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[Wargamer] Bard and Druid get new DnD subclasses in latest 5e playtest
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I read the ocean (was it "sea"?) druid, and it just didn't look very flavorful. I mean, I guess it's got power, but I don't really understand the fantasy.
I think druid suffers from a lack of flavor in general. There are a few good subclasses now, but Druid mostly just doesn't have much going on when compared to the flavors of other classes.
My personal opinion is that's because the majority of their flavor is sucked up by wild shape
You are right - Circle of the Sea. I agree that it feels way more specific, and it is mostly a fantasy that you can fulfil by Land and Moon already. I'm not sure that I would ever actually play this one unless I was in a particularly seafaring campaign. But overall I like that they are coming up with interesting alternative uses for wild shape. Wrath of the Sea seems great.
I will say that I ran a pirate game that featured a coast druid who absolutely would have taken this subclass. Most characters in that game were sea elves, water genasi, tritons, or otherwise seafarers. One was D'anne Bonny, a barbarian who would have loved the new weapon mastery rules.