DRUID (CHARACTER CLASS)

In role-playing games, a 'druid' is a character class that uses nature-based magical abilities. They generally strive to protect nature from civilized intrusion. Most druids have abilities involving healing, talking to animals, or transforming themselves into animal shapes.

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Dungeons and Dragons

EverQuest II

Fire Emblem

World of Warcraft

Other Games

References

Dungeons and Dragons

Main articles: Druid (Dungeons & Dragons)

Druids in Dungeons & Dragons are spellcasters of neutral alignment, who gain divine magic from being at one with nature. Unlike clerics, druids do not have special powers against undead and cannot use metal armour. Druids have the unique ability to change into various animal forms.

EverQuest II

In EverQuest II, Druids are a priest class divided into Wardens and Furies. They are neutral and can come from Freeport, Qeynos, or Kelethin. They specialize in healing spells, particularly their heal over time (HoT) spells. They do the most damage of the priest classes but are restricted to cloth and leather armor.^[1]

Fire Emblem

In Fire Emblem a druid uses dark, or elder, magic. In The Sacred Stones, they also use Anima magic and staves. They are the upgraded form of a shaman class unit. In Fire Emblem a special type of druid called a dark druid appears as the second-to-last boss. He is capable of using light, dark, anima (nature) magic as well as staves (although his only attack is a dark magik attack called Ereshkigal).
Like all other units, Shamans/Druids have their own unique builds which separate them from other classes. Generally, Druids have high Magic and Resistance growths as well as Skill, although the tend to have low Speed growth which, when combined with their heavy tomes, causes them to be slow targets with low evade in terms of magic-users.

World of Warcraft

Main articles: Druid (World of Warcraft)

In World of Warcraft, only Night Elves and Tauren can become druids. As they progress in level, they can shape-shift into different forms: Bear, Cat, Sealion, Moonkin, Tree, Cheetah and Bird. They are also spellcasters, having both offensive and healing magic.

Other Games

Other computer games that use druid character classes include:

★ Battle for Wesnoth

★ Battle Realms

★ Dark Age of Camelot

★ Diablo II

★ EverQuest

★ Tibia

★ Heroes of Might and Magic III(Hero) & V(Unit)

★ Shadowbane

★ Neverwinter Nights

★ Neverwinter Nights 2

★ Icewind Dale

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