DRUID

Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf

summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive
bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying ores who
threaten her forest.
Crouching out of sight on a high tree branch in the
form of a leopard. a human peers out of the jungle at the
strange construction of a temple of Evil Elemental Air,
keeping a close eye on the cultists' activities.
Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf
charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering
the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the
mocking semblance of life.
Whether calling on the elemental forces of nature or
emulating the creatures of the animal world, druids are
an embodiment of nature's resilience, cunning, and fury.
They claim no mastery over nature. Instead. they see
themselves as extensions of nature's indomitable will.

POWER OF NATURE
Druids revere nature above all, gaining their spells and
other magical powers either from the force of nature
itself or from a nature deity. Many druids pursue a
mystic spirituality of transcendent union with nature
rather than devotion to a divine entity, while others
serve gods of wild nature, animals, or elemental forces.
The ancient druidic traditions are sometimes called
the Old Faith, in contrast to the worship of gods in
temples and shrines.
Druid spells are oriented toward nature and animals—
the power of tooth and claw, of sun and moon, of fire
and storm. Druids also gain the ability to take on animal
forms, and some druids make a particular study of this
practice, even to the point where they prefer animal
form to their natural form.

PRESERVE THE BALANCE

For druids, nature exists in a precarious balance. The
four elements that make up a world—air, earth, fire,
 THE DRUED

Proficiency —Spell Slots per Spell Level—

Cantrips
Level Bonus Features Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 Druidic, Spellcasting 2 2
2nd +2 Wild Shape, Druid Circle 2 3
3rd 2 2 4 2
4th +2 Wild Shape improvement, 3 4 3
Ability Score Improvement
5th 3 4 3 2
6th +3 Druid Circle feature 3 4 3
7th +3 3 4 3 3 1
8th +3 Wild Shape improvement, 3 4 3 3 2
Ability Score Improvement
9th +4 3 4 3 3 3 1
10th +4 Druid Circle feature 4 4 3 3 3
11th +4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 3 2 1
13th +5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1
14th +5 Druid Circle feature 4 4 3 3 3 2 1
15th +5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 3 2 1
17th +6 4 4 3 3 3 2 1
18th +6 Timeless Body, Beast Spells 4 4 3 3 3 3 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 3 3 2
n 20th +6 Archdruid 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

and water — must remain in equilibrium. If one element
were to gain power over the others, the world could be
destroyed, drawn into one of the elemental planes and
broken apart into its component elements. Thus, druids
oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who promote
one element to the exclusion of others.
Druids are also concerned with the delicate ecological
balance that sustains plant and animal life, and the need
for civilized folk to live in harmony with nature, not in
opposition to it. Druids accept that which is cruel in
nature, and they hate that which is unnatural, including
aberrations (such as beholders and mind flayers)
and undead (such as zombies and vampires). Druids
sometimes lead raids against such creatures, especially
when the monsters encroach on the druids' territory.
Druids are often found guarding sacred sites or
watching over regions of unspoiled nature. But when a
significant danger arises, threatening nature's balance
or the lands they protect, druids take on a more active
role in combating the threat, as adventurers.
CREATING A DRUID
When making a druid, consider why your character has
such a close bond with nature. Perhaps your character
lives in a society where the Old Faith still thrives, or was
raised by a druid after being abandoned in the depths
of a forest. Perhaps your character had a dramatic
encounter with the spirits of nature, coming face to
face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the
experience. Maybe your character was born during an
epic storm or a volcanic eruption, which was interpreted
as a sign that becoming a druid
was part of your character's destiny.
Have you always been an adventurer
as part of your druidic calling, or did you
first spend time as a caretaker of a sacred
grove or spring? Perhaps your homeland was
befouled by evil, and you took up an adventuring life in
hopes of finding a new home or purpose.
QUICK BUILD
You can make a druid quickly by following these
suggestions. First, Wisdom should be your highest
ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose
the hermit background.
CLASS FEATURES
As a druid, you gain the following class features.
HIT POINTS
Hit Dice: 1d8 per druid level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your
Constitution modifier per druid level after 1st
PROFICIENCIES
Armor: Light armor, medium armor, shields (druids will
not wear armor or use shields made of metal)
Weapons: Clubs, daggers, darts, javelins, maces,
quarterstaffs, scimitars, sickles, slings, spears
Tools: Herbalism kit
Saving Throws: lntelligence, Wisdom

i'.‘1-! I I- I AS51-.
6i
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Animal
Handling. lnsight, Medicine, Nature, Perception,
Religion, and Survival
EQUIPMENT
You start with the following equipment, in addition to
the equipment granted by your background:
• (a) a wooden shield or (b) any simple weapon
• (a) a scimitar or (b) any simple melee weapon
• Leather armor, an explorer's pack, and a druidic focus
DRUIDIC
You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You
can speak the language and use it to leave hidden
messages. You and others who know this language
automatically spot such a message. Others spot the
message's presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom
(Perception) check but can't decipher it without magic.
SPELLCASTING
Drawing on the divine essence of nature itself, you
can cast spells to shape that essence to your will. See
chapter 10 for the general rules of spellcasting and
chapter 11 for the druid spell list.
CANTRIPS
At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your choice from
the druid spell list. You learn additional druid cantrips
of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips
Known column of the Druid table.
PREPARING AND CASTING SPELLS
The Druid table shows how many spell slots you have
to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of
these druid spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's
level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when
you finish a long rest.
You prepare the list of druid spells that are available
for you to cast, choosing from the druid spell list. When
you do so, choose a number of druid spells equal to
your Wisdom modifier + your druid level (minimum of
SACRED PLANTS AND WOOD
A druid holds certain plants to be sacred, particularly alder,
ash, birch, elder, hazel, holly, juniper, mistletoe, oak, rowan,
willow, and yew. Druids often use such plants as part of a
spellcasting focus, incorporating lengths of oak or yew or
sprigs of mistletoe.
Similarly, a druid uses such woods to make other objects,
such as weapons and shields. Yew is associated with death
and rebirth, so weapon handles for scimitars or sickles might
be fashioned from it. Ash is associated with life and oak
with strength. These woods make excellent hafts or whole
weapons, such as clubs or quarterstaffs, as well as shields.
Alder is associated with air, and it might be used for thrown
weapons, such as darts or javelins.
Druids from regions that lack the plants described here
have chosen other plants to take on similar uses. For
instance, a druid of a desert region might value the yucca
tree and cactus plants.
one spell). The spells must be of a levet for which you
have spell slots.
For example, if you are a 3rd-level druid, you have four
1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Wisdom
of 16, your list of prepared spells can include six spells
of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare
the 1st-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using
a 1st-level or 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't
remove it from your list of prepared spells.
You can also change your list of prepared spells when
you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of druid
spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at
least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.
SPELLCASTING ABILITY
Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your druid
spells, since your magic draws upon your devotion and
attunement to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever
a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition,
you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving
throw DC for a druid spell you cast and when making an
attack roll with one.
Spell save DC = 8 your proficiency bonus +
your Wisdom modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Wisdom modifier
RITUAL CASTING
You can cast a druid spell as a ritual if that spell has the
ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.
SPELLCASTING Focus
You can use a druidic focus (found in chapter 5) as a
spellcasting focus for your druid spells.
WILD SHAPE
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to
magically assume the shape of a beast that you have
seen before. You can use this feature twice. You regain
expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.
Your druid level determines the beasts you can
transform into, as shown in the Beast Shapes table. At
2nd level, for example, you can transform into any beast
that has a challenge rating of 1/4 or lower that doesn't
have a flying or swimming speed.
BEAST SHAPES
Level Max. CR Limitations Example
2nd 1/4 No flying or swimming speed Wolf
4th 1/2 No flying speed Crocodile
8th 1 Giant eagle
You can stay in a beast shape for a number of hours
equal to half your druid level (rounded down). You then
revert to your normal form unless you expend another
use of this feature. You can revert to your normal
form earlier by using a bonus action on your turn. You
automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to
0 hit points, or die.
While you are transformed, the following rules apply:
• Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of TIMELESS BODY
the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality,
and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You Starting at 18th level, the primal magic that you wield
also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficien- causes you to age more slowly. For every 10 years that
cies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If pass, your body ages only 1 year.
the creature has the same proficiency as you and the
bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the BEAST SPELLS
creature's bonus instead of yours. If the creature has Beginning at 18th level, you can cast many of your druid
any legendary or lair actions, you can't use them. spells in any shape you assume using Wild Shape. You
• When you transform, you assume the beast's hit can perform the somatic and verbal components of a
points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal druid spell while in a beast shape, but you aren't able to
form, you return to the number of hit points you had provide material components.
before you transformed. However, if you revert as a
result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage ARCHDRUID
carries over to your normal form. For example, if you At 20th level, you can use your Wild Shape an unlimited
take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit number of times.
point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as
the excess damage doesn't reduce your normal form
to 0 hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious.
• You can't cast spells, and your ability to speak or
take any action that requires hands is limited to the
capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn't
break your concentration on a spell you've already
cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that
are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you've
already cast.
• You retain the benefit of any features from your class,
race, or other source and can use them if the new
form is physically capable of doing so. However, you
can't use any of your special senses, such as darkvi-
sion, unless your new form also has that sense.
You choose whether your equipment falls to the
ground in your space, merges into your new form, or
is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal,
but the DM decides whether it is practical for the new
form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the crea-
ture's shape and size. Your equipment doesn't change
size or shape to match the new
form, and any equipment that
the new form can't wear
must either fall to the
ground or merge with it.
Equipment that merges
with the form has no
effect until you leave
the form.

DRUID CIRCLE
At 2nd level, you choose to
identify with a circle of druids:
the Circle of the Land or the Circle of the Moon, both
detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice
grants you features at 2nd level and again at 6th, 10th,
and 14th level.

ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th,
and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of
your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores
of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an
ability score above 20 using this feature.
 Additionally, you can ignore the verbal and somatic ARCTIC
components of your druid spells, as well as any material Druid Level Circle Spells
components that lack a cost and aren't consumed by a
3rd hold person, spike growth
spell. You gain this benefit in both your normal shape
5th sleet storm, slow
and your beast shape from Wild Shape.
7th freedom of movement, ice storm
9th commune with nature, cone of cold
DRUID CIRCLES
Though their organization is invisible to most outsiders. COAST
druids are part of a society that spans the land, ignoring Druid Level Circle Spells
political borders. All druids are nominally members
3rd mirror image, misty step
of this druidic society, though some individuals are so
5th water breathing, water walk
isolated that they have never seen any high-ranking
7th control water, freedom of movement
members of the society or participated in druidic
gatherings. Druids recognize each other as brothers and 9th conjure elemental, scrying
sisters. Like creatures of the wilderness, however, druids
sometimes compete with or even prey on each other. DESERT
At a local scale, druids are organized into circles that Druid Level Circle Spells
share certain perspectives on nature, balance, and the 3rd blur, silence
way of the druid. 5th create food and water, protection from energy
7th blight, hallucinatory terrain
CIRCLE OF THE LAND 9th insect plague, wall of stone
The Circle of the Land is made up of mystics and sages
who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites through FOREST
a vast oral tradition. These druids meet within sacred Druid Level Circle Spells
circles of trees or standing stones to whisper primal barkskin, spider climb
3rd
secrets in Druidic. The circle's wisest members preside
5th call lightning, plant growth
as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old
7th divination, freedom of movement
Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those folk.
9th commune with nature, tree stride
Asa member of this circle, your magic is influenced
by the land where you were initiated into the circle's
GRASSLAND
mysterious rites.
Druid Level Circle Spells
BONUS CANTRIP 3rd invisibility, pass without trace
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one 5th daylight, haste
additional druid cantrip of your choice. 7th divination, freedom of movement
9th dream, insect plague
NATURAL RECOVERY
Starting at 2nd level, you can regain some of your
MOUNTAIN
magical energy by sitting in meditation and communing
with nature. During a short rest, you choose expended Druid Level Circle Spells
spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a 3rd spider climb, spike growth
combined level that is equal to or less than half your 5th lightning bolt, meld into stone
druid level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 7th stone shape, stoneskin
6th level or higher. You can't use this feature again until 9th passwall, wall of stone
you finish a long rest
For example, when you are a 4th-level druid, you can SWAMP
recover up to two levels worth of spell slots. You can Druid Level Circle Spells
recover either a 2nd-level slot or two I st-level slots.
3rd darkness, Melfs acid arrow
CIRCLE SPELLS 5th water walk, stinking cloud
Your mystical connection to the land infuses you with 7th freedom of movement, locate creature
the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th insect plague, serving
9th level you gain access to circle spells connected
to the land where you became a druid. Choose that UNDERDARK
land—arctic, coast, desert, forest, grassland, mountain,
Druid Level Circle Spells
swamp, or Underdark—and consult the associated
3rd spider climb, web
list of spells.
Once you gain access to a circle spell, you always have 5th gaseous form, stinking cloud
it prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of 7th greater invisibility, stone shape
spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a 9th cloudkili, insect plague
spell that doesn't appear on the druid spell list, the spell
is nonetheless a druid spell for you.
LAND'S STRIDE
Starting at 6th level, moving through nonmagical
difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can
also pass through nonmagical plants without being
slowed by them and without taking damage from them if
they have thorns, spines, or a similar hazard.
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against
plants that are magically created or manipulated to impede
movement, such those created by the entangle spell.
NATURE'S WARD
When you reach 10th level, you can't be charmed or
frightened by elementals or fey, and you are immune to
poison and disease.
NATURE'S SANCTUARY
When you reach 14th level, creatures of the natural
world sense your connection to nature and become
hesitant to attack you. When a beast or plant creature
attacks you, that creature must make a Wisdom saving
throw against your druid spell save DC. On a failed save,
the creature must choose a different target, or the attack
automatically misses. On a successful save, the creature
is immune to this effect for 24 hours.
The creature is aware of this effect before it makes its
attack against you.
CIRCLE OF THE MOON
Druids of the Circle of the Moon are fierce guardians
of the wilds. Their order gathers under the full moon to
share news and trade warnings. They haunt the deepest
parts of the wilderness, where they might go for weeks
on end before crossing paths with another humanoid
creature, let alone another druid.
Changeable as the moon, a druid of this circle might
prowl as a great cat one night, soar over the treetops
as an eagle the next day. and crash through the
undergrowth in bear form to drive off a trespassing
monster. The wild is in the druid's blood.
COMBAT WILD SHAPE
When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain the
ability to use Wild Shape on your turn as a bonus action,
rather than as an action.
Additionally, while you are transformed by Wild
Shape, you can use a bonus action to expend one
spell slot to regain 1d8 hit points per level of the spell
slot expended.
CIRCLE FORMS
The rites of your circle grant you the ability to transform
into more dangerous animal forms. Starting at 2nd
level, you can use your Wild Shape to transform into a
beast with a challenge rating as high as 1 (you ignore
the Max. CR column of the Beast Shapes table, but must
abide by the other limitations there).
Starting at 6th level, you can transform into a beast
with a challenge rating as high as your druid level
divided by 3, rounded down.
PRIMAL STRIKE
Starting at 6th level, your attacks in beast form count as
magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and
immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.
ELEMENTAL WILD SHAPE
At 10th level, you can expend two uses of Wild Shape
at the same time to transform into an air elemental, an
earth elemental, a fire elemental, or a water elemental.
THOUSAND FORMS
By 14th level, you have learned to use magic to alter
your physical form in more subtle ways. You can cast the
alter self spell at will.
DRUIDS AND THE GODS
Some druids venerate the forces of nature themselves, but
most druids are devoted to one of the many nature deities
worshiped in the multiverse (the lists of gods in appendix
B include many such deities), The worship of these deities
is often considered a more ancient tradition than the faiths
of clerics and urbanized peoples. In Fact, in the world of
Greyhawk, the druidic faith is called the Old Faith, and it
claims many adherents among Farmers, foresters, Fishers,
and others who live closely with nature. This tradition
includes the worship of Nature as a primal force beyond
personification, but also encompasses the worship of Beory,
the Oerth Mother, as well as devotees of Obad-Hai, Ehlonna,
and Ulaa.
In the worlds of Creyhawk and the Forgotten Realms,
druidic circles are not usually connected to the faith of a
single nature deity. Any given circle in the Forgotten Realms,
for example, might include druids who revere Silvanus,
Mielikki, Eldath, Chauntea, or even the harsh Gods of Fury
Tabs, Malar, Auril, and Umberlee. These nature gods are
often called the First Circle, the first among the druids, and
most druids count them all (even the violent ones) as worthy
of veneration.
The druids of Eberron hold animistic beliefs completely
unconnected to the Sovereign Host, the Dark Six, or any of
the other religions of the world. They believe that every living
thing and every natural phenomenon—sun, moon, wind,
Fire, and the world itself—has a spirit. Their spells, then, are
a means to communicate with and command these spirits.
Different druidic sects, though, hold different philosophies
about the proper relationship of these spirits to each other
and to the forces of civilization. The Ashbound, for example,
believe that arcane magic is an abomination against nature,
the Children of Winter venerate the forces of death, and the
Gatekeepers preserve ancient traditions meant to protect the
world from the incursion of aberrations.
PAR I •I. 1 31!":“:`,

DRUID
Evert [N DEATH, eaCH CREATURE PLAYS ITS PART IN
maintaining the Great Balance. But now an imbalance
grows, aforce that seeks to hold svvay over nature. This is
the destructive behavior of the mortal races. Thejarther
atvayfrom nature their actions take them. the more car—
rupting their influence becomes. As druids, we seek mainly
to protect and educate, to preserve the Great Balance, but
there are times when we must rise up against danger and
eradicate it.
—Safhran, archdruid
Druids are the caretakers of the natural world, and it is
said that in time a druid becomes the voice of nature,
speaking the truth that is too subtle for the general pop—
ulace to hear. Many who become druids find that they
naturally gravitate toward nature; its forces, cycles, and
movements fill their minds and spirits with wonder and
insight. Many sages and wise folk have studied nature,
writing volumes about its mystery and power, but druids
are a special kind of being: at some point, they begin
to embody these natural forces, producing magical
phenomena that link them to the spirit of nature and
the flow of life. Because of their strange and mysterious
power, druids are often revered, shunned, or considered
dangerous by the people around them.
Your druid character might be a true worshiper of na—
ture, one who has always scorned civilization and found
solace in the wild. Or your character could be a child of
the city who now strives to bring the civilized world into
harmony with the wilderness. You can use the sections
that follow to flesh out your druid, regardless of how
your character came to the profession.
TREASURED ITEM
Some druids carry one or more items that are sacred
to them or have deep personal significance. Such items
are not necessarily magical, but every one is an object
whose meaning connects the druid’s mind and heart to
a profound concept or spiritual outlook.
When you decide what your character’s treasured
item is, think about giving it an origin story: how did you
come by the item, and why is it important to you?
lot qlwqclt
(iktal druid
! lot-mew
hqémrql s lime] are wad
inSr-raliew
ii Ami l
!
lotlirvs Harri
fur alone Si/IOM‘A l’ltiut I“
ck .—. we, .iui. Q
TREASURED ITEMS
d6 Item
1 A twig from the meeting tree that stands in the
center ofyour village
A vial ofwater from the source ofa sacred river
G‘U'l-P‘LUJN
Special herbs tied together in a bundle
A small bronze bowl engraved with animal images
A rattle made from a dried gourd and holly berries
A miniature golden sickle handed down to you by
your mentor
GUIDING ASPECT
Many druids feel a strong link to a specific aspect of the
natural world, such as a body of water, an animal, a type
of tree, or some other sort of plant. You identify with
your chosen aspect; by its behavior or its very nature, it
sets an example that you seek to emulate.
GUIDING ASPECTS
d6 Guiding Aspect
1 Yew trees remind you of renewing your mind and
spirit, letting the old die and the new spring forth.
2 Oak trees represent strength and vitality. Medi-
tating under an oak fills your body and mind with
resolve and fortitude.
3 The river’s endless flow reminds you ofthe great
span ofthe world. You seek to act with the long-
term interests of nature in mind.
4 The sea is a constant, churning cauldron of power
and chaos. It reminds you that accepting change is
necessary to sustain yourselfin the world.
5 The birds in the sky are evidence that even the
smallest creatures can survive ifthey remain above
the fray.
6 As demonstrated by the actions ofthe wolf, an
individual’s strength is nothing compared to the
power ofthe pack.
MENTOR
It’s not unusual for would-be druids to seek out (or be
sought out by) instructors or elders who teach them the
basics of their magical arts. Most druids who learn from
a mentor begin their training at a young age, and the
mentor has a vital role in shaping a student’s attitudes
and beliefs.
If your character received training from someone
else, who or what was that individual, and what was the
nature of your relationship? Did your mentor imbue you
with a particular outlook or otherwise influence your
approach to achieving the goals of your chosen path?

DRUID or
THE CIRCLE
or: DREAMS
MENTORS
d6 Mentor
1 Your mentor was a wise treant who taught you to
think in terms ofyears and decades rather than
days or months.
2 You were tutored by a dryad who watched over
a slumbering portal to the Abyss. During your
training, you were tasked with watching for hidden
threats to the world.
3 Your tutor always interacted with you in the form of
a falcon. You never saw the tutor’s humanoid form.
4 You were one of several youngsters who were
mentored by an old druid, until one ofyour fellow
pupils betrayed your group and killed your master.
5 Your mentor has appeared to you only in visions.
You have yet to meet this person, and you are not
sure such a person exists in mortal form.
6 Your mentor was a werebear who taught you to
treat all living things with equal regard.
DRUID CIRCLES
At 2nd level, a druid gains the Druid Circle feature. The
following options are available to a druid, in addition
to those offered in the Player’s Handbook: the Circle of
Dreams and the Circle of the Shepherd.
CIRCLE OF DREAMS
Druids who are members of the Circle of Dreams hail
from regions that have strong ties to the Feywild and
its dreamlike realms. The druids’ guardianship of the
natural world makes for a natural alliance between
them and good-aligned fey. These druids seek to fill the
world with dreamy wonder. Their magic mends wounds
and brings joy to downcast hearts, and the realms they
protect are gleaming, fruitful places, where dream and
reality blur together and where the weary can find rest.
CIRCLE OF DREAMS FEATURES
Druid Level Feature
2nd Balm ofthe Summer Court
6th Hearth of Moonlight and Shadow
10th Hidden Paths
14th Walker in Dreams
BALM OF THE SUMMER COURT
At 2nd level, you become imbued with the blessings of
the Summer Court. You are a font of energy that offers
respite from injuries. You have a pool of fey energy rep-
resented by a number of C168 equal to your druid level.
As a bonus action, you can choose one creature you
can see within 120 feet of you and spend a number of l
those dice equal to half your druid level or less. Roll the
:
spent dice and add them together. The target regains a
'
number of hit points equal to the total. The target also
gains 1 temporary hit point per die spent.
You regain all expended dice when you finish a
long rest.
HEARTH OF MOONLIGHT AND SHADOW
At 6th level, home can be wherever you are. During a
short or long rest, you can invoke the shadowy power of
the Gleaming Court to help guard your respite. At the
start of the rest, you touch a point in space, and an invis-
ible, 30-foot—radius sphere of magic appears, centered
on that point. Total cover blocks the sphere. I
While within the sphere, you and your allies gain a +5
bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) and Wisdom (Perception)
checks, and any light from open flames in the sphere (a l
campfire, torches, or the like) isn’t visible outside it. l
The sphere vanishes at the end of the rest or when you |
leave the sphere.
HIDDEN PATHS
Starting at 10th level, you can use the hidden, magical
pathways that some fey use to traverse space in the
blink of an eye. As a bonus action on your turn, you can
teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can
see. Alternatively, you can use your action to teleport
one willing creature you touch up to 30 feet to an unoc-

'
.._.___. _______._.___.-.._______
cupied space you can see.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to

_ ...-..,,._.,.__-___ ___.__..._..._..._._._......_...'
your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you re-
gain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

WALKER IN DREAMS
At 14th level, the magic of the Feywild grants you
the ability to travel mentally or physically through
dreamlands.
When you finish a short rest, you can cast one of the
following spells, without expending a spell slot or re-
quiring material components: dream (with you as the
messenger), scrying, or teleportation circle.
This use of teleportation circle is special. Rather than
opening a portal to a permanent teleportation circle, it
opens a portal to the last location where you finished
a long rest on your current plane of existence. If you
haven*t taken a long rest on your current plane, the
spell fails but isn’t wasted.
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
until you finish a long rest.

CIRCLE OF THE SHEPHERD

Druids of the Circle of the Shepherd commune
with the spirits of nature, especially the spirits
of beasts and the fey, and call to those spirits for
aid. These druids recognize that all living things
play a role in the natural world, yet they focus on
Damn or THE CiRCl-E or THE SHEPHERD
protecting animals and fey creatures that have
difficulty defending themselves. Shepherds, as they are
known, see such creatures as their charges. They ward
combine this ability with gifts to curry favor with them
off monsters that threaten them, rebuke hunters who

..,;:.'._._‘_ I,:__"—..,.'.._,-,_' um..-)-

as you would with any nonplayer character.
kill more prey than necessary, and prevent civilization

____”:_. _...
from encroaching on rare animal habitats and on sites SPIRIT TOTEM
sacred to the fey. Many of these druids are happiest far Starting at 2nd level, you can call forth nature spirits to
from cities and towns, content to spend their days in the influence the world around you. As a bonus action, you

company of animals and the fey creatures of the wilds.
Members of this circle become adventurers to oppose
forces that threaten their charges or to seek knowledge
and power that will help them safeguard their charges
better. Wherever these druids go, the spirits of the wil—
derness are with them.
CIRCLE OF THE SHEPHERD FEATURES
Druid Level Feature
2nd Speech ofthe Woods, Spirit Totem
6th Mighty Summoner
10th Guardian Spirit
14th Faithful Summons
SPEECH or THE Woons
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to converse with beasts
and many fey.
You learn to speak, read, and write Sylvan. In addi‘
tion, beasts can understand your speech, and you gain
the ability to decipher their noises and motions. Most
beasts lack the intelligence to convey or understand
sophisticated concepts, but a friendly beast could relay
what it has seen or heard in the recent past. This ability
doesn’t grant you friendship with beasts, though you can
_
can magically summon an incorporeal spirit to a point
you can see within 60 feet of you. The spirit creates an
aura in a 30-foot radius around that point. It counts as
neither a creature nor an object, though it has the spec-
tral appearance of the creature it. represents.
As a bonus action, you can move the spirit up to 60
feet to a point you can see.
The spirit persists for 1 minute or until you’re incapac—
itated. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again
until you finish a short or long rest.
The effect of.the spirit’s aura depends on the type of
spirit you summon from the options below.
Bear Spirit. The bear spirit grants you and your allies
its might and endurance. Each creature of your choice
in the aura when the spirit appears gains temporary
hit points equal to 5 + your druid level. In addition, you
and your allies gain advantage on Strength checks and
Strength saving throws while in the aura.
Hawk Spirit. The hawk spirit is a consummate
hunter, aiding you and your allies with its keen sight.
When a creature makes an attack roll against a target
in the spirit’s aura, you can use your reaction to grant
advantage to that attack roll. In addition, you and your
allies have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks
while in the aura.

1:115 R i t 5': : 1-1 ., Jr'tirfi

 lnivxg (lit,
ll l ”Vi-M LUV“ lhlifl sawth

Unicorn Spirit. The unicorn spirit lends its protection

Q} t wasn‘t. new. more,“
rlsz is ihlzrior lo: we.
to those nearby. You and your allies gain advantage on
all ability checks made to detect creatures in the spirit’s
aura. In addition. if you cast a spell using a spell slot
that restores hit points to any creature inside or outside The tables include all the individual beasts that are
the aura, each creature of your choice in the aura also eligible for Wild Shape (up to a challenge rating of 1) or
regains hit points equal to your druid level. the Circle Forms feature of the Circle of the Moon (up to
a challenge rating of 6).
MIGHTY SUMMONER
Starting at 6th level, beasts and fey that you conjure are ARCTIC
more resilient than normal. Any beast or fey summoned CR Beast Fly/Swim
or created by a spell that you cast gains the. follow— Fly
O Owl
ing benefits:
1/8 Blood hawk Fly
- The creature appears with more hit points than nor— 1/4 Giant owl ' Fly
mal: 2 extra hit points per Hit Die it has. 1 Brown bear —
- The damage from its natural weapons is considered Polar bear Swim
2
magical for the purpose of overcoming immunity and —
2 Saber-toothed tiger
resistance to nonmagical attacks and damage.
6 Mammoth ——
GUARDIAN SPIRIT
Beginning at 10th level, your Spirit Totem safeguards COAST
the beasts and fey that you call forth with your magic. CR Beast Fly/Swim
When a beast or fey that you summoned or created with Swim
0 Crab
a spell ends its turn in your Spirit Totem aura, that crea—
0 Eagle Fly
ture regains a number of hit points equal to halfyour
l/S Blood hawk Fly
druid level.
1/8 Giant crab Swim
FAITHFUL SUMMONS l/8 Poisonous snake Swim
Starting at 14th level, the nature spirits you commune l/8 Stirge Fly
with protect you when you are the most defenseless. 1/4 Giant lizard ~—
If you are reduced to 0 hit points or are incapacitated 1/4 Giant wolfspider —
against your will, you can immediately gain the benefits 1/4 Pteranodon Fly
of conjure animals as if it were cast using a 9th-level Giant eagle Fly
1
spell slot. It summons four beasts of your choice that are Swim
1 Giant toad
challenge rating 2 or lower. The conjured beasts appear
2 Plesiosaurus Swim
within 20 feet of you. If they receive no commands from
you, they protect you from harm and attack your foes.
The spell lasts for 1 hour, requiring no concentration, or DESERT
until you dismiss it (no action required). CR Beast Fly/Swim
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until Cat -—
0
you finish a long rest. —
O Hyena
Jackal ——
LEARNING BEAST SHAPES
0
O Scorpion ——
The Wild Shape feature in the Player’s Handbook lets 0 Vulture Fly
you transform into a beast that you’ve seen. That rule l/S Camel —-
gives you a tremendous amount of flexibility, making it 1/8 Flying snake Fly
easy to amass an array of beast form options for your- Mule —
l/8
self, but you must abide by the limitations in the Beast Swim
1/8 Poisonous snake
Shapes table in that book.
1/8 Stirge Fly
When you gain Wild Shape as a 2nd—level druid, you
1/4 Constrictor snake Swim
might wonder which beasts you've already seen. The
1/4 Giant lizard ——
following tables organize beasts from the Monster Man—
ual according to the beasts’ most likely environments. l/4 Giant poisonous snake Swim
Consider the environment your druid grew up in, then 1/4 Giant wolf spider ——
consult the appropriate table for a list of animals that 1 Giant hyena —
your druid has probably seen by 2nd level. 1 Giant spider ——
These tables can also help you and your DM deter- 1 Giant toad Swim
mine which animals you might see on your travels. 1 Giant vulture Fly
In addition, the tables include each beast’s challenge 1 Lion —
rating and note whether a beast has a flying or swims Swim
2 Giant constrictor snake
ming speed. This information will help you determine
3 Giant scorpion —
whether you qualify to assume that beast’s form.

ti l-l .‘~. l’i" in E3. 1 I..ii_". it .‘~.I.' ii F3, i 3 PT i (I j.‘ .“x'. 3'

_ _.-..—..-_—.—-..-—.—..__._
FOREST GRASSLAND
CR Beast Fly/Swim Beast Fly/Swim
0 Baboon Cat
0 Badger Deer
0 Cat Eagle Fly
0 Deer Goat
0 Hyena Hyena
0 Owl Fly Jackal
1/8 Blood hawk Fly Vulture
1/8 Flying snake Fly Blood hawk
1/8 Giant rat Flying snake
1/8 Giant weasel Giant weasel
1/8 Poisonous snake Swim Poisonous snake
1/8 Mastiff Stirge
1/8 Stirge Fly Axe beak
1/4 Boar Boar
1/4 Constrictor snake Swim Elk
1/4 Elk Giant poisonous snake
1/4 Giant badger Giant wolfspider
1/4 Giant bat Fly Panther (leopard)
1/4 Giant frog Swim 1/4 Pteranodon
1/4 Giant lizard 1/4 Riding horse
1/4 Giant owl Fly 1/4 Wolf
1/4 Giant poisonous snake Swim 1/2 Giant goat
1/4 Giant wolfspider 1/2 Giant wasp
1/4 Panther Giant eagle
_.I

1/4 Wollf Giant hyena

Ln-h-UJNNNN—I—‘A—I

1/2 Ape Giant vulture

1/2 Black bear Lion
1/2 Giant wasp Tiger
1 Brown bear Allosaurus
1 Dire wolf Giant boar
1 Giant hyena Giant elk
1 Giant spider Rhinoceros
1 Giant toad Ankylosaurus
1 Tiger Elephant
2 Giant boar Triceratops
2 Giant constrictor snake
2 Giant elk

U l i [1. Fifi:— l i .ii 1. l--..-"ai ' i ii i~'. {ill-i— l ‘17.“: .‘x

HILL SWAMP
Fly/Swim CR Beast Fly/Swim
CR Beast
Baboon — O Rat
0
0 Eagle Fly 0 Raven Fly

Goat — 1/8 Giant rat

0
._ 1/3 Poisonous snake Swim
0 Hyena
0 Raven Fly 1/8 Stirge Fly

Vulture Fly 1/4 Constrictor snake Swim

0
1/8 Blood hawk Fly 1/4 Giant frog Swim

Giant weasel — 1/4 Giant lizard

1/3
Mastifi' 1/4 Giant poisonous snake Swim
1/3 —
— 1/2 Crocodile Swim
1/8 Mule
Poisonous snake Swim 1 Giant spider
1/3
1/8 Stirge Fly 1 Giant toad Swim

1/4 Axe beak — 2 Giant constrictor snake Swim

5 Giant crocodile Swim
1/4 Boar
1/4 Elk
1/4 Giant owl Fly UNDERDARK
1/4 Giant wolf spider — CR Beast Fly/Swim
1/4 Panther (cougar) 0 Giant fire beetle
1/4 Wolf 1/8 Giant rat
1/2 Giant goat 1/8 Stirge Fly
1 Brown bear 1/4 Giant bat Fly
1 Dire wolf 1/4 Giant centipede
1 Giant eagle Fly 1/4 Giant lizard
1 Giant hyena — 1/4 Giant poisonous snake Swim
1 Lion — 1 Giant spider
2 Giant boar _ 1 Giant toad Swim
2 Giant elk _ 2 Giant constrictor snake Swim
2 Polar bear (cave bear) Swim

MOUNTAIN
CR Beast Fly/Swim UNDERWATER
0 Eagle F'Y CR Beast Fly/Swim
0 Goat — 0 Quipper Swim
1/8 Blood hawk Fly 1/4 Constrictor snake Swim
1/3 Stirge Fly 1/2 Giant sea horse Swim
1/4 Pteranodon Fly 1/2 Reelc shark Swim
1/2 Giant goat — 1 Giant octopus Swim
1 Giant eagle Fly Giant constrictor snake Swim
mwNNN

1 Lion __ Hunter shark Swim

2 Giant elk Plesiosaurus Swim
2 Saber-toothed tiger Killer whale Swim
Giant shark Swim

BONUS PROFICIENC IES
When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain profi-
ciency with heavy armor. You also gain proficiency in the
Intimidation or Persuasion skill (your choice).
VOICE OF AUTHORITY
Starting at 1st level, you can invoke the power of law to
drive an ally to attack. If you cast a spell with a spell slot
of 1st level or higher and target an ally with the spell,
that ally can use their reaction immediately after the
spell to make one weapon attack against a creature of
your choice that you can see.
If the spell targets more than one ally, you choose the
ally who can make the attack.
CHANNEL DIVINITY: ORDER'S DEMAND
Starting at 2nd level, you can use your Channel Divinity
to exert an intimidating presence over others.
As an action, you present your holy symbol, and each
creature of your choice that can see or hear you within
30 feet of you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw
or be charmed by you until the end of your next turn or
until the charmed creature takes any damage. You can
also cause any of the charmed creatures to drop what
they are holding when they fail the saving th row.
EMBODIMENT OF THE LAW
At 6th level, you become remarkably adept at channeling
magical energy to compel others.
If you cast a spell of the enchantment school using
a spell slot of 1st level or higher, you can change the
spell's casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting,
provided the spell's casting time is normally 1 action.
26 CHAPTER l I CH \RACTER CRI'ATIO:-.'
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you re-
gain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
DIVINE STRIKE
At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon
strikes with divine energy. Once on each of your turns
when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can
cause the attack to deal an extra ld8 psychic damage to
the target. When you reach 14th level, the extra damage
increases to 2d8.
ORDER'S WRATH
Starting at J 7th level, enemies you designate for de-
struction wilt under the combined efforts of you and
your allies. If you deal your Divine Strike damage to a
creature on your turn, you can curse that creature until
the start of your next turn. The next time one of your
allies hits the cursed creature with an attack, the target
also takes 2d8 psychic damage, and the curse ends. You
can curse a creatu re in this way only once per turn.
DRUID: CIRCLE OF SPORES
Druids of the Circle of Spores find beauty in decay. They
see within mold and other fungi the ability to trans-
form lifeless material into abundant, albeit somewhat
strange, life.
These druids believe that life and death are parts of a
grand cycle, with one leading to the other and then back
again. Death isn't the end of life, but instead a change of
state that sees life shift into a new form .
Druids of this circle have a complex relationship with
the undead. Unlike most other druids, they see nothing
inherently wrong with undeath, which they consider to
be a companion to life and death. But these druids be-
lieve that the natural cycle is healthiest when each seg-
ment of it is vibrant and changing. Undead that seek to
replace all life with undeath, or that try to avoid passing
to a final rest, violate the cycle and must be thwarted.
C I RCLE OF SPORE S FEATURES
Druid Level Feature
2nd Circle Spells, Halo of Spores,
Symbiotic Entity
6th Fungal Infestation
10th Spreading Spores
14th Fungal Body
CIRCLE SPELLS
Your symbiotic link to fungus and your ability to tap into
the cycle of life and death grants you access to certain
spells. At 2nd level, you learn the chill touch cantrip. At
3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to the spells
listed for that level in the Circle of Spores Spells table.
Once you gain access to one of these spells, you a l-
ways have it prepared, and it doesn't count against the
number of speJls you can prepare each day. If you gain
"'<
access to a spell that doesn't appear on the druid spell
list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.
CIRCLE OF SPORES SPELLS
Druid Level Spells
3rd blindness/deafness, gentle repose
5th animate dead, gaseous form
7th blight, confusion
9th cloudkill, contagion
HALO OF SPORES
Starting at 2nd level, you are surrounded by invisible.
necrotic spores that are harmless until you unleash
them on a creature nearby. When a creature you can see
moves into a space within 10 feet of you or starts its turn
there, you can use your reaction to deal ld4 necrotic
damage to that creature unless it succeeds on a Consti-
tution saving throw against your spell save DC. The ne-
crotic damage increases to ld6 at 6th level, ld8 at 10th
level, and ldlO at 14th level.
SYMBIOTIC ENTITY
At 2nd level, you gain the ability to channel magic into
your spores. As an action, you can expend a use of your
Wild Shape feature to awaken those spores, rather
than transforming into a beast form, and you gain 4
temporary hit points for each level you have in this
class. While this feature is active, you gain the follow-
ing benefits:
• When you deal your Halo of Spores damage, roll the
damage die a second time and add it to the total.
• Your melee weapon attacks deal an extra ld6 poison
damage to any target they hit.
These benefits last for 10 minutes. until you lose all
these temporary hit points, or until you use your Wild
Shape again.
RULE TIP: TEMPORARY HIT POINTS DON'T STACK
If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them,
you don't add them together, unless a rule says you can.
Instead. you decide which temporary hit points to keep.
For more information on temporary hit points, see chapter
9 of the Player's Handbook.
FUNGAL INFESTATION
At 6th level, your spores gain the ability to infest a
corpse and animate it. If a beast or a humanoid that is
Small or Medium dies within 10 feet of you, you can use
your reaction to animate it, causing ic to stand up imme-
diately with 1 hit point. The creature uses the zombie
stat block in the Monster Manual. It remains animate for
1 hour, after which time it collapses and dies.
In combat, the zombie's turn comes immediately after
yours. lt obeys your mental commands, and the only
action it can take is the Attack action, making one me-
lee attack.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to
your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once), and you re-
gain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
SPREADING SPORES
At 10th level, you gain the ability to seed an area with
deadly spores. As a bonus action while your Symbiotic
Entity feature is active, you can hurl spores up to 30 feet
away. where they swirl in a 10-foot cube for 1 minute.
The spores disappear early if you use this feature again,
if you dismiss them as a bonus action, or if your Symbi-
otic Entity feature is no longer active.
Whenever a creature moves into the cube or starts
its turn there, that creature takes your Halo of Spores
damage, unless the creature succeeds on a Constitution
saving throw against your spell save DC. A creature can
take this damage no more than once per turn.
While the cube of spores persists, you can't use your
Halo of Spores reaction.
FUNGAL BODY
At 14th level, the fungal spores in your body alter you:
you can't be blinded, deafened, frightened, or poisoned,
and any critical hit against you counts as a normal hit
instead, unless you're incapacitated.