You Might Be a Circle of Shepherds | Druid Subclass Guide for DND 5e

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Hey! Guess what. You're Awesome and thanks for watching. I promise this is the best DND tutorial based on a 30 year old Jeff Foxworthy joke you'll ever see. Stick around for more and vote in the comments for which subclass you'd like to next.
I need to start counting sheep, ya boy is tired... hope ya'll like the video though. I worked really hard on it.
All music credit to Kevin MacLeod
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[@robertgiguere6545]

That T-rex rant will is now officially my favorite thing this channel has ever produced.

[@notabogcreature5685]

I don’t think it’s possible for ANYONE to top that rant

[@billmcdonald5063]

That was........freaking hilarious. I choked on my soda

[@TylerNinjaFortniteBlevins]

6:50 My mom summoned 8 giant bats once against a guy that went invisible. Ancient Dragons and Giant Bats share something in common, they have 60 feet of blindsight. Found that fucker instantly and absolutely shredded him

[@bthsr7113]

Freaking brutal. I approve.

[@sambarham8887]

The bit about being a drill sergeant for a bunch of animals has driven me some inspiration for my next druid character

[@octosage2861]

Get in there and fight MAGGOTS! *Disgusting wriggling noises* DM: "Yeeeeaaaah... that doesn't even get a roll the bad guys are now horrified beyond measure...."

[@emerald_lord2267]

"Pfft? A druid? What are ya gonna do? throw vegetables at me?!" "WOE 8 GIANT WOLF SPIDERS UPON YEE!"

[@leodouskyron5671]

They should have been called “the Stampede Druid”.

[@canis2020]

Nobody ever brings up how broken the healing is. It adds up so fast

[@Finckelstein]

Wanna supercharge the ridiculousness? Take 2 levels of Twilight Cleric on top. Now you have a super totem that gives temp HP each round and acts as a beacon for AoE heals.

[@anjelica948]

Druids are just broken AF, and I love how YMBA’s brain breaks when talking about it. 😂😂😂

[@jacobyullman5005]

As someone who has played a level 20 Circle of the Stars Druid, I CAN'T WAIT for that video. Four words: *Starry. Ancient. White. Dragon.*

[@danielsanders7538]

I'm playing a Stars druid now and LOVE it, I can't WAIT to be able to do absolutely disgusting shit like this

[@jacobyullman5005]

@@danielsanders7538 It's incredibly fun! Easily the king of concentration if you build for it. By the time my Stars Druid hit level 20, she had a +10 to Con saves and War Caster, so while using the Dragon constellation she couldn't get lower than a 20 on concentration checks, meaning she'd have to take more than 40 damage in a single instance to even have to bother rolling. Against weapons it's even crazier thanks to Full of Stars, which makes you resist all Bludgeoning Piercing, and Slashing damage, meaning weapon users would need to put out more than 80 damage on a single attack to even have a chance at breaking concentration. Thanks to the DM letting her keep her Stone of Good Luck when under the effects of Shapechange, my Druid had a +15 to Con saves while shapechanged into an Ancient White Dragon, meaning a minimum of 25 on a concentration check to maintain it.

[@averyofhousejade1176]

I can't wait for a Stars Druid video either. My first character ever was a Stars Druid and that subclass, along with Tempest Cleric, holds a special place in my heart.

[@averyofhousejade1176]

​@@jacobyullman5005Holy shit!

[@WolfHreda]

I'm always keeping an eye out for these videos. Can't wait to get around to Spores, Wildfire, and most of the Warlocks. 0:23 It's called a crook, good sir. A sherpherd's crook, specifically.

[@obsidianchilly]

I find it hilarious that you basically say "YEAH, 8 T-REX IS TOO CHAOTIC" and then use freakin' Brennan Lee Mulligan as an example DM to *reduce* the potential chaos XD Awesome video, love the channel, keep it up!

[@prestonknudsen3111]

9:20 “You’ve completely derailed any sense of balance this game never had to begin with” is my favorite line from this video

[@ManWhoLaughs2311]

"Well think again chuckle F@#$" hahahaha amazing!

[@-Mushroom_Kid-]

“It comes with a few benefits--“ LIKE FUCKING AS A BEAR! I mean..uhh fighting Fighting as a bear.

[@lucasolivares2161]

Gotta say this subclass sounds fucking amazing

[@p-shweaty9144]

FINALLY MY FAV DRUID SUBCLASS ( yes druid is my fav class ) My dm even banned this subclass cuz of me lol

[@joshuarogue9345]

The drill sergeant skit was great. Also, Also; I would like to point out to everyone who reads this. You can back the Kickstarter project of the Deck of Many things, and get the AMAZING holo foil set for HALF the price of the ones WoTC released. And these are waaaaaay more impressive.

[@laabitres]

3:07 - 3:14 the jokes keep getting better!!!

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

I love your stuff! I've been fighting between binging them all or rationing them one-a-day so I don't run out.

[@gioiabishop8702]

I requested this class last video!!! Thank you so much! I remember the first time i captued the bbed via polymorph from the pixies. Best highlight of my character.

[@bthsr7113]

"That's not a third level spell, that's one of my actual nightmares!" Is there a difference? I mean... multiple spells at that level are straight up war crimes by modern standards and would be terrifying to face. Sure, I'd rather get wiped by electrical damage over the spiders, but I'd also take the lightning over immolation.

[@bushbobberson9769]

My friend made a Shepard Druid who was pretty much Rolf. Even had a pig named Wilfred.

[@bthsr7113]

Imagine an Echo fighter in the party competing to see who can be the one to be more lethal with the abusing of the action economy.

[@isaackarr6576]

Sheer imagination of a woolly situation.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

"Is find familiar not a druid spell?" I took a feat to correct that, Giant fucking Bee the size of a bird, it's a bird but flavor wise it's a bee.

[@HaruShindo]

My GF is playing this class in our sessions now. I'm sending her this so we can just raid the next town as fucking T-Rex war beasts!

[@MercuryA2000]

And now I need to have a party find their bounty target alone in a big room only to get rolled by an army of trexes, then a backup squad of rinos when they finally take it down.

[@neon-rc6lc]

Another great video. Can’t wait to see more.

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

I can’t pick a better subclass for the “Wildhunt” Shifter!

[@andreafurlan96]

“Wait, do trees speak? No, no. They bark” Instant like. 😂

[@MrSwccguy]

You might be a gunslinger

[@drunken-master7904]

I Love my loxodon Shepard Druid who Always leads His stampeed 😂. Thx for the great Video.

[@arrowodd7695]

Shepherd Druid 6/Twilight Cleric 14....I'll see myself out now

[@CLNCJD94]

My favorite thing about Faithful Summons, you can summon 32 1/4 CR beasts. Just imagine dropping an entire petting zoo worth of animals to fuck up the evil wizard’s day.

[@dwarffin392]

11:41 Video was amazinf but MAHNN....your sheep jokes are....hehe...hhe...BAHHHHHHd

[@burningfiretorch15]

"that's not a 3rd level spell that's one of my actual nightmares" suck it fire ball

[@Dani_77709]

FINALLY. The time has come!

[@zzzcocopepe]

I appreciate your inclusion of O Fortuna from the Carmine burana. Interesting fact, it was originally a poem written to the Goddess. Whom the author called fortuna, or fate. He asks why God has a dark side as well as as a light side. Why does fate turn on us? Why does it grow warm and then cold? So it's actually an interesting artistic interpretation to have the singers recite the lines with such fervor. They're singing as if they are is the voice of Wrath and dark fate. When really they're supposed to be singing as if they're lamenting and sad.

[@cschelko]

Hoping for Eldritch Knight next

[@foodman9000]

At level 20 could you not just have a permanent familiar

[@DiscoSamurai]

I love these videos oh-so-very-much. How do you come up with them EVERY WEEK?

[@LRProductions53]

Let'ssss gooooo, love your vids bro!

[@SirSadness]

LET'S GOOO!

[@walkedgrain1166]

My shepherd druid had a nasty accident, after i upcasted summon beast at lvl 9, summoning 32 velociraptors all of whom attacked...thanks to advantage and multiattack we ended up rolling 128 attack rolls in one turn........im now strongly discouraged from taking that spelll haha

[@TheIdealofGreed]

1:42 Like 300 peoples idea of angry militant armyman druid "joke"-characters wearing rambo facepaint & who outfit all animals with acorn hardhats & just want to kick the surrounding townspeople off their lawn, and another 10 peoples homebrew.

[@ADirtyLeviathan]

Nicely done!!!!!👏👏👏🎬

[@deriandoody2426]

Ok but, who doesn't want to fight the elder dragon AS a dragon?

[@Y8K_Y8K_Y8K]

Ah yes, the disney princess subclass

[@themobiustripper]

Young Kugrash @ 1:04

[@novadrake9232]

I thought a good one was does the shepherd druid fleece the competition

[@david18cruz1989]

I would love if you did an oath of ancients pakadin

[@casbot71]

Okay, so who's going to be our next meme victim?

[@MrWesternAUS]

Round 3 in the polls will be coming up in a few weeks, we'll have to check then

[@erikwilliams1562]

Druid is low-key as broken as Artificer...

[@kubiakpella]

Oathbreaker Paladin pls

[@cheetahofthewind13]

Im sad this one never ended as the very final ep

[@chrisp.2852]

Me on my way to make a druid circle of shepherd inspired by totally not jesus

[@pwnyboy9714]

... Finally. lol

[@Siegsoul]

Who cares about four cr 2 beast when you could have 32 rats

[@elshebactm6769]

🗿👍

[@syrupchugger421]

Great video, this subclass is too broken though and will grind fights to a halt so ill pass

[@Jettacat58]

First

[@pchurch692]

"WE'RE LEVEL 8!!" Soooo funny, your delivery is always absolutely perfect. Thanks for the consistently great content.

[@daloypolizei]

and make sure to reflavor the totem spirits to better fit your druid! My shepherd druid has a ram, rattlesnake, and phoenix spirit instead of the normal ones

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

The one in my campaign has Mighty Rat, Perceptive Rat, and Protective Rat. He's a rat cultist, so it's rats all the way down with him

[@TheCaptPotato]

FINALLY! Sheepy is getting its turn

[@Dylan_lion]

Listen if you’re sending a party of dinosaurs at me I’m sending even more wild stuff right back at ya, have fun with Tiamats extended family and second cousin twice removed

[@canis2020]

Says the uncreative DM

[@Dscaggs5x5]

If my party tries to do that I am busting out a team of druid warforged that are color coordinated just to put my party against the dnd voltron of my world

[@siobhannicolson5566]

@@Dscaggs5x5 oh hell yeah DND voltron. i would be so happy if my dm pulled that on me tbh

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

That's the point where you remind the player that the description says "any animal they have seen". So Druid, when was the last time you saw a T-Rex?

[@matiaspereyra9392]

When the class description says "look dude do whatever you want, you wanna go peg the dm? Sure go ahead, the world is your oyster monarch"

[@WanderingRagabond]

Why Find Familiar isnt a druid spell? Why, because WotC loves making spells exclusive to wizards even when it makes absolutely no sense for them to be! What favoritism?

[@JoGo8200]

It’s finally here

[@ancientdarkmagic1409]

Finally the shepherd druid got his video.

[@watkmo]

And it was well worth the wait

[@RenoKyrie]

Ah yes Summon 8 Elks, 8 Velociraptor, 8 Cows, and 8 Pixies that destroy the action economy I personally think Conjure Animals and Conjure Woodland Beings needed the most fixing, concept wise its fine like how Giant Insect work but it DEFFINITLY need nerfs so the Druid and Ranger can still use them without downside

[@SimplexStorm]

I cannot state enough how much I enjoy watching these videos. Quick question, if you were to get through all the subclasses, what content would you make while waiting for more material?

[@bthsr7113]

Presumably either fan made classes and sub classes, or moving on to other tabletop systems.

[@theblindjedi41]

I love this Druid archetype. I like dipping a level of life cleric with it as its healing buff stacks wonderfully with your spirit totems.

[@romiranand]

Recently played a level 10 one shot where the DM allowed us to pick one very rare magic item. Naturally I picked the horn of Valhalla and with 16 berserkers and 5 t-rexes (3 of which could fly), the final boss really stood no chance.

[@DatBeardTho17]

So happy to see Druid get another video! Hands down my favorite class. I love your videos! ❤

[@HIR0SE]

I feel like it is worth it to stall the druids turns so we can have these masterpieces.

[@gabthegreat01]

“I’m commander Shepard and this is my favourite Druid subclass!”

[@עומרשרייבר-ל4ר]

I really like how druids completely make him lose his shit.

[@glentaylor71]

That should have been "So, do Circle of Shepherds druids cut the mutton?" You're welcome.

[@brianrosenthalbudack]

Hahaha, finally, it was so good and worth it. FUNK YOU WEIRDOS THAT DIDN'T WANT THIS SO MANY WEEKS AGO.

[@Jordan.A.07]

I now feel the urge to create character who is a disgraced soldier from an industrialist town. He is banished following a botched mission, and then flees to the forest for safety. He encounters a chicken who leads him to a colony of druids. He learns their ways, and partners with all forms of fowl to defend nature. His name... Colonel Saunders. His catchprhase... Cockle-doodle-DIE!

[@tylerferguson3193]

Love this subclass c: hope you're having a good day

[@RPGFanboy14]

Man id love to play a summoner, but the idea of taking 30 minutes to gey through my turn cause of all the dudes around me just, doesnt seem like fun for the table. Though what if you divied up control of the summons to the party...? That could be fun and let everyone participate.

[@anjelica948]

That’s an idea I’ve seen talked about a lot when it comes to this topic, and honestly seems fair and more fun.

[@truecross4090]

Or you just play warhammer and roll all your d20 to attack with your guys at the same time and then roll all the damage at the same time. Don't worry if you overkill it, that is part of the fun. Maybe ask the dm for an intimidation check after seeing a pack of dire wolves rip the bandits buddy to shreds or something.

[@SarmInTheHat7030]

do trrees talk? no they bark that made laugh so hard i almsot drop ny phone XD

[@rescuehamster1734]

My months of voting for the Shepherd Druid finally paid off.

[@SovBeatsOfficial]

This videos earned an instant sub. Comedy GOLD and still actually useful. Hats off🤣

[@terrenceseidel3054]

Groovy?? For am Animal Lover!

[@GrahamMaclagan]

Would it be possible for you to do the Wildfire Druid or another Barbarian? Maybe Ancestral Guardian or Giant?

[@KOAGSTRAMA]

Well done my man! 🎉 hey can you do the ranger subclass swarm keeper? I love entomology and am hoping you’d get a kick out it. Thank you and love your videos

[@bplatinumpaladin]

"It's like Fire Emblem meets The Lion King!" Did I just hear the best idea for an Indie SRPG?

[@ComeWaywardNuggets]

One use of Conjure Elemental is to conjure a Xorn and abuse his ability to move around the ground and having X-Ray vision for precious gems and metals to get some easy money for you and your party

[@TheVeryLastLardeen]

Ive never played a caster in any capacity before, i am going into my first actual campaign after having done some one-shots with martial characters.. and picked shepherd druid for it. I just wanted to get some dogs and stuff to hang out with but apparently im god now, thank you for this revelation (Im going to be suffering because i know this is a horrifyingly complex class and an even more complex subclass, but its worth it)

[@gatorman5547]

I can imagine an “Evil” Captain Planet and his Poison Ivy Circle of Spores wife being the big bads of a campaign 😂

[@adamloga3788]

Huh, with the 'ignore verbal and somatic components of spells' thing and 'infinite wildshape,' doesn't that make an Archdruid the perfect Murderhobo comeuppance? "Well, congratulations, you killed the king's entire family, all that's left is the dog looking at you in doggy horror." "Cool, we can kill that as-""I'm gonna need the entire party to roll Con Saves and Initiative." "-well. What?! WHY?!" "Remember that festival to honor the King's old adventuring buddy?" "Yeah?" "Said buddy's an Archdruid. That dog just walked in on you killing his oldest friend and his entire family and responded by casting Sunburst."

[@davrickdavrick7245]

if the player does not control the conjure animal or woodland being. the polymorph is the same way. u the player cant choose the cr of the polymorph... also other spells break down also.. if a dm did this.. wait no dm has ever said I cant pick my summons. because that is stupid

[@azverb]

Bro, imagine a druid summoning and controling monstrous plants... Kurama (YuYu Hakusho - anime) style.

[@DigiThorn]

It may be a little broken, but *boy* does it sound fun

[@dorianowen8097]

Someday the gunslinger showcase will come just got to be pairntent

[@shmee123ful]

step one, go into a city and friend the rats step two use your druidic magic to turn the rats into your own army step three unleash the rats on anyone who bothers you and use them as a spy net work step four profit

[@Coraxincarmine]

Hey, great job as usual, could you tell me the name of the picture you used in 8:45?

[@WhereSeth]

You all should watch rise of Tmnt ep todd scouts

[@BuildinWings]

Sheep jokes are hard? Don't count on it.