Druid spells in IWD

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man, if you are indoors, 3rd level druid spells are worthless. am I the only one who finds them subpar? call lightning is sweet, but not inside. i understand some new ones were added in HoW. If you install that during a current campaign, will you get the new spells?

 

If you want to know 100% that you are playing off the HOW platform, just check the screen as it is loading. The title screen will come up as Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter.

 

was trying to figure out if i should install HoW while going thru IWD for the first time. guess that is a 'yes'.

 

That would be my suggestion. I'm playing it through with the HOW addition & this is my first time through. From what I've read, there are one or two items we may miss out on, but the gains are huge - especially in the Druid Spell category!

Enjoy!

 

Druids rule with heart of winter installed. My druid is my most powerful spell caster. There is also a nifty new spell to make up for call lightning and the new forms are really cool looking. Don't wait another minute to install HOW unless you have a conjurer in your party.

 

thats what i will do then. I dont have a druid, yet. I am going to dual a fighter to a druid when I hit lvl 9 and have a mean combo. try rolling a char for that dual class. what a bitch!
STR 18/72
Dex 17
Con 16
Wis 17
Int 3
Cha 17

 

oh, btw, whats wrong with having a conjurer if you install HoW? ( I have one,btw)

um.....sorry. read the help about the double posting. so do that mean I need to wait for someone else to respond before I do?

[This message has been edited by corval (edited June 04, 2001).]

 

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[This message has been edited by Blackthorne TA (edited June 04, 2001).]

 

sorry about that. didnt realize. thank you for having mercy on me. I am only an eyeball!!!!

new question..I just installed HoW and loaded a current game from IWD. I checked my priest spells and they are still the same. So do I have to start a new HoW game to get the new stuff?

 

I think you have to reach 7th level if your game is in progress...I know that's when it happened for my priests

 

that sinks that they toke away spells from a conjurer in How. i guess i might go bake toplain mage.

 

DRUIDS SUCK ASS! They're spells are weak, they can't wear any armor more than studded leather, can't surpass level fourteen, have a VERY limited weapon choice and even their shapeshifting doesn't help. All in all, compared to a cleric, druids are extremely unreliable!

 

druids have some great spells like insect plage - but their problem is that their cool abilities aren't implemented in BG-2. This was corrected in ToB IIRC. However, if you concentrate, do you know some more stuff that sucks ass?

 

Yep, bards. What use, with the exception of bard songs, are a bard's special abilities?
Sure, they can cast [some] mage spells. That's about all though. Personally, I'd rather go with a fighter/mage. They have lower THAC0s, can cast more mage spells (and on level 1) and, depending on CON, have higher hitpoints.

 

I know that in BG 1 a fighter druid can were any armor. not shure in IWD
(never had one in my party)

 

a fighter druid can wear any armor in icwind dale too.

 

Lord Sparhawk you need to chill about Bards & Druids. They are two of the best classes in AD&D.

Bards - You say a Bard is not as good as a fighter/mage. Well for the XP they are great. In 2E thus in IWD, BG, etc, a bard only needs half the XP of a mage. Hence, a bard reaches 3rd level at 2500 XP, while a figher/mage is still 1/1 with 1250 in each class. Do the math and follow this progression. A bard can weild any weapon, has some thieving skills, can cast spells, and has bard abilities all for the same XP as a thief. Plus when not casting they can wear up to chainmail.

I agree that Druids were a little robbed in IWD but now with HoW they have come into their own. They have excellent granted power and good spells. A druid is as good as a priest of equal level any day.

[This message has been edited by Voltric (edited July 13, 2001).]