LetalisK said:
Well, if the DnD-based video games are anything to go by there is one rule to making a Druid: Don't.
That could just be the video games, though. :B
The video games are heinously wrong. Druids are the most easy to break class in 3.5. The game is their oyster. They're the best class for hitting things and not dying to things, with casting on par with the wizard (arcane spells are better than the druid's limited access to divine spells), and an animal companion who will likely be the second best person in the party for hitting things and not dying to things, with the sole exception of their Druid master. You can have a pet dinosaur. You can turn into a dinosaur. You can turn into a dinosaur then make your dinosaur and yourself bigger, flying, and invisible, all while shooting lightning out your ass. Then you can summon more dinosaurs.