop. I have hopes they'll toy with some tropes, with a shamanistic/elemental circle or even some type of witch doctor/hermit type, but that's because I think they are unsure on what direction to take the druid in and those character fantasies help sell themselves.
They nerfed conjure animals and other summoning spells. Bringing a nerfed Shepard druid back doesn't make sense.
I understand your confusion . I want druids to still have a strong summoning subclass. does it need to be one hundred animals?
no but they could have at least one or two strong summons. wizard can still have 20 undead and has animate objects. so its only a problem if the druid does it? consistency please. Shepard could come back with a base ,pet and something to buff its summons
I feel like Jeremey made sure when one class got a new subclass the others were not forgotten
with him gone we have gone several uas with zero druid subclasses ,
honestly, they ought to be ashamed. where is the dino druid or the new Shepard? give us some subclasses .
also more offense every new subclass is tranky, or focused on utility.
give us some damage and flavor options. maybe a monstrosity or elemental wild shape druid or
a true storm druid.
Reading this was very difficult.
Shepard is not going to come, I'm afraid. They're moving away as far as they can from summons. Martials hate them, the digital platforms hate them, some DM hate them. I love them But looking at the Necromancer and Summoner Wizards I'm almost sure we won't ever see them back in 5e. Druids have always been in this strange place between clerics and wizards. And WotC doesn't know what to do with casters in 5e. Especially not casters who can be summoners, healers, damage dealers and melee. They're afraid of offending players who play more popular classes.
I've also come to this conclusion, especially with the changes to all of the conjure abilities we had prior. Shepard druid, if we were to ever get it back, would either be a neutered multi-pet class or an awkward variant of an artillerist artificer.
I'm personally expecting them to do a UA for circles of Spores and Wildfire at some point, but even spores I'm expecting them to dummy down the necromancy aspect of it. We got our summons fantasy in Baldur's Gate, but doubt we'll see it on tabletop. I have hopes they'll toy with some tropes, with a shamanistic/elemental circle or even some type of witch doctor/hermit type, but that's because I think they are unsure on what direction to take the druid in and those character fantasies help sell themselves.
They nerfed conjure animals and other summoning spells. Bringing a nerfed Shepard druid back doesn't make sense.
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There is a druid subclass here (Dark Sun setting): https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua/apocalyptic-subclasses.
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Strong one too
noted is that easier?
Marginally
I understand your confusion . I want druids to still have a strong summoning subclass. does it need to be one hundred animals?
no but they could have at least one or two strong summons. wizard can still have 20 undead and has animate objects. so its only a problem if the druid does it? consistency please. Shepard could come back with a base ,pet and something to buff its summons
or could summon one or two as a feature .
Do you think they will publish an official 2024 version Shephard's druid?
Do could always go homebrew like this:
Shepherd Druid build - PHB 2024
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I hope they will and if not hopefully something like the a true wild companion druid would be cool,
time will tell I suppose . thematically it makes sense that the druid should have the best pet .
Same boat as warlocks, and I think warlocks are in a worse spot.