Druid noob questions

[the_flame_of_anor]

Thinking of playing a Druid for once, but I have some questions which I hope you can help me with:

1. Do combat expertise and ICE work in wild shape forms? i.e. Higher AC and lower AB for the wild shapes. If so, does this affect the ability of, say, dragon forms to hit epic mobs effectively? I have no idea what the stats of the dragon forms on this server are... Is there a link to them?

2. Do unarmed feats, say, improved critical unarmed combat work in wild shape forms?

3. How do druids typically counter mords? On my arcane casters, counterspelling works like a charm every time. What about druids? Do they simply soak it up like a boss and nonchalantly recast the stripped buffs?

4. Do I get to choose the color of my dragon form? If so, what colors are good for what? A link to the relevant resource is much appreciated!

[Hawke]

I'm on my phone right now so bear with me.

Ice works while shifted.

I am not 100% sure about unarmed feat working, but I think it does.

Mords happens, you are rebuffing. Not sure if spell resist works on mords...hmmm.

You choose your dragon form when you shift.


As far as ice, honestly my first build I used it..
My second build I did not. 6ac extra was ok, but at the expense of 2 feats... Up to you.

[Deathgrowl]

1. CE/ICE works. But buffed up, the dragon form has around 60 AC, 30/admantine DR (and 15/- when premonition runs out). So I wouldn't say you'd ever need it defensively. Besides, your AB is going to be around 35-40 (I don't remember exactly). I wouldn't sacrifice a lot of AB for 6 AC that is hardly needed.

2. Supposedly, yes. But druids have a spell for that already, if I recall correctly.

3. Soak it. I don't know if Greater Dispel Magic can counter a disjunction. The alternative of course is to have a summon with 1 buff on it that you manage to send in first to soak the disjunction. Don't use your actual animal companion, though. Druids care about their companion, after all!

4. Currently available is black, red and bronze, if I recall correctly. Blue maybe, but I don't remember. Red is statwise the best, but bronze is far more acceptable to use for non-evil druids.