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OK. I like Halsin, but for those of you who don't, this is for you:



Now, let's just take a look at Halsin for a sec, shall we?

Halsin, First Druid, Accomplished Healer, is level 5 with 94 HP, AC 14, 100 lbs!!!!! Dude! That guy's like 6'5" and built like a linebacker. He should be like 300 lbs.

But I digress.

STR 16
Dex 16
Con 16
Int 12
Wis 18
Cha 16
PROFICIENCY BONUS +3
Initiative +3

Dude is BUILT LIKE A LINEBACKER!!!! STR 16????? PROFICIENCY BONUS +3???? LEVEL 5????

Nope. Uh uh. Sorry. At Level 5, a druid can, at best, have 2 Level 3 spells. That's a weak-butt druid. Accomplished healer my bee-hind. Let's see what kind of healing spells he can know and have prepared at Level 5:

Level 1 - Cure Wounds, Goodberry, Healing Word
Level 2 - Healing Spirit, Lesser Restoration
Level 3 - Revivify

So, he can heal as well as my clerics can by this point in the story and use Revivify. He can end either one disease or one condition afflicting it. The condition can be blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned. WOW! Super awesome accomplished healer!!! [intense sarcasm]

What would I expect after all the hype about Halsin in the game? A druid who can cast at least Level 5 spells so he can cast, at the very least, since he's an accomplished healer and all, Greater Restoration and Mass Cure Wounds and even potentially Reincarnate, if he decided to prepare it. I actually think that if he's an accomplished healer and been alive for over 100 years and been the First Druid of the Emerald Grove the whole time - oh, and by the way, he fought against the Dark Justiciars 100 years ago - and he's the ultimate protector of the grove, the man should even probably be able to cast Level 6 spells so he could use the Heal spell which is like Cure Wounds on crack along with Greater Restoration. Now THAT would be a truly accomplished healer.

What level would he need to be at in order to cast at least these healing spells? Level 9 to cast Level 5 spells and Level 11 for Level 6.

I'm just saying, Halsin needs to be way tougher. And, by the way, he was WAY too easy to kill. I know he was alone and all, and he was fighting against 2 worgs and like 3 goblins and my party of 4, but he's the First Druid of the Emerald Grove. If I'm taking the evil path, he should be the hardest opponent I have to face in the game for EA.

So my suggestion is, Halsin needs some buffing and stat changes. They're all wrong. The man needs some serious spellcasting abilities and special traits. Right now, he doesn't even have all of his racial traits and no feats and his strength is too low. He's just all wrong.

That said, if you are going to keep him weak for video gaming purposes, you have to at least tell me that he was majorly weakened by some sort of poison or evil artifact that caused him to drop like 5 or 6 levels or something. There needs to be some explanation as to why, mechanically, the man is a giant weakling.

That said, it was cool to see him turn from a bear into his elf form after I reduced him to 0 HP in bear form. Then he fought a bit in elf form and returned to bear form when he was getting weaker. His 3 attacks gave him the ability to wipe out goblins pretty quick. I would love to be able to have him as a playable companion. So I guess that's my other suggestion in the post.

But then, if he's a playable companion, then the debuffing explanation would be more appropriate for the game. Halsin was hit by some sort of cursed artifact or Level Drain ancient spell so that he went from like Level 11... or even 15... to Level 5.