

It raises the damage of the club or quarterstaff to a d8 if the weapon does not already have damage that great. Besides its amusing name, Shillelagh alters a wooden club or quarterstaff. Spores Druid already waste 1 turn to cast Symbiotic Entity and might use a second to cast a big concentration spell, more often than not you won't attack that much and Magic Initiate offer you a bit more stuff to make up for that.ĭruids do have some way to make people want to move: Flaming Sphere, Grasping Vine are both on bonus action (not the original cast of flaming sphere) and work well with Booming Blade. What is Shillelagh Shillelagh might be the most iconic Druid spell in Dungeons & Dragons. Nonetheless I would lean toward BB because it offer more utility through the extra cantrip and spell and Spores Druid reaction is bloated enough. Now even without Symbiotic Entity the difference is 7.5 (assuming max wis) vs 4.5, 9, 11 so a +2 weapon (which is fairly likely at level 11) will still make up for the difference, until level 17, when Symbiotic Entity is down. It’s easier to build a dex-based ranger because the same stat covers AC and finesse/ranged weapons. D&D character building does involve trade-offs. He had just woken a short while feeling better but the atmosphere in this place seemed little better. Polearm Master This attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. Aender sipped his tea as Mara spoke about the plan. Raise just your strength and you’re totally ok. Game Thread Chapter 2 Curse of Strahd. That damage comparison is assuming Symbiotic Entity hold for long enough, in practice if you are in melee without some way to disengage it will go down fast. If Variant Human or Custom Lineage, take Polearm Master right away otherwise pick it up at level 4.
