Our Top Magic Items For Clerics & Druids In Dungeons and Dragons 5e

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TIME STAMPS
0:00 - Opening
1:07 - Criteria
2:50 - Uncommon Items
7:57 - Rare Items
14:15 - Very Rare Items
20:30 - Legendary Items
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[@tenswr6469]

Kelly's mustache makes me have a little more faith in the world being alright.

[@DungeonDudes]

That’s the nicest comment so far about it. Thank you 🙏

[@maxw565]

@@DungeonDudes You are absolutely rocking that stache! I immediately noticed it and in a good way! Great style choice.

[@C.Dickey]

@@DungeonDudes it is a nice stache

[@jasonlyon5675]

It is Epic. Oddly i think if Kelly shaves of beard and keep stash with soul patch he could really pull it off! He going full method actor with Wilhelm here props

[@PrototypeBard]

It is glorious tbh :)

[@geinrovaan6258]

Uncommon Items 3:00 Staff of the Python 4:40 Insignia of Claws 6:25 Sentinel Shield 7:45 Pearl of Power Rare Items 8:15 Staff of Healing 9:35 Necklace of Prayer Beads 11:55 Staff of the Woodlands 13:35 Elemental Command Items Very Rare Items 14:30 Staff of Frost & Staff of Fire 15:55 Rod of Absorption 18:30 Dragon Scale Mail Legendary Items 20:45 Talisman of Pure Good/Ultimate Evil 22:45 Rod of Resurrection 23:45 Rings of Elemental Command

[@Dark_Jester89]

thank you, didn't make it through the video without this.

[@Jamhol3]

That "Oh my" was perfect.

[@aqacefan]

Kelly said it about two seconds after I did XD

[@JoRoq1]

@@aqacefan Same

[@piedpiper1185]

@@JoRoq1 You could see it in his face before he said it. 😂

[@JoRoq1]

@@piedpiper1185 Yep. That internal debate over whether to express the universal finisher. Just like when someone says "Now I know." At least internally, if I don't outright say it, I always finish with "And knowing is half the battle."

[@tahajaffry4894]

That was the funniest thing I’ve seen on this channel!

[@pitviprplays9794]

Love the "S" caption instead of Sentinel Shield under them when they introduce it lol.

[@WarBoner-up9wk]

I mean, it's an S class item lol

[@SamanthaVimes177]

@@WarBoner-up9wk As soon as I saw it I'm like that's got to be the #1 comment hahaha

[@brandoncurtis1636]

Hey they did their absolute best for all of us! ❤️

[@Scorpious187]

My Life Domain Cleric has the Sentinel Shield and the Observant feat... Her passive perception is 24. She knows the future, lol.

[@jeohranalfhir8366]

@@Scorpious187 my Knowledge domain Cleric will have both. He literally knows the future ^^

[@thecorhamm1]

The ad intro made me worried that Kelley shaved that glorious stache

[@chriswilhite4480]

Same

[@aldoesagood4862]

It must be protected at all costs.

[@ashleyhoughton8592]

I don't know if I just missed him saying it, but the most important thing about the necklace of prayer beads (for me anyway) is that any spell cast from a bead is cast as a bonus action! That's huge.

[@Lhight85]

You can also use the staff of the woodlands for the spell "transport via plants" from anywhere. You are literally taking a tree everywhere you go.

[@voodoocupcake2293]

Oh shit, of course! As soon as I read this it seems so obvious, thats brilliant

[@rjspiteri5758]

But then you have to leave the staff behind! Instead, get an awakened tree to follow you everywhere, and transport via it!

[@hakarthemage]

Amulet of health, cloak of protection, ring of protection. That's all i ever want or need on my clerics.

[@THEREALJE3BUS]

With a hill dwarf life cleric with tough feat and max con you will never die

[@johnhall8046]

Variant Magic Item - Staff of the Monty Python! 😄 With a command word, this staff will transform into a dead parrot, a shrubbery or a rectangular canister containing a gelatinous, brownish-pink substance. By expending one charge, the wielder can utter the word “Ni!” and those within a 15’ cone in front of the wielder suffer 1d8+1 sonic damage with no save. By expending two charges, the wielder can make creatures in a 20’ by 20’ by 20’ cube confused (per the confusion spell) unless a successful saving throw is made. By expending three charges, the wielder causes a 15’ cone of bile and digestive juices to erupt from his/her/its mouth, doing 3d8+3 damage unless a successful save is made. By breaking the staff over his/her/its knee (or similar appendage), the wielder calls down a •retributive stomp•. A gigantic 30’ x 10’ bare foot falls from the heavens, squashing anyone and anything beneath it flat unless a successful DC 15+the wielder’s spell proficiency vs. Dexterity is rolled. Side effects of owning this item include a propensity for silly walks, muttering non sequiters in a high-pitched and strangely-accented voice and bouts of cowardice.

[@theopkingdom3433]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@rcschmidt668]

Love this!!

[@jjr6929]

Excellent!!!

[@wchenful]

I recommend changing the three charges / ultimate ability to: "Then shalt thou expend three charges, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt expend, and the number of the expenditure shall be three. Four shalt thou not expend, neither expend thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then break thy Staff of the Monty Python upon thy knee and lobbest thou shards towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."

[@certainlysomeonehere4975]

Top 1 magic item for Kelly and Monty: Love and appreciation for all these videos they make

[@WexMajor82]

The great "S", one of the most powerful magic items in existence.

[@zeketerry3419]

SUPERMAN!!! Or for those of us old enough, "Letterman" from the Electric Company.

[@isaiahmoonlight1727]

Fear it’s aweSome power

[@DungeonDudes]

The all powerful “S” is to be feared and loved by all.

[@bluebird3281]

I don't know if Kelly can make pemmican or carve a sailing ship out of a tree stump but the stash makes me think he can. It looks great

[@greenranger67]

A Mace of Disruption is always nice to give a cleric.

[@marquazio7032]

“DM can I get sentinel shield” *gets S instead

[@jordanwolfe607]

"We have sentinel shield at home" Sentinel Shield at home: S

[@DungeonDudes]

Be carful giving your players “S”, it could add to much power to your games and cause problems.

[@director1336]

@@DungeonDudes my Druid has a passive perception of 20 at level 11, getting this applies a +5 to passive bonus due to continuous advantage, observant would add another +5 increasing it to 30

[@Scorpious187]

@@director1336 My Life Domain cleric has the Sentinel Shield and the Observant feat... Her passive is 24. How'd you get the extra 6?? I must know, I need my cleric to be able to see the future!

[@director1336]

@@Scorpious187 proficiency in perception, a maxed out wisdom and a tomb of understanding to get wisdom to a +6 bonus

[@inkulu]

"What druid doesn't wan't to cast fireball..." - a druid in the middle of a wood at summer. :)

[@theratking0285]

Thank you for including the insignia of claws, my party has an arokokra cleric it would be perfect for

[@torpote]

The staff of woodlands gave me so much inspiration with the idea that you can make an army of treant, I will use it for sure in my campaign !

[@johnhall8046]

I was only thinking “Oh my!”, Kelly! 😜

[@11FrenchFry]

These tier lists bring me life. Yall are some solid dnd content creators

[@DungeonDudes]

Thank you.

[@MageLeaderInc]

Another great item for druids now is serpent scale armor. It's scale mail that's not made of metal and you can apply your full Dex modifier instead of just the normal max of +2 and it doesn't impose disadvantage on stealth checks and it's only an uncommon item!

[@joshuaarnaud993]

Loved the self control to not verbally say "Oh My"

[@diegomountin585]

“The Hide of the Feral Guardian” is an amazing item for Druids (especially Circle of the Moon druids) from Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount. The Druid player in my homebrew campaign is in for a pleasant surprise soon! :D

[@illoney5663]

"Considering most Clerics and Druids tend to have lower Dexterity scores [...] often tend to roll low on Initiative" *Looks at my Twilight Domain Cleric with 18 Dex and advantage on Initiative rolls* Yes, I definitely never go first...

[@DungeonDudes]

Fair enough. There are always exceptions.

[@maid_of_heart3261]

*Looks at my Circle of Spores Druid with 19 Dex and the Alert feat* Yeah I never go first/s

[@Dzyntara]

My Druid has a Staff of Healing, and it's genuinely been a combat-winning item. Our DM tends to roll a lot of crits on us, and having the Mass Cure Wounds on the whole party is really useful - especially because I'm playing a damage-focused, spellcaster Druid. Definitely recommend.

[@happosaai]

I loved the quick Heart ring homebrew for Captain Planet!

[@andrewthemaroon8608]

Locket of the Monster's Soul: Druid amulet that requires attunement. A druid can store a piece of a monstrosity like a mimic or similar and for 2 uses of Wild Shape the druid can turn into that monstrosity. The piece inside the locket is consumed until the druid puts a new piece inside

[@TimberlineWolf1]

Holy Scoots! I'll have to look into that!

[@andrewthemaroon8608]

@@TimberlineWolf1 as far as i know its not official or written anywhere. I think i got the idea from a DnD tiktok video

[@thothhunton1145]

No diffrent then the option to turn into an elemental from circle of the moon so id say this pretty freakin awesome . I like it!

[@shinybugg9156]

That's a bit like a more limited Shape Change spell. It might be a good idea to say that the pice has to be fresh, so that the player can't just put a whole chopped up beholder in the bag of holding, and keep using it.

[@andrewthemaroon8608]

@@shinybugg9156 I'm fine with my players doing that honestly regardless of how much of said beholder they have its still a finite amount

[@andreacristiano5452]

Before watching the video : last night I watched the video on wizard's magic items and wanted to see the one for clerics, since I play a cleric. Was surprised you still hadn't done it! And now you just publish it! I know you heard the need on my heart.

[@victordevillers3899]

Love the item suggestions. Usually magic items are rare to extreme rare in my campaigns.. but I love the items you've chosen so far. It gives me creativivity

[@noneyerbizzness9007]

Slowly thumbs uping my way through the collection you have here. Keep up the great work.

[@samihamouchane961]

This is awesome! Keep up the good work. I enjoy all the work you guys do ^^.

[@seanellis5410]

At 4:25 I thought the same thing and I ABSOLUTELY DIED when I looked at Kelly

[@johnsnow9210]

I just binged 6 episodes of yallz live campaign. It was fire, literally.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Barrier tattoo from Tasha The VR version gives 18AC which stacks with dex mod and shields. Gives 18 base AC when not wearing any other armor, stacks with shields, and can be argued to stay worn when wildshaped. Great for tankier builds as well as those which don't have the extra HP of the moon druid

[@thatmikey3174]

Ah a lovely video like all the time, keep up the great work, you guys are my favorite dnd guides and I recommend you to everyone I know who's interested in dnd :)

[@Centaur255]

Excellent choices all around (from someone who prefers to play clerics and druids); Staff of the Woodlands is also nice because it's typically large enough for you to use it with Treestride at higher levels if you are a druid

[@ashleyheuchert6771]

Thanks for doing this video! I typically play clerics and druids, so this guide was helpful for knowing what useful items are out there for my characters!

[@mikecarson7769]

Thanks for sharing another informative review! I especially like how you offered your suggestions for customising some items!

[@BlobOfZero]

Don't know if you'll see this but I just wanted to say thanks for the awesome videos, Kelly and Monty. As a new DM they really have helped me improve my abilities. Keep up the great work!

[@SquishyPie721]

Making my first cleric! Can’t wait.

[@benjamintalbert4473]

The cleric is my personal favorite, I hope you enjoy playing one

[@SquishyPie721]

@@benjamintalbert4473 thank you!! I hope so. I think I am going to choose pallid elf as my race. Waiting to see if anything cool comes out in the new tashas book. :)

[@benjamintalbert4473]

@@SquishyPie721 Yeah I'm really excited to see what new things come from Tashas, one of the new things that I've heard is coming from the book is that they're allowing clerics/paladins to use they're channel divinity to regain spell slots

[@AssassinLupus7]

@@benjamintalbert4473 Wait, what?! That would be amazing.

[@williamwontiam3166]

Good luck. Abuse inflict wounds if you want high dps.

[@shiranuiprestonsaga8867]

Wow what perfect timing I was just in the middle of making a Wildfire druid

[@AssassinLupus7]

And I'm going through a bunch of magic items to make a "for your consideration" list for my to maybe let my cleric find.

[@lucasguerra6681]

Wildfire?

[@shiranuiprestonsaga8867]

@@lucasguerra6681 its a new Druid Subclass that was leaked from Tasha's cauldrons look it up it's really cool and has some interesting flavors involving the destructive and restorative powers of fire

[@cuppateia]

I'm just bummed that they took Fireball away in the final release :(

[@beowulfodinson9230]

Tasha’s added a really neat uncommon rarity cloak for druids and rangers called “Nature’s Mantle”

[@brettfischer4401]

Great video guys, thanks for the quality content again and again. Also... That spiffy moustache is awesome.

[@AvenueStudios]

Love these ideas thanks guys! I second the reflavoring existing items, especially to make a PC feel special. Pearl of power and staff of healing I've seen reflavored unique to a deity so inky a cleric or paladin of them can use it and the pedal of power also reflavored as an undying flower for a druid. Love putting unique descriptions to existing items tk make them feel unique and fresh!

[@robertprueter3292]

Kelly retains that beautiful 'stache. Love it my man

[@matthewallen5989]

No Kelly I love you but I’m not loving the tash! Probably still snog you though

[@lockwoan01]

For the druid, one could reskin Scale Mail armor as Crocodile Scale Armor, so that they could get that 14+ 2dex worth of AC. I mean, there's always stuffed crocodiles and other such creatures in a wizard's workshop - whose to say that a druid, who wanted some extra protection, wouldn't borrow the scales of a crocodile? Besides, giant crocodiles have an ac of 14, so it could work.

[@victoriahaines3429]

Love the stache Kelly!!! And this is a super helpful video!

[@jayharyu927]

Perfect timing. I just gave out a survey to see what people were interested in building in my new campaign and 3/6 came back with either Druid or Cleric.

[@PandaKnightsFightingDragons]

Jesus that stache leveled up from this passed Tuesday. So clean. So sharp

[@PiroMunkie]

As for the Rod of Absorption, RAW Counterspell targets the creature, not the spell. This has been confirmed by Jeremy Crawford. So you should be able to absorb a Counterspell that's targeting you if: - you haven't used your reaction yet during the round _(and)_ - the spell you're trying to cast doesn't require a somatic/material component _(or)_ - your other hand is free to perform the somatic/material component of the spell you're casting (even if it has both S,M components because they can be done by the same hand per the PHB).

[@dahelmang]

Ooh dragon scale mail sounds awesome!

[@dutch6857]

For the druidic sentinel shield, hide and wicker shields are also quite historic. An oval of the densely woven roots of a bog oak or a stretchered froghemoth skin could be very visual.

[@toustone2736]

In a campaign where I play an Aaracokra druid, the Staff of the Woodlands helps me to sleep, turning into a tree where I can put my nest. Better than a bedroll.

[@davidmclean3740]

My Hill Dwarf Life Cleric was eagerly anticipating this video.

[@kriddius]

I've never agreed with the druids aversion to metal. From a taoist philosophy, metal is considered an element in it's own right. For naturalists and common sense, I see metal as a natural and perfect union of earth and fire, and I've always allowed druids to use metal gear in my games

[@jonathanvanoostveen5309]

Glad they mentioned Staff of the Python first off. I've made a Hat of the Toad (Giant Toad summoner) for my swamp druid and it was a huge hit.

[@Twitch_Fox]

We homebrewed that my Celestial Warlock could attune to the Staff of Healing since she was the party's healer, we just changed it so that it was a 'gift' from her patron... whom just so happens to be her mother.

[@jamesfoster9613]

After Tasha's, I think the Eldritch Claw tattoo (a more generic item than insignia of the claw which is faction specific) takes that uncommon slot for druids.

[@ninnusridhar]

Twilight cleric/star druid is one of my all time favourite builds, and the only magic items I requested from my dm were purely flavour. Stuff like a telescope that ignore other light sources shit like that. Coz a star druid/twilight cleric is already the character

[@hexbladescurse]

Kelly with the silent "oh my" absolutely destroyed me, was about to say it till I saw the cheeky grin, Well played

[@vetobandito2635]

I thank the algorithm for introducing me to you guys. love your videos

[@TheMastercharles]

Since a couple of these items were druid only, I would have liked to see a different item chosen or the classes split up into 2 videos because the clerics kind of got robbed in this video.

[@berzerkbankie1342]

Clerics are already OP AF, they don't need magical item support.

[@Damirit]

Completely agree! Druids - yes, at least some type of the, cleric - except the rod of resurrection, nothing divine here.

[@jelte3754]

You can use counterspell on your own turn while casting a spell. It is even mentioned in the Sage Advice compendium, counterspelling on turn specifically

[@AnduNinicu]

Dude ! That is one SICK stash !

[@WolfmanXD]

I'm using a candle of invocation on my order cleric in curse of strahd. My first turn is almost always light the candle as my action, then bonus action cast bless. So useful.

[@BlackShadow1991]

Not making that many 5E characters these days, but I'll keep that video in mind ;) Good stuff!

[@mcparks1968]

My druid has two fabulous magic items, The Candle of Invocation, which allows him to cast first level spells like they are cantrips and not worry about spell slots. The Staff of Swarming Insects, which allows him to be in heavy obscurement, but be able to see OUT of that obscurement without any penalty. I love sitting in my cloud of bugs and fling ice knives out at advantage.

[@Skywalker9690]

Rocking the stash, real props to Kelly!

[@mjr8888]

Kelly, your stache is amazing! Also, great video!

[@flannelshirtenthusiast4159]

To my knowledge this is not a magic item that exists, but the only thing I've ever wanted for my cleric is something that increases my spiritual weapon's movement by 10ft so it matches my character's speed.

[@1217BC]

Great 'stache Kelly! They're a bunch of work, but you pull it off, nicely

[@TheRealNaplalt]

The best magic item in this whole video is that beautiful mustache, Kelly!!!

[@Cheatsy1989]

I wish I could rock an Epic Stache like Kelly can. That stache alone gives him a plus 5 to Charisma.

[@macdameron9321]

Love Clerics, thanks guys

[@jessy5241]

Another potential cleric item that brings some of “Moses and the Seven Plagues” vibe, Staff of Swarming Insects. It has 10 charges to cast Giant Insect, Insect Cloud, and Insect Plague. My DM picked this out when I joined the group because by then, everyone had a magical item. I’ve gotten some really great use out of it, especially when I have the space to throw out Insect Plague and catch a lot of enemies in the space. I’ve even severely injured/killed two wyverns with it!

[@laranjashtear]

Staff of Woodlands is a great item for Rogues with Thief archetype too.

[@timgreen6384]

Kelly, I really like the mustash! Yes, it is me who said too read ch.6all the time!

[@knate44]

Insignia of the claw was super good as my uncommon magic item, level 5 one shot. Bypassing non-magic resistance was excellent before it popped online.

[@percy3557]

excited for the bard edition!

[@N7P2R2]

I would be Very happy to your Campaign as a healing Druid or cleric!

[@loboradix7921]

Thanks guys!!! Helpful stuff, twilight cleric w/ a 1 level dip in monk (and ooh she wishes was more of a monk) and dip into druid planned, fairy follower of Titania! Currently delving into the Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. My mission - keep my nut bar party alive, so far - they are... so far...

[@codegreen122]

Our party used the staff of the woodlands to awken a set of large vegetables we bought from a giant. We are now training theses awakened vegetables to be sidekicks using the tashas sidekick rules

[@mikegeyer4138]

Thanks for doing your thing. Love your channel and content

[@DungeonDudes]

Thank you!

[@pdubb9754]

I introduced a homebrew variant for insignia of claws that gives additional special abilities when in the presence of a dragon. The wearer can see through the dragon's eyes and get a sense for its upcoming attacks, providing some defensive reaction capabilities. It might only come up once in the campaign, but could make for a fun moments.

[@nickm9102]

never seen a debate over Counterspell while casting another spell it only has somatic but I have seen people say that using a magic item has to be an action but I have also seen JC mention that it would be pointless for it to take an action to interact with a magic object if it is a scroll of counterspell. he implied that if a magic item used a spell it used the economy of the spell plus the Rod specifies reaction. it would kinda defeat the purpose of the item if you have to hold your action to wait for the unwanted spell to target you.

[@christinalong2042]

the staff of the python reminds me of the yanti spell sticks to snakes in 2nd ed mods

[@philipweismiller5135]

I was listening to this in the background for a while and half way thought the video I looked at the screen and said out loud, "Wow look at that stashe."

[@electricrevenue310]

That stache is dope

[@johnfernley526]

Excellent moustache game here. And great content as always.

[@br41nc3ll]

The handlebars are suiting 🤙

[@Dave004]

I personally like Staff of Healing over Necklace of Prayer beads for a few (minor) reasons. You're not guaranteed all spells in Necklace of Prayer Beads (depends on the rolls). Also, 1d4 + 2 could mean only 3 beads. And what if you got Branding Smite, and 2x Cure Wounds/Lesser Restoration as your 3 beads as an example. Now compare that with Staff of Healing, also Rare and Attuned with guaranteed 10 charges, you could cast Cure Wounds lvl 2 or Lesser Restoration 5x per day vs the beads 2x and one Branding Smite which I personally would never use. Yes you can use the beads as a bonus action, but spell rules still apply, so you can only cast a cantrip or make a melee attack for your Action anyways. In the other case, most Clerics have Spiritual Weapon up so if using an Action to use your Staff of Healing you still have a bonus action for your Spiritual Weapon attack so not a big difference typically. Just not a fan of the rolling magic items cause bad rolls could make it really underpowered (vice versa good roll could be great). Just my thoughts.

[@jiiaga5017]

Pipes of haunting are super useful on a cleric, as you often want to reserve your spell slots and need something punchy to do still

[@MagusDouken]

I hear Staff of the Python, and my first thought was "Sticks to Snakes!"

[@Godzillawolf1]

I just got the Staff of Frost for my Druid...of course we're in Rime of the Ice Maiden, so not sure how useful that's gonna be offensively, but defensively it DID give me Cold Resistance and Fog Cloud is a Boring Yet Practical option, given how useful it can be.

[@tobythompson3746]

The “Oh my” from Kelly when Monty said “Lions, tigers and bears” was choice

[@calasurien]

"Charm person, because that's love..."

[@jackmcgeehan328]

I used the staff of the woodlands as an artificer to escape from the temple of Tiamat for our home version of The Rise of Tiamat. It was able to bring me and our barbarian out the temple's open ceiling for our climactic battle.

[@shinobishen7262]

Nice list. I was just trying to find out what to give my cleric in the party. She keeps asking for a cool mace(which she already has one) but I kinda want to push toward more interesting things

[@JoeSmith-st9lc]

13:24 "speak to the NATURE of druids" lol I see what you did there...

[@zeroxssir492]

My goodness the PRESTIGE of that mustache. Bravo sir.

[@alexfrye8637]

Oh my