![]() And we're still only on FIRST LEVEL spells!Īll the while the people are turning to you to appeal to these restless spirits, and you go through the motions of ritual after ritual, to no avail. No one gets hurt, but dishes fall and things break, and the kids wake up screaming and crying. Each night a different resident reports feeling their entire house shake in the night. Shops suffer as customers keep getting caught by invisible Snares that yank them off their feet and suspend them in midair! Oxen and mules pulling plows in the fields suddenly just stop, and stubbornly refuse to continue. sounds of thunder wake people at all hours of the night even in clear weather. well paved pathways become torn asunder overnight.rooftops randomly burst aflame. random wind gusts that slam doors and windows open and closed and that blow laundry across the yards. And people begin to notice fires suddenly just going out for no reason. Live among them, make yourself useful, earn their trust - but at the same time spread rumors and stories about the fickle and sometimes malevolent spirits that inhabit these lands. ![]() Instead, you opted for a subtler approach. The guards have armor, and they outnumber you, and acts of outright bloodshed on your part would turn the citizenry even further against you. Either flee and try to find some other forest to live in, or stay and try to win back your land.īut a simple frontal combat assault on the town would never work. So your people faced a difficult decision. As you got older, more of the forest disappeared as more of those houses spread, and you began to understand. You remember as a child the sadness and despair in your parent's faces when the people began building houses at the edge of the forest. So you grew up in that forest, and you remember when this was a beautiful wild place. I think it was George Lopez who, years ago in his stand up comedy routine said, " We didn't cross the border! The border crossed us!" That's the key here. An urban druid is someone who lived in that forest until the people showed up, cut down all the trees, built houses out of those trees, and built a dam in the river to power their grain mill. An urban druid is not a druid who voluntarily moved from the forest into a town. I think the idea about the "encroachment of civilization" is the key here. Share any ideas you guys have for Urban Druids, I'd love to hear them. Having self-taught themselves to read the stars whilst living on the streets of a city, they figured they were the perfect fit. ![]() They travelled with a performing circus, who needed a 'mystic' to read people's futures, and bring a touch of magic and mystery to their performances. They create little hideaways for the animals, as well as summoning beasts and fey creatures to show the people of the city what the world truly looks like outside of their stone walls.įinally, a Stars druid who learnt to use the stars to navigate the paths around and between cities, offering arcane knowledge and power to anyone who can pay for their services. They moved to the city after realising they could not stop the encroachment of civilisation on nature, only help the animals who live in a place so unlike their original homes. Second is a Shepard druid who nourishes the creatures who live in the sewers and secret tunnels all across a city. As to how they gained their druidic powers: they could be a descendant of a lycanthrope, or have sought out a more comfortable life after surviving off of the land for so long with their circle. Hey all, I've been trying to brainstorm some more unique Druids for an upcoming campaign, and come up with a few good ones that come from urban areas, rather than the traditional wilderness druids are (rightfully) associated with.įirst up is a Moon druid who works as a bodyguard for a wealthy merchant family, using their wildshapes to transform into powerful beasts to scare off or battle anyone who would do their masters harm.
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