Good weapon for Faye speaker druid?

[Beast_of_Bray_Rd]

I'm new, and have much deliberation I finally decided to pick a Faye speaker druid. What's a good weapon for them to use? I would prefer a ranged weapon but I'm open to melee if I need to.

[jsaving]

Feyspeaker is the strongest[www.gog.com] melee druid and you would fight in animal form except at low levels when you'd use a crossbow while buffing your animal companion. Wizard illusion spells provide the tankiness other druids lack and the fact that all natural attacks are primary gives you decent to-hit on your iteratives despite your subpar overall AB.

[wendigo211]

They're a low BAB progression class (same as Wizards), so cantrips. Seriously don't use a weapon with them.

[Choco]

Originally posted by wendigo211:

They're a low BAB progression class (same as Wizards), so cantrips. Seriously don't use a weapon with them.

Druids have 3/4 BAB, wizards have half BAB.

[Conquista]

if you like summoning with your druid, there is a spear in act 4 that adds a bit of sonic dmg to your summons

[Beast_of_Bray_Rd]

Originally posted by jsaving:

Feyspeaker is the strongest[www.gog.com] melee druid and you would fight in animal form except at low levels when you'd use a crossbow while buffing your animal companion. Wizard illusion spells provide the tankiness other druids lack and the fact that all natural attacks are primary gives you decent to-hit on your iteratives despite your subpar overall AB.

Really? I heard that Faye speaker druids are best at being spellslingers. What stats should I build then?

[Choco]

Originally posted by Conquista:

if you like summoning with your druid, there is a spear in act 4 that adds a bit of sonic dmg to your summons

Are Druids allowed to equip longspears though? I do know thry can equip shortspears.

[B Unit]

Originally posted by Shuranosuke:

Originally posted by wendigo211:

They're a low BAB progression class (same as Wizards), so cantrips. Seriously don't use a weapon with them.

Druids have 3/4 BAB, wizards have half BAB.

Feyspeaker are actually a rare exception where the archetype has different BAB growth

[kodama]

Originally posted by Shuranosuke:

Originally posted by Conquista:

if you like summoning with your druid, there is a spear in act 4 that adds a bit of sonic dmg to your summons

Are Druids allowed to equip longspears though? I do know thry can equip shortspears.

Yes, longspear falls under Simple Weapon Proficiency category.

[Choco]

Originally posted by sweetchilliheat:

Originally posted by Shuranosuke:

Druids have 3/4 BAB, wizards have half BAB.

Feyspeaker are actually a rare exception where the archetype has different BAB growth

I stand corrected. Never noticed that before.
I guess weapon choice doesn't really matter then, a regular caster staff should do. IIRC there's a pretty good +3 one (Battle Mage Staff or something like that) that works fine on pretty much any caster.

[kodama]

Also, you can always expand your accessible weapons pool while choosing your background and deity with favored weapon you want. Or picking a race with weapon familiarity of interest.

[B Unit]

Originally posted by kodama:

Originally posted by Shuranosuke:

Are Druids allowed to equip longspears though? I do know thry can equip shortspears.

Yes, longspear falls under Simple Weapon Proficiency category.

Druids dont actually get Simple weapon Proficiency. They get their own 'Druid Weapon Proficiency' which unfortunately does not contain longspear. (They do get short spear and spear)

[Beast_of_Bray_Rd]

Originally posted by Shuranosuke:

Originally posted by sweetchilliheat:

Feyspeaker are actually a rare exception where the archetype has different BAB growth

I stand corrected. Never noticed that before.
I guess weapon choice doesn't really matter then, a regular caster staff should do. IIRC there's a pretty good +3 one (Battle Mage Staff or something like that) that works fine on pretty much any caster.

Is a caster staff the same as a Bo staff?

[jsaving]

Originally posted by Beast_of_Bray_Rd:

Really? I heard that Faye speaker druids are best at being spellslingers. What stats should I build then?

Yeah, feyspeaker is similar to magus in that first impressions don't sync up very well with optimal playstyle. Just as magus characters are nearly always better off with a two-hander even though it looks from the flavor text like they should keep a hand free, feyspeakers are nearly always better off fighting in animal form on the frontline even though their low BAB and later-than-normal wildshape make it look like they should be casters.

Max strength, high DEX/CHA, a scaled fist splash, and some source for mage armor would be the basics of the build.

[Beast_of_Bray_Rd]

Originally posted by jsaving:

Originally posted by Beast_of_Bray_Rd:

Really? I heard that Faye speaker druids are best at being spellslingers. What stats should I build then?

Yeah, feyspeaker is similar to magus in that first impressions don't sync up very well with optimal playstyle. Just as magus characters are nearly always better off with a two-hander even though it looks from the flavor text like they should keep a hand free, feyspeakers are nearly always better off fighting in animal form on the frontline even though their low BAB and later-than-normal wildshape make it look like they should be casters.

Thanks for the reply! What druid subclass should I be if I want to be a spellslinger then?

[Conquista]

the weapon with the sonic bonus for summons is still a spear and not a longspear