I may of missed something but it seems totem druid has no way of bypassing certain DR with their totemic shape. Since neither weapon nor gloves get melded.
If I have missed a obvious way of dealing with this that would be of great help.
Totemic Druid DR bypass?
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Re: Totemic Druid DR bypass?
The reasoning was that they have phenomenally large stats to cover for this. However due to the way bypassing DR works in the base game, you will be able to bypass DR at the same level as your stoneskin or premonition.
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BlackTemplar
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Re: Totemic Druid DR bypass?
Thanks for reply. I figured it was along those lines and summons and spells often make up for it.
Was more curious as I found my LVL 13 druid was incapable of killing a tyrant fog zombie in his totem shape.
Re: Totemic Druid DR bypass?
You can check out the stats as they advance here: https://wiki.nwnarelith.com/Druid#Wilds ... tem_druids
Totem druids are a little bit weaker at the beginning, but they get much more powerful as they progress and there's very little restriction on what other goodies and bonuses they get from the druid class in general.
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ClockworkRed
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Re: Totemic Druid DR bypass?
From what I have seen the DR bypass does not work in the totem polymorph shape for stoneskin or premotion. I still suffer a lot from DR in totem shape at lvl 25.
In another thread it was mentioned that this is due to the fact that the totem shape does not have a creature weapon. As totem druids have no access to the beast shapes you need to wait for elemental shape or later plant shape. Totem shape has great ac but very bad damage.
I think adding a creature weapon and possible a bit of damage scaling with levels would improve the totem shape without balance issues.
There was also a plan mentioned that in the future there might come an epic beast shape that applies totem skin. That be a great addition in my eyes.
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Re: Totemic Druid DR bypass?
Apologies, you're right. It is kept as unarmed + they gain improved unarmed strike when turning into this shape. Hopefully there are updates to it in future!
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Re: Totemic Druid DR bypass?
Glad to hear it. I mainly just wanted to make sure I didn't miss something obvious, like a spell buff or similar. The spells and summons easily make up for it in the mean time till other shapes.
Although I just noticed they do not seem to get the 1d8 buff from improved forms either. I'm once again assuming due to the stats bonus this makes sense. Incase not though might be a bug.