Skip to content

Elven Druids in IWD - bug?

dr_mudsdr_muds Member Posts: 75
edited November 2015 in Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
I am playing IWD EE on Mac OS X and went to create a druid shapeshifter. Knowing that the AD&D rules only allow a human or half-elf can to choose the druid class, I was surprised to find that I could actually make a druid having mistakenly selected elf! This changes the game dynamic a bit giving extra resistances and extra dexterity.

Anyone else notice this? This is definitely an incorrect application of the rules as I booted up BGEE to see if I could do the same there and I couldn't - druids were restricted to Human/Half-elf as expected.

Comments

  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    Sylvan elves in PnP can be druids. This is also how the original IWD approached it.
  • semiticgoddesssemiticgoddess Member Posts: 14,903
    Elves live in trees. Druids hug trees. You'd think they'd go together.
  • VallmyrVallmyr Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 2,459
    I was always confused about how AD&D handled Druids. I would rather it that Druids be Elven-Specific priests as opposed to humans. Elven Rangers and Druids seem to be the most iconic to me for the race.
  • dr_mudsdr_muds Member Posts: 75
    Agreed, elves should be druid. Strange that IWD is the only of the 2nd ed AD&D games that allows that.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    The user and all related content has been deleted.
Sign In or Register to comment.

2024 Overhaul Games, a division of Beamdog. © 2024 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Baldur's Gate, Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Forgotten Realms, Baldur's Gate, Wizards of the Coast and their logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries, and are used with permission. Hasbro and its logo are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. and are used with permission. © 1998 BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. BioWare, the BioWare Infinity Engine and the BioWare logo are trademarks of Bioware Corp. Black Isle Studios and the Black Isle Studios logo are trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corp. Atari and the Atari logo are trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.