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Only really useful for mages who can cast creatures reliably through spawnpoints and that don't need to move. That is why Necromancer and Druid tend to use it while others do not.
As a Druid player, I can tell you using that amulet is less powerful than not using it.
Don't drop Tataree, Samara Tree, Snappers, and Mohktari's branch, and the seedling pods. Give them a try, see if they fit your playstyle.
Mohktari's Branch is decent. The others...not so much.QuoteTataree and Samara work very well together (pods only take 2 turns to pop with Tataree),
If you use Tataree on your Seedling Pods, every round you'll spend 2 mana to get 3 mana back in two rounds.
Compare that with Tataree + Vine Tree; every round you just get 2 mana.
One is clearly superior, and it isn't the Samara Tree.Quotemake sure you use the vine markers to put your pods where you need them, and even if someone attacks them they need at least a 5dice attack to have an expected chance to kill them. If they're wasting a 5 dice attack on the pods, you should welcome it.
If they have a creature that can take out your Seedling Pods in 1 hit, you're losing out in this exchange. They're spending an action and 0 mana every time they attack one (and 16 mana for a Vampire is probably the most expensive thing they'd summon for this), while you're spending an action and 2 mana every time (with an 8 mana investment at the start). They break even AT MOST after destroying 4 pods (and there are cheaper ways of getting a 5-die attack), and that's only talking about mana + actions. You're also losing your Vine Markers during this as well, which is very painful. I don't know why you'd be happy about that, especially since they have the OPTION to hit your Pods...such as hitting every Pod you place on the field between your mage and their creature.
But in the best case scenario for you, you not losing pods prematurely, you're using your Vine Markers to cast Seedling Pods that will mature two rounds from now IF you're using Tataree (otherwise three). When they do mature, you can't use your Vine Markers to have them cast anything outside of their own zone, meaning your opponent will always know where you can summon a new creature or conjuration. There is no way for you to react with your spawnpoint like you could if you had Vine Tree. On top of that, you're eating your Vine Markers early (before you've built up, which reduces the tactical options your Druid has), and using more spellpoints than a Druid running Vine Tree would.
Now, what's the benefit you get from all of these downsides? Your spawnpoint could can now additionally cast other Trees, Mana Flower, Wall of Thorns, and Togorah. Out of the entire list Wall of Thorns is the only one that sucks to lose. But is it worth having all of those downsides? Hell no.
Summary:
Pro Samara Tree:
Slightly increased list of spells that can be cast.
Costs 1 less mana initially.
Con Samara Tree:
3 turn delay (2 with Tataree) in order to cast anything worthwhile.
Can't make extra Vine tokens.
Significantly reduced tactical options (notably, hindering your ability to respond to new threats or attack weak spots in your opponent's position).
Pods are relatively easy to destroy.
Requires at least three more spellpoints than Vine Tree to run.
The costs aren't worth the benefits here. The only time I would ever run Samara over Vine is if I wanted to deliberately handicap myself for a particular match.QuoteAlso, remember that you can QC Tataree, and he has an infinite 3+ defense. Sure, someone can kill him, but they're either losing mana on it by the time they get to him with an unavoidable attack or fighting a huge uphill probability battle.
When I was running Tataree I found that it often died to either AoE attacks or Idol of Pestilence without my opponent devoting any resources to it at all. The remainder of the time it died to a creature that was enchanted with Falcon Precision (people have this in their books anyway because of the Forcemaster) as part of a Sweeping Attack, which wouldn't have otherwise hit anything (rather, they would have used the standard single-target attack instead, such as on Adramelech).
If opponents actually had to put thought into killing Tataree I'd run it. But in my experience it's just wasted mana unless I can keep it alive for 7+ rounds.QuoteSnappers are extremely undercosted; Place them well and you'll see returns, especially if you rouse them (2mana for 5 dice is strong) and put them next to lashers.
They're undercosted, but they cannot move. I cannot stress that enough. For only a little bit more mana you could instead cast the much better Raptor Vine, which not only is Vampiric, but it can also move.QuoteMoktari's branch does what the healing wand does, except in 1 action. There's nothing wrong with it, you just pay 2 more mana for the convenience and the fact that you're not even paying for the heal, which is automatically 1 health instead of the expected 2.
No one uses Wand of Healing for the 2-die heal unless they've got nothing else to do. They use it remove condition markers. The important considerations are the following:
Do I care more about a ring slot or a hand slot?
Do I care more about removing conditions from my tree or from myself and my non-plant creatures?
Generally I find the discount rings are better than anything I could put in a hand. If you don't find them valuable, then switch. But Wand of Healing >>>>> Vinewhip Staff, which is why I made the recommendation that I did.QuoteTogorah is a situational creature, like many large creatures. If you don't want to include him, that makes perfect sense. That doesn't mean he, or any other situational card, is bad.
Have fun.
Togorah is underpowered and expensive. Not the worst thing to include in a book, but there are better options.
1) If the book is going to switch to JBM he'll have alot more reworking to do.
2) JBM is a bit worse than the Druid. Alot worse actually, IMO. There are a few reasons for this.
A: Wounded prey gives melee +1. Not ranged. Melee. It doesn't synergize with what she's gonna try to do, which is sit back and shoot arrows and attack spells.
B: Wounded prey also only gives its bonus to animal creatures. So, if switching to JBM, the Vine Snappers, Raptor Vines and Kralathor are less useful. But if it's the Druid, the vine ability to spring these creatures up anywhere there is a vine marker is VERY useful.
C: Her archery skill is only for non-spell attacks. So only bows. This is bad because all of the attacks with bows are currently full actions. This means that she cannot move and shoot, which is where she would shine. This makes her inherent fast trait less useful.
I agree with most everything else you said though. Get rid of the bow, hawkeye, add vinewhip staff.
Maybe get rid of one Grizzly, but they're without a doubt one of the best creatures in the game, so perhaps keep both. Up to you. If you drop them, you don't need to much regen. If you keep them, keep the regen to extend their lifespan.
I would definitely keep Veteran's belt though. It's a great card.
Replace the mage with Johktari Beastmaster and I think you'd be on the right path.
I wouldn't recommend doing that.
What type of strategy are you going for with the Druid?
Also, I notice you don't have any teleports. You're probably gonna want a few.
When the egg give us a new creature, that creature will have a token to reproduce another time?
Dark Mage scares me!!!
Ichthellid Larva
A creature with this condition marker has been impregnated with the Ichthellid Larva and is now a host to this dark creature’s spawn. Upon the death of the infected creature, an adult Ichthellid emerges with a voracious need to find another living host.
