Plant based Druid

[Sjappo]

I've had a PC die on me twice in 2 sessions. First he was murdered by a wight. The Druight that resulted from that encounter was subsequently killed by the party when said Druight backstabbed the parties Paladin for turning undead in his vincinity.

So now I have one dead undead Druid and a player who has no time to make a new PC. I'm thinking about raising him ... yet again. This time by Nature itself (fits with the current story). I want him to be more plantlike after that. But I'm a bit lost after that and looking for advice and ideas.

The druid is summoning based so I want to take augmented summoning from him and replace it with greenbound summoning. That's easy.

I was thinking about giving him a plant companion and plant wildshape. Not sure if that's going to work. An animated or awakened tree maybe for AC. But plant wildshape ... is this doable?

Any input is welcome at this point. I really want it to work.

[Ed-Zero]

If I remember right, there's a feat that allows you to rebuke plants and doesn't require you to have a domain. That could be cool.

[Noliar]

There is the Woodling template in MM3 although it is LA+3 which is not ideal for a caster. Ditching the SLAs which are druid spells anyway would lower that.

Or you could have them reincarnated into a twig blight (MM2).

Druids are nature themed anyway so animal companion and animal wildshape would continue to be appropriate.

[Sjappo]

If I remember right, there's a feat that allows you to rebuke plants and doesn't require you to have a domain. That could be cool.

Found it. Initiate of Nature. Thanx.

[caelic]

There was a ranger kit in second edition called the Greenwood Ranger that did precisely what you're looking for.  Ironically enough, it was one of the few things that never got rehashed for third.

[StreamOfTheSky]

I've always wanted to make a "Dendro Druid"  (seriously, though, an actual dendrophiliac) that had a plant companion, plant summoning, and plant shape.  3E really didn't cover plant creatures and related abilities much at all, unfortunately.

[Sjappo]

I am going to give him a plant companion. Thought about awakened tree but that would give an intelligent companion. Not what I want. So started out with a standard animal companion (Wolf) called it a awakened tree, fiddled with the stats (CON/STR/Ac up, DEX down, no trip) and progressed it for a 6th lvl druid.

Initiate of Nature is nice, but very circumstantial. Seeing as this is a one-off I'm afraid he is not going to use it much.

I'm NOT going to give him Greenbound Summoning. What were they thinking when they designed that feat. Sjeesh. I am going to give him a tuned down version of Greenbound Summoning, with lower stats, no SLA's, lower DR etc.

Still looking for plant wildshape forms. I've got the SRD ones and now twig blight. I seem to remember seeing a large excel-sheet (I think) online somewhere whith a lot of monsters + stats. Anyone got a link to that somewhere? That would be nice.

I found IMavinTPA Dungeons and Dragons Database and this post on enworld. Nice but not nearly enough information

[HCL]

Holt Warden (Complete Champion) might be a good move. Its very plant themed

[Ithamar]

There is a PrC in Masters of the Wild, Verdan Lordt or something similar, that the level 10 capstone ability is you turn into a treant.  Along the way you gain more and more planty qualities.

There is also the Landforged Walker PrC from Secrets of Xen'Drik.  Normally only for Warforged and gives them plant wild shaping abilities, along with progressing spellcasting and a few other things.  Just remove the Warforged pre-req and perhaps refluff it a bit.

[Sjappo]

Nice sugestions. Thanx. I had a session last night and decided to go with what I had. So he has a plant-companion, toned down greenwood summoning, and a moon ivy armor. As said before, this is a one off. Of I decide to continue this as a fullblown campaign i'll take those suggestions into account.

[Thurbane]

Maybe have him reincarnated by nature as a Volodni (Unapproachable East)?