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Gingerspyce and faithful companion Snarl from Sarlona here. Hail High Lords! I've had several people ask me about my pure druid caster/healer/quasi-tank build lately so I thought I'd post it because it doesn't seem like there are very many druids out there and many that aren't playing them to their potential. Also so I don't have to type it all up each time in little chat-sized bits! I get the impression from a lot of DDO'ers that they think druids are rather hum drum, when I think they're just not realizing how to get the most out of their nature-loving avatars.
For over 5 years I've exclusively played casters and healers. Across 5 toons I've played cleric radiant servant to cap, favored soul to cap 6 times, sorc 8 times (including all savants), wizard to cap 4 times and a bard healer to cap 3 times. I'm on my 8th druid life and it has turned out to be my favorite caster and healer class by far! Built properly, a caster/healer druid can solo heal any quest and any raid, can crowd control nearly any EE end game mobs and can tank all raid bosses. This is a party-centered build but is also great for soloing all elite heroic quests and solo epic hards with no problem and nearly all EE's (2 EE's that I struggle with are EE GOP and EE Terminal Delirium due to beholders, though I am refining my strategy and hope to have a solo EE soon for GOP lol). So here's my build which is designed to be a fun and exceptionally valuable part of an EE questing or raid party, as it provides excellent healing and crowd control, good casting dps, front line supportive melee dps and good tanking ability (read: very surviveable and versatile).
This is a very newbie-friendly and first-life friendly build and also good for people that just want to knock out a druid past life as a caster. I've included a bit of how-to for players that are newer to druid. I regularly monitor and update this post and I have a Youtube channel with dozens of videos that are dedicated to supporting the build
This is a pure 20 druid caster-focused build. If you are looking for a melee wolf build, I recommend my guildie's "Woodchipper" build, which you can find HERE!
1st: Augment summoning (for fun, swap at L14 for Heavy Armor Proficiency)
Human bonus feat: Maximize
2nd (druid): Wild Shape: Wolf
3rd: Extend Spell (for longer buffs and Body of the Sun, swap at L20 for SF: Evocation)
5th (druid): Wild Shape: Bear
6th: Empower Spell
8th (druid): Wild Shape: Winter Wolf
9th: Quicken Spell
11th (druid): Wild Shape: Dire Bear
12th: Shield Mastery
13th (druid): Wild Shape: Fire Elemental
14th: Feat swap Augment Summoning for Heavy Armor Proficiency (use Blue Dragon Plate)
15th: Improved Shield Mastery
17th (druid): Wild Shape: Water Elemental
18th: Completionist (or Heighten Spell)
20th: Feat Swap Extend for Spell Focus: Evocation any time between L18-20
21st: Toughness
24th: Epic Toughness
26th: (Epic Destiny Feat): cold spell power
27th: Empower Healing
28th: (Epic Destiny Feat): Elusive Target
29th: Deific Warding (tentative)
30th: Intensify Spell (tentative)
30th: Scion of the Plane of Fire (tentative)
Self buffed and ship buffed, this gear and feat set, along with past lives, gives 1528 HP in Stand Against the Tide stance (1708 Vigor of Battle stance), 2740 SP, 178 AC, 161 PRR, 81 MRR, 59 standing Earthquake DC (with +7 tome, not counting -4 Mantle debuff), 105 intimidate, 401 resting cold spell power (in winter season)
True neutral. Druids must be some form of neutral and there isn't much advantage of one form of neutrality over another. If you are splashing monk in a druid build then you must be lawful neutral. Druid cannot be multiclassed with Paladin, because paladin must be lawful good.
Starting: STR 8, DEX 8, CON 18, INT 10, WIS 18, CHA 10. Increase wisdom every time when leveling.
For a 32pt build: 8,8,18,8,18,8
For a 28pt build: 8,8,16,10,18,8
Max Spellcraft, Intimidate, Concentration, Balance. UMD at least high enough for no fail raise scrolls, remaining points in Heal. Why UMD? ...Raise Dead and Resurrection scrolls, Teleport and Greater Teleport Scrolls and wands of Protection from Evil, Shield, Knock, etc.
Racial (human): Human Versatility: Spell Power Boost, Heroism, Greater Heroism, Focused: Conc+intim (maxed), Self-Sufficient: Heal+Repair (1/3), Skill Mastery, Human Adaptability: Wisdom, Human Greater Adaptability: Constitution, Human Versatility: Save or Defense Boost, Improved Recovery line to top.
Druid: Only spend points in Season's Herald. Start with Beguile and Wax and Wane lines and work all the way up, maxing out both lines. Strength of Solstice, Crown of Summer, Spring's Resurgence (maxed), Season's Greetings 1/3, wisdom x2, Negotiator (maxed), inherent line at bottom to Hierophant, Efficient Metamagic: Maximize, Autumnal Susurrus (maxed). Alternatively, at low single digit levels you will mostly be meleeing so can spend points in Nature's Warrior side and respec to Season's Herald at about L5. If you like using Season's Greetings regularly and want to max it out then draw points from Negotiator or Spring's Resurgence or Autumnal Susurrus.
Click on the enhancement graphic to see notes about why not to take the other Season's Herald enhancements.
Sorc, Sorc, SORC!! Best past lives for caster druid are sorc for bonus to evocation spells and extra sp. Most druid spells or at least the ones you care about most are evocation. Sorc is the only heroic past life that is important to caster druid unless you are going completionist.
Don't waste time getting past lives of druid unless you are a big fan of the wolf companion. I have 3 past lives of Druid (each giving summons and wolf +2 to all stats for a total of +6) and even with Augment Summoning (making it +10 to all stats) the wolf is not viable for endgame EE content (BOOH!!). Although I will say it was a blast leveling a wolf with +10 to all stats… he was getting intelligence runes lol. But it makes me very sad that I can't have my wolf out for EE content or raids. Elite Shroud is the highest level raid I will bring my wolf out for. Wolf is fine to have out for EN and EH questing. Check out my Solo EE Maze of Madness video to see how the wolf performs in EE content.
My current PL's are 3 sorc, 3 druid, 3 fvs, 3 cleric, 3 barb, 3 wlk, 2 arti, plus 1x the rest for completionist.
4 stances: Colors of the Queen, Energy Criticals, Brace and Skill Mastery. Focus on getting 3 each of these EPL's first, which will grant Epic Completionist and open your 4th twist of fate! After you get these, focus on additional martial epl's for bonus AC. Ginger now has all 36 epic past lives.
Stance: Shadar-kai. PDK Iconic Past lives are great for added PRR and Shadar-kai for dodge and auto-incorporeality at low health! My current IPL's are 3 PDK, 3 Shadar-kai and 3 Morninglord. Bladeforged IPL's (+5% fort each) are very unnecessary because a druid in elemental form gets a +100% racial bonus to fortification, which puts you well over 200% fort at end game.
Unyielding Sentinel! I originally used Shiradi Champion when druids first came out. I switched to Primal Avatar when it was released because it was a little better for the tanky style of play and I would switch to US when tanking raids. With the U21 changes to US, it's pushed me over to use it all the time. The updates to Sentinel give big bonus to HP, Renewal, +150% threat generation (w/melee attacks and spells!), bonuses to con and AC and you get immunity to being knocked down while using Stand Against the Tide stance. US also gives extra sp and other goodies. You can also check out the forum discussion on epic destinies for a caster druid for other ED ideas.
1. Draconic Incarnation Energy Burst (cold)
2. Divine Crusader Empyrean Magic
3. Divine Crusader Consecration
4. Primal Avatar Rejuvenation Cocoon
This combination requires Epic Completionist and 30 fate points. Some other twists to consider, especially while amassing fate points and working through destinies for the first time include:
- Tier 1: Endless Faith, Interrogation, Constitution, Wisdom, Unearthly Reactions, Draconic Perception
- Tier 2: Evocation Specialist, Fey Form, Precise Evocation, Damage Reduction, Legendary Shield Mastery
- Tier 3: White Dragon Heritage, Echoes of the Ancestors: Draconic Incarnation, Evocation Augmentation
GEAR (end game)
Goggles: Visions of Precision (slotted with blindness immunity and insightful con +2)
Head: Sightless (slotted with Draconic Soul Gem and Sapphire of Crushing Wave Guard)
Neck: Epic Torc of Price Raiyum de II (slotted with spooky wis +2)
Trinket: Epic Litany of the Dead (slotted with strength +8 and insightful int +2)
Cloak: Mysterious Cloak (slotted with good luck +2 and heal)
Belt: Belt of Braided Beards (slotted with Sonic Resistance 40 and Armor Agility +2)
Quiver: Quiver of Alacrity
Ring1: Epic Sage's Ring (slotted with Feather Falling)
Ring2: Circle of Malevolence (with Eldritch Resistance Ritual and slotted with protection +8 and Golem's Heart)
Hands: Gauntlets of the Arcane Soldier (slotted with Greater Evocation and Greater Conjuration)
Bracers: Greensteel Concordant Opposition +10 hp, +150 sp, +6 cha skills, +4 int skills
Boots: Boots of Blessed Travels (slotted with dex +8 and insightful dex +2)
Armor: Shadow Dragonplate Shadow Guardian 30/60 DR (with Alchemical Eldritch armor ritual, slotted with Globe of True Imperial Blood and False Life 40)
Shield: Dethek Runestone (with Eldritch shield ritual, slotted with combustion 138)
Weapon: Thunderforged Scimitar with Evocation +6, Glaciation 150, 17% universal spell lore (slotted with Meridian Fragment and insightful cha +2)
GEAR (end game non-raid suggestions for those that don't like to raid)
Goggles: Epic Sage's Spectacles**, Epic Glimpse of the Soul*, Epic Shadowsight, Epic Intricate Field Optics, Epic Four Eyes, Cannoneer's Goggles
Head: Epic Halcyonia*, Epic Eloquence*, Epic Minos Legens*, Mythic Minos Legens, Epic Mushroom Cap
Neck: Epic Sage's Locket**, Epic Lion's Mane*, Epic Pendant of Quiet Movements*, Necklace of Mystic Eidolons
Trinket: Epic Token of the Proven*, Epic Shamanic Fetish*, Epic Eagle's Eye* (if going for 6 or 2 piece set bonus), Broken Music Box, Magestar, Epic Kardin's Eye
Cloak: Epic Guardian's Cloak**, Epic Cloak of Flames*, Mysterious Cloak, Epic Cloak of Night, Epic Ghost-Waking Cloak, Epic Jeweled Cloak, Epic Phiarlan Mirror Cloak
Belt: Epic Belt of Thoughtful Remembrance*, Epic Belt of Seven Ideals
Rings: Epic Sage's Ring**, Epic Guardian's Ring**, Epic Laurel Helix*, Epic Ivy Helix*, Lantern Ring, EE Ring of Shadows
Hands: Epic Fanged Gloves*, Iron Mitts*
Bracers: Epic Barbette's Bracers*, Epic Inferno Bracers*, Epic Armbands of the Silenced Ones*, Epic Bracers of Wind*, Epic Ethereal Bracers*, Mysterious Bracers
Boots: Epic Boots of the Innocent*, Epic Ship Kickers*
Armor: Shadow Dragonplate Shadow Guardian 30/60 DR (This can be crafted with unbound ingredients)
Shield: Epic Shield of Tireless Aid*, Epic Demonic Slab*, Epic Stone Wall, Epic Wall of Wood
Weapon: Thunderforged Scimitar with Evocation +6, Glaciation 150 (up to tier 2 with these stats can be crafted with unbound ingredients) or epic TOEE crafted water weapon
Note for newer players: *items are a relatively easy farm. **items are guaranteed in end rewards.
GEAR (leveling)
Heavy wood shield w/invulnerability ASAP. Ring of Elemental Essence for early on. 3 or 5 piece chrono set and Goggles of Time Sensing can be fun for a druid for a few levels. House C challenge items: Cloak of Flames, Frozen Tunic, Bracers of Wind are awesome for druid because they cover spell power and crit chance for a druid's 3 primary elements: fire, cold and electricity, plus they have lots of other goodies like blur, fire absorption, dodge, Heightened Awareness, Haste guard and Freezing Ice! Get heroic versions (starting with L7/8 versions and upgrade them as you level) and epic versions of each except Frozen Tunic will be replaced by Heavy Blue Dragonplate at L14, or sooner with Swampscale Armor or Imbued Darkleaf Banded Armor if available, which are the only medium (and heaviest) armor option for druid at L8-13 other than crafting using a hide armor blank from the Hammer and Chain in the harbor. Wall of Wood and Epic Wall of Wood (you won't keep these at endgame so normal versions will suffice and easier to find and much more affordable). Torc is awesome if you're a TR; even your caster/healer druid can and should be in the middle of combat, taking lots of hits and generating lots of SP! Vibrant Purple Ioun stone (upgraded) is also very nice for any caster to have big sp at L5! Shamanic fetish is also a nice teen level trinket. A Greensteel lit II scimitar or Alchemical scimitar is very nice to have, if not available other scimitars/sickles/daggers to consider while leveling are Swailing Blade, Thunderstorm, Royal Scimitar, Flint, Guardian of Liturgy, Skiver, Threnalian War Dagger, Ornamental Dagger, Sacrificial Dagger, Icerazor. Some of these old school weapons have been updated with slots and can be augmented to make decent for their levels. At L14 use Heavy Blue Dragonplate armor for bigger AC and PRR and for cold spell power use a crafted item or slot on weapon. Agony dagger from web and Planar Focus of your choice is a nice set bonus until endgame, more recently I've been using a L24/26 version of t-forge scimitar and epic shamanic fetish for mid to upper epic leveling.
For more suggestions about first-life heroic leveling gear, see my video series: A Beginner's Guide to the Gingerspyce Pure Druid Caster/Healer/Quasi-tank Build on my Youtube channel. The graphic below is a list of the gear that I used during the Beginner's Guide video series. It is a little dated but remains mostly relevant to a first lifer. One important change is that I am now recommending the use of heavy (blue) dragonplate instead of medium.
For suggestions about TR leveling gear, see my video series: TR Guide to the Gingerspyce Pure Druid Caster/Healer/Quasi-tank Build. The graphic below is a list of gear that I used during my final life in the TR Guide video series.
I've added this armor section due to the U23 "Armor Up" changes. I am now recommending Heavy Blue Dragonplate at level 14. Taking Heavy Armor Proficiency prior to the Shield Mastery feats is a much more advantageous PRR option if dragonscale armor is available. There aren't any heavy armor options for druid before level 14 and there are very few medium armor options prior to that point. A couple lower level medium armor options include Swampscale Armor and Imbued Darkleaf Banded Armor. You can also purchase basic hide armor from the House K and harbor armor vendor and use it as a crafting blank.
Epic Dragonplate options prior to end game include Vault of Night Epic Red Dragonplate at L20, Cormyrian Green Dragonplate at L23 and Flawless Blue Dragonplate at L25. I recommend Heavy Armor Proficiency for any non-evasion caster druid build, as the bonus to PRR is worth the feat and it opens up using the big 30/60 DR option on Shadow Dragonplate at endgame.
I'm including a special section for shields because druids can only use non-metal shields and there are only about a dozen named shields that are not metal. Here are some that don't suck: Wharfrat's Plank, Carved Bone Shield, Death's Door, Shield of Tireless Aid, Alchemical shields (crystal version), Wall of Wood, Epic Wall of Wood, Kobold Admiral's Tiller, Madstone Aegis, Epic Shield of Tireless Aid, Dethek Runestone. A few more are listed on DDOwiki HERE. If you are interested in using a Tower shield for a druid, you can use an Alchemical (crystal) tower shield, Madstone Aegis, Epic Stone Wall or Epic Demonic Slab. Heroic level tower shield options include Guardian Mantle, Madstone Shield, Stone Wall and Demonic Slab.
Endgame collar: Thunderforged Wraps slotted with Meteoric Star Ruby, Ruby of Good, Con +8
Endgame armor: Flawless Shadow Dragonplate with Shadow Guardian 30/60 DR slotted with Resistance +8 and PRR +16
Epic leveling collars: Grave Wrappings (L20), Epic Thrall of the Fire Temple (L22), Ivy Wraps (L22-24) or Antipode (L23)
Epic leveling armors: Epic Stinkpelt's Hide (L20), Epic Duelist's Leathers (L20), Epic Red Dragonplate (L20), Cormyrian Red Dragonplate (L23) or Flawless White Dragonplate Armor (L25)
Heroic leveling collars: Thrall of the Fire Temple (L7), Vampiric Stonedust Wraps (L12), Ivy Wraps (L15-17), Thaarak Wraps (L18)
Heroic leveling armors: crafted leather armor with Invulnerability for low levels, White Dragonplate Armor (L14)
You can convert any handwraps to a collar at a Device Workstation (located in House C and Eveningstar).
Stay away from Alpha Wolf and Growl, they just draw extra aggro to your wolf, increasing the likelyhood that he will die and you will lose sp and hp. Flanking II is a pre-requisite for Opportunistic Bite, Striding II is a pre-requisite for Lupine Onslaught, Cunning IV and Instincts IV are pre-requisites for Evasion II. For more information about wolf surviveability, see this post. Here are the enhancements I use:
An overview of some druid spells:
Druids get 6 offensive spells as spell-like abilities, which is a major sp saver. They have a SLA for each element (fire, cold, electric and acid) as well as a SLA that does light damage and another that does damage based on alignment (Word of Balance). In addition, this build uses Rejuvenation Cocoon and Renewal, which saves even more sp on healing, and Consecration and Energy Burst are inexpensive AOE dps.
Produce Flame slow to reach its target and not efficient to maximize and empower, but for 6 sp, an unmaximized, unempowered Produce Flame does decent damage when you want to spam a ranged attack. Produce Flame is also an SLA so max and empower the SLA version for free! Regular spell has cooldown time of 1 second so blast away! Not good to use on mobile targets, but good for stationary and slower mobs and great to include the SLA as part of your regular attack pattern. Also great for charging up Empyrean Magic. There is no save against Produce Flame.
Creeping Cold and Greater Creeping Cold are the best damage-over-time spells in the game, imo, because they are a lot faster than arcane and divine DOTS. With only a 3 second cool down time you can rapid fire them on multiple mobs. While leveling, keep your cold spell power maxed and cast on a mob then keep moving, knowing it will be dead in about 8 seconds. Druid DOTS don't triple stack as traditional DDO DOTS, but both Creeping Cold and GCC stack with each other. Sadly they do not stack with other druid DOTS (don't know if this is working as intended). Use water elemental form (take at L17), with Mantle of the Icy Soul (a 9th level buff that slows and debuffs mobs that are hit by your cold spells). There is no save against Creeping Cold and Greater Creeping Cold. BUG: Creeping Cold and Greater Creeping cold overwrite other casters' Niac's Biting Cold.
Call Lightning (evocation) at low to upper teen levels you can one-shot mobs. You get Call Lightning as a 6sp spell-like ability (all SLAs Maximize and Empower for free). The regular spell has a 2 second cool down time so can rapid fire and can one-shot many heroic mobs faster than other casters can instakill them! Faster casting than wiz/sorc Lightning Bolt and strikes from the sky so never misses due to a mob moving out of the way. Keep your electric spell power maxed, easy with Bracers of Wind.
Body of the Sun (evocation) WOWOW! This spell is like a dream come true and at L13-19ish is fun and extremely powerful, as it basically turns you into a walking firewall! Doesn't maximize or empower and does about as much dps as a firewall for less SP and moves with you. To add gravy on top of that, it's a buff so can be extended! Make sure to take fire elemental form first at L13 and take water elemental at L17. As with firewall, BotS loses effectiveness at higher levels. For sick dps cast firewall and BotS!
Wall of Fire and Ice Storm (evocation) a druid can do nearly as much dps as a cold or fire sorc! In water elemental form, Ice Storm will have an added debuff and slowing effect on mobs when using Mantle of the Icy Soul buff. There is no save against Ice Storm.
Freezing Spray cast on mobs so they take 25% more damage from cold spells- great for named and raid bosses!
Sleet Storm not a uniquely druid spell but deserves a special mention. This is an excellent crowd control spell but is exceptionally annoying to your party if they don't have Freedom of Movement. Druids are the only class that has both Sleet Storm and FOM on their spell list so just give your party FOM and learn to love Sleet Storm! There is no save against Sleet Storm.
Finger of Death don't do it, it's a trap!! As casters we see FOD and go "OOOOH I NEEDS THAT!!" But on a druid it doesn't make sense to spend resources to try to make FOD effective. Stick with Call Lightning at low to upper teen levels and Creeping Cold and GCC at higher levels. Don't spend resources on necro or spell penetration on ANY druid build. Druids only have 2 spells with spell penetration checks: FOD and Word of Balance. Neither are important enough to invest in spell penetration.
Fires of Purity druids get a weapon buff! Great for party members if no arti is present. Don't cast on yourself unless fighting mobs that are vulnerable to fire because it overrides Crown of Summer weapon buff (from enhancement line). Must be in fire ele form to cast, so cast on party first, then switch to water ele and buff self.
Mass Regenerate best mass healing spell in the game!! Use it and love it!! Heals stat damage and neg levels too! Endgame ticks for 400+ on a non-crit (on self with 90 healing amp). Fast casting so already ticks twice by the time a Mass Heal would finish casting. If your entire party needs a bigger burst than that, throw Mass Regenerate and Mass Greater Vigor back to back.
Snowslide sprint attack spell that freezes your enemies. Use in winter wolf form when you need to get somewhere fast! Does a burst of movement 2x as far as a favored soul's wings plus 8 seconds of super fast movement. Great for leaping over long distances. Also lets you pass through mobs so great for getting out of crowds when trapped.
Storm of Vengeance (conjuration) 9th level AOE spell that does electric and acid damage. Long cooldown of 1 minute, but you get an SLA version too at L18 so helps to make cooldown less of an issue. Excellent to chew down large groups of mobs. There is no save against the acid damage, which is the primary damage of SoV.
Creeping Doom (conjuration) A very nice spell that I overlooked for a long time. Acts as an AOE DOT. Slow to reach its target but great for including in your close range large group AOE attack routine (Ice Storm, SOV, etc.) and will tick for 200ish poison damage every 2 seconds for 15 seconds.
Fire Trap (abjuration) and Fire Seeds Trap (conjuration) If you feel like you need extra bang beyond the regular AOE attack routine (Ice Storm, SOV, etc.) then these are nice to drop at your feet for added AOE dps when fighting large groups of mobs.
Earthquake (evocation) provides some of the best EE crowd control in the game. It is a L8 spell, so you get at L15, just in time for Gianthold elites. Great for kiting or intimidating large groups into and coupling with Ice Storm. For very large or tough groups of mobs, throw Earthquake, Ice Storm and Sleet Storm (give your party FOM or they hate you) and watch your enemies trip, stumble, fall, or slow to a crawl (from Mantle and Beguile) as you and your party obliterate them. Throw Storm of Vengeance on top of that to provide more AOE dps. Use Sunburst SLA to blind them too! Sunburst is also evocation, so the blinding effect hits a lot on druids with good evocation DCs. Turn off Maximize and Empower for Earthquake. The extra damage isn't worth the extra sp cost, it's the knock down ability that you care about most. An Earthquake DC of 50+ at endgame is good enough to be effective. I run at 58 and can bring down most mobs almost no-fail except EE Shadar-kai Assassins, evasion archers and winter wolves. See What Makes an Effective Earthquake DC? for more information.
The way I like to play this build is to run ahead of the party, grabbing aggro of a bunch of mobs at once, laying down Earthquake, Ice Storm, Sleet Storm, SoV and Sunburst and hack away from inside your own personal hurricane! Cast Mass Regenerate to keep you and party healed, or rejuvenation cocoon for self. If it gets too intense just turtle-up with your shield for a few seconds while your AOE spells and party chew them up or jump out of the fray if needed.
Starting at L20ish, water elemental should be default form. Keep Mantle of the Icy Soul on you at all times. Sadly this is lost when switching forms, but it's easy to stay in water ele form for more effective cold spells! In addition to buffing your spells (and debuffing the opposite element spells), ele forms provide +100% racial bonus to fortification and natural poison immunity (+10 resist to magical poison), immunity to sleep, paralysis and stun. Druid elemental forms are the same as sorcerer elemental forms.
Traditional healers may find an awkward adjustment when healing on a druid. Other healers wait for the damage to occur and then heal their party. Druids are a little different with their heal-over-time spells (vigor and regeneration). In a sense, you are healing in front of the damage instead of after the damage. You don't wait for your party to be half down like you might with Mass Heal. Instead, you wait for a smaller amount of damage, then throw Mass Regenerate, which will tick for 400+ on a non-crit with this build (on self with 90 healing amp). At first I was upset that druids didn't get mass cure spells like cleric and favored soul (they have in pen and paper D&D), but I have come to love healing on a druid so much better than cleric or favored soul, as the HOT spells are amazing for filling in the gaps that are between a traditional healer's spells. Druids do however get all the single target healing spells Cure Light Wounds through Heal, as well as all single and mass target HOT spells. Unmaximized and unempowered vigor can be very efficient low-cost healing during heroic levels, just have to be proactive and stay ahead of the damage. Use cure spells and Heal for bigger burst of healing as needed. Spring's Resurgence is also huge at lower levels, as it gives an immediate burst of healing as soon as a player falls below 50% health. It's cheap to cast and can be a lifesaver in traps or against hard hitting mobs. Get used to regularly casting this on yourself and party members. When tanking groups of mobs or torc'ing up you can effectively use Spring's Resurgence to keep yourself healed. Useful in epic levels as well. With cocoon twisted in and Renewal from US destiny, you can do a lot of your healing with these SLA's and save most of your mana for offensive casting. Renewal ticks for 300+ on self on a non-crit (with 90 healing amp).
This build provides good self-healing tanking ability. Use cold DOTS to generate hate. Use intimidate to pull back mobs and bosses if they are pulled away from you. I have used this build to successfully tank all bosses on EE, although I would not advise you tank high-end EE bosses with a first life version of the build. Can tank heroic elite at-level demon queen, Stormreaver, VOD and all TOD bosses.
Temple of the Deathwyrm: can tank dragon and kuldjarghs simultaneously on EE. Kuldjarghs will keep you torc'ed up enough to spam your spells on the dragon. Tank TOTD in fire ele form with Body of the Sun. If someone pulls the dragon too far away from you, quickly change to winter wolf form and use Snow Slide to burst through the kuldjarghs and chase the dragon down and pull back. To hold aggro, use Body of the Sun, Wall of Fire, Storm of Vengeance, Sunburst, Sunbeam, Word of Balance and Produce Flame. During final beatdown, stay in winter wolf form so that you can quickly move around with Snow Slide as needed to keep the dragon centered.
Have fun building your caster/healer druid, I hope you enjoy this build and feel free to send me a tell if you're on Sarlona!
Demonstration of build solo EE Don't Drink the Water with narration
I have a video series that demonstrates the first-life effectiveness of the build. All the videos are narrated and in each video I go over what the gear, spells, feats and enhancements look like for the level range I'm doing. This series will be valuable for anyone that is new to druid and interested in any kind of druid caster/healer. For the project I made a new toon "Scaryspyce" and through level 20 I solo everything on elite, including some of the most difficult heroic content, without using any ability tomes, store pots/buffs, hirelings, green steel or raid loot.
Check out the series on my Youtube channel at: A Beginner's Guide to the Gingerspyce Pure Druid Caster/healer/Quasi-tank Build
I also have TR guide video series to the build that I did as I worked through my "final" life (prior to warlock). Similar to the first life series, all the videos are narrated and in each video I go over what the gear, spells, feats and enhancements look like for the level I'm doing except now it is showing what gearing and performance is like after many lives.
Check out the series at TR Guide to the Gingerspyce Pure Druid Caster/Healer/Quasi-tank Build
Some of my other videos and series:
Voodu Warlock: A Pure Warlock Enlightened Spirit Tank Project
Gingerlocks: Gingerspyce's Warlock Lives x3!
Favored Soul Evoker True First Life Project
How to find Garamol in the Subterrane and get your Icy Raiment
How to Craft a Green Steel Item and Use the Crafting Planner
Over 200 quest and raid guides, crafting tutorials and much more at my DDO Youtube channel


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I see myself as someone whose creativity is kept locked somewhere it can't hurt the others, someone who likes to make other people's lives a little better, and someone who doesn't like to talk about himself.
I also don't always wear orange shirts.
I also don't always wear orange shirts.
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Also, all that I miss of Rome, where I lived for more than 27 years, and all the reasons why I won't come back unless utterly desperate.
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What is this concept of "leftover" wine? I have never heard of such!
Solution for leftover wine: drink it.
Drink it.
Not real original but try freezing some of your left overs to use in cooking a dish later. Other wise I agree with Vino ... "Drink it"
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like the make sangria comment, hadnt thought of that. I usually store it for cooking later
Interesting, because I've found that many wines - not all - actually taste better the next day...for whatever reason. I use a vacuum pump. Wine that isn't good to begin with will never improve, & will even get worse. So dump it if you don't finish it. http://www.boozenews.com/
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6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 11; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for ...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael [Violin]
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix
The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...
Elgar: Falstaff, Nursery Suite, etc / Sir Adrian Boult
1 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10Works: Edward Elgar: Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Nursery Suite; Dream Children, for small orchestra (or piano), Op. 43; Pomp and Circumstance March no 3, for orchestra in C m...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
"...This is the first - and, by general consent, the best - of Sir Adrian's three recordings of Falstaff. It dates from November 1950 and...continue...
Elgar: Cello Concerto; Bach / Du Pré, Barbirolli, BBC SO
1 CD / Testament / 2006-03-14Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Performers: du Pre, Jacqueline [Cello]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John
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Performers: Horsley, Colin; Rostal, Max
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Time for Change
I haven't blogged in a while. I've been too busy, really, and using what writing time I have to focus on…well, writing. It's been a struggle this year. Lackluster book sales and a busy schedule have combined to reduce my output and put a bit of a heavy weight on my shoulders. Add in a sinus infection and crappy Michigan weather and I've got lots of excuses, but no real justification.
Meanwhile, I've stumbled across a new idea. Not for a story, but for a character. The last time this happened I struggled and finally ended up finding a home for the new character. She ended up starting up a series in my Dark Earth setting and, over the span of the last five years, has been responsible for bringing in a little of sales and happy readers. Here's the funny part – those books would have done a lot better if they had a woman's name on them instead of mine.
Waving my finger at the way in which we pick books to read aside, I'm still pretty darn happy with how Katalina Wimple and The Lost Girls turned out. I still love the character and what she's been through and accomplished. It's because of her that my new idea is gaining more and more traction in my head.
So who is this character? I don't know yet. I do know it's a she. I also know she's in a sci-fi setting because she's been in some pretty rough stuff and only survived because of very advanced medicine. Probably injuries comparable to something Darth Vader-esque. Except she's not nearly as whiny and obnoxious as the shmuck that was Annakin Skywalker.
So where does she go? Vitalis? Dark Universe? Something new? I'm not entirely sure, to be honest, but I'm leaning towards Dark Universe. Not what I had intended for book three in that series, but I might introduce her there. Set the stage, so to speak, so that she can start things up after book three is over and I've told the major story arc I had planned for Aden and the crew of the Uma.
Or maybe another idea will come along and I'll do something else with her. It's hard to know, honestly, but I do know I really like her and she's here to stay. My wife's books aren't doing as well as they did last year and she'd disappointed by that enough that she's slowing down. That means, hopefully, I can focus more on my stuff. For lovers of Dawn Michelle don't worry, she's not giving up and going away, just slowing down and thinking things through.
On that note, book three of The Lost Pack is due out soon, perhaps by Monday. Book 4 is close behind, maybe another week or two. Books five and beyond are coming too, she hasn't gotten to them yet though. I'm pushing to help her get them out, the sooner we do the sooner I can turn back to Dark Universe and Voidhawk, in particular. I really want to start my next Voidhawk book, but I'm also dying to continue the Dark Universe setting. Decisions, decisions…
To learn more about Jason Halstead visit his website to read about him, sign up for his newsletter, or check out some free samples of his books at http://www.booksbyjason.com.
The Future is a Dark Place… and I Can't Wait!
I've written science fiction for years now. Post-apocalyptic, near future, mid future, and futuristic. I've had aliens devastate the earth and I've had humans expand and conquer our solar system and others. It's been a blast and I love it.
I've done the same thing with fantasy settings, minus the aliens. Creatures and monsters aplenty to make up for the missing aliens though. New worlds and magic and sweeping storylines that take characters from the brink of childhood to epic destinies. I love that too.
I've bridged the two, blending science fiction and fantasy into urban fantasy and paranormal storylines that take place now and in the near future. Putting two of my favorite genres together can only have one outcome – more love!
So with that out of the way, I'm announcing the next big thing. Dark Universe, my new futuristic science fiction and fantasy series. Into the Dark opens the series in a spectacular way and sets the stage for the unlimited and amazing things that have yet to come.
But why should you care enough to spend a couple of bucks on it? Well, it's a story for everyone, from diehard sci-fi lovers to people who just enjoy great characters and a great story, no matter what the environment. The book doesn't go overboard on technology, but it also keeps things realistic. There's romance, action, adventure, and aliens. All kinds of aliens. Furry ones, chitinous ones. Blue skinned ones. Green skinned ones. Orange skinned ones. Aliens with tentacles. Aliens that walk on four legs instead of two. And good old fashioned Terrans. The humans are the newcomers to the space race, actually, and are trying real hard to play catch up.
The book really has something for everyone, from space fights and fancy things to go boom in the night to complicated relationships and the dynamic stress that brings. There's humor, there's emotion, and there's even a little bit of bow-chikka-wow-wow.
Why did I write it? Why wasn't Vitalis or Voidhawk good enough? Well they are, but this is different. This is a combination of Vitalis, Voidhawk, and a little bit of extra fun that was inspired, I admit, by watching Guardians of the Galaxy. Inspired by, but by no means a copy of.
Into the Dark takes science fiction to a new place and exposes it to Arthur C. Clark's law that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. That, my friends, is where the fantasy ties in. Give it a shot, I dare you to be disappointed!
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To learn more about Jason Halstead visit his website to read about him, sign up for his newsletter, or check out some free samples of his books at http://www.booksbyjason.com.
Dark Universe
Dark Energy? Dark Matter? No and no. It's the name I've settled on for my new scifi blockbuster / bestseller / series. But what's so dark about it? Are there evil alien necromancers trying to destroy the cosmos? No. That would be weird – even for me!
It's called Dark because that's what happens when ships use the mysterious devices sold by Kesari merchants to travel faster than light. These devices have universal hookups allowing a ship to power them and communicate with them, but they have limited ability outside of plugging in coordinates and filling them with the energy needed for the black box to create the FTL bubble around the ship.
Woah— what? Yeah, it's like that.
Kesari, that's a race I covered a few posts back. They're called squids by the other races because it's a name Terrans used for them and it stuck. It's not complimentary, the Kesari are merchants and the most alien in their thoughts and emotions, aside from the insectoid Criknids.
Black box? FTL travel? So what does going faster than light mean? It means light can't catch you. And that means you can't see it, because it won't reach you. So when a ship travels at superluminal velocities it's considered to be traveling "in the dark" or "in the black." Hence "black box", even if the FTL engine isn't technically black.
And thus the series title of "Dark Universe" is born. Without being able to travel in the dark, spaceships and races would be trapped in their own solar systems. Or perhaps between two or three, if they found a relativistic way to travel close to the speed of light. Unlikely, at best. But with the black boxes ships travel hundreds and thousands of light years in reasonable time frames. Right now, roughly halfway through the first book, the protagonist's ship is looking at close to a week to travel almost a thousand light years. Pretty darn fast! As a point of reference, the Milky Way galaxy is around 100,000 light years across.
Why are they doing this? They're chasing someone. Why? Well, to even up the score on someone that double-crossed them. Or at least that's why they think they're doing it. There are more powers at play than the unlikely heroes realize.
Curious? Excited? Anxious to read more? I sure hope so, because I'm loving the book as it comes out of me. If you're not on the fence, let me share this little bit I just wrote:
Adan nodded and headed off the bridge. He hurried down the lift and down the hall to his interior cabin. His luck held out and no one else spotted him and wanted to talk to him. After the fight and the repairs, then having to match wits against Tosc and Janna, he'd run out of steam. He opened his door and turned on the light in his cabin, only to see a bumpy form under his blankets.
The voice that drifted out from under the blankets surprised him. It wasn't Amber, it was Twyf! "Hope you don't mind, my cabin hasn't been repaired yet."
Adan turned the light back off and smiled. Maybe he wasn't so tired after all.
Yeah, there's more action than just lasers an space battles and even trysts with buxom alien women. There's probably going to be some love triangles and girl fights too!
To learn more about Jason Halstead visit his website to read about him, sign up for his newsletter, or check out some free samples of his books at http://www.booksbyjason.com.
The Universe Works in Mysterious Ways
I'm willing to admit that I'm a little scared right now. Ever since Kindle Unlimited came out, my sales have been slipping more and more into the land where good books go to be forgotten. I'm terrible at promotion, I admit it, but my mantra has always been "write more books." I'm good at that, and I'm closing in on having 70 titles out there now because of it. But with sales falling lower than they were in early 2012, it's seems like that's not enough.
The bundle my wife's story was included in hit the NY Times and USA Bestseller lists (A Cold Winter's Bite, found in A Kiss of Christmas Magic), but that happened thank to the hard work of a lot of people, as well as a sizeable marketing fun. I don't have the same resources, so I have to fall back on writing once again.
That's where the good news comes in. I was planning on writing book 2 in my Serpent's War series next, but I've been smitten with another idea. That and Servant of the Serpent sold approximately 10 copies in the couple of months its been out now, so not many people are clamoring for book 2 yet. If you happen to be one of them, don't worry – I will write it. Just not yet.
First I want to share my new idea and share my excitement with it. It's science fiction, to start with, and it takes place roughly a hundred and fifty years in the future. We've made contact, you see, and that brought down a whole bunch of visitors.
War? Famine? Slavery? Bloodshed? Not exactly. Maybe not at all – I haven't even considered the first contact story yet. I'm focused ahead of that a bit, after humanity has joined the space race utilizing alien technology. Humans are the minority, but we're doing our best to catch up fast.
This particular story will pit a mixed crew on a mission to explore an undiscovered system in search of a mysterious coordinate. They aren't exactly sure what they'll find there, and the creature they are escorting isn't willing to share.
What happens next? Well, that would be giving it away! Arthur C. Clark once set forth the thought that technology so advanced as to defy our understanding would be viewed as magic. To that end, I will say that with the inclusion of alien races and cultures, there is also going to be a fantasy element to the story. Or perhaps it's merely a new dimension science has yet to uncover? Reality as we know it is going to take a serious twist.
Here there be monsters. In Space.
To learn more about Jason Halstead visit his website to read about him, sign up for his newsletter, or check out some free samples of his books at http://www.booksbyjason.com.
The aliens have landed…
…They are among us. They are us.
Vitalis: Communion is my 7th book in the Vitalis series. It takes up the story left hanging in Vitalis: Invasion, after the transport ship Independence crashed on earth loaded full of aliens and alien technology. And led by a human couple, one power hungry and the other clinically insane. And they've got guns.
The good news is the good guys from Invasion are back to fight for the confused people of Earth. Astra, the superstar pop singer with a self-admitted addictive personality, and Leona, a reserve duty police officer with a complicated past. And they've got guns too.
The alien biology and radiation is wreaking havoc on the earth though. People are changing and evolving. The geography is shifting and even the climate is reverting back to what Kimber has desired all along, an Earth that disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago. Kimber's willing to sacrifice whatever she has to in order to get what she wants, even the lives of the humans she once wanted to help restore to their former glory.
That's only the beginning. New characters and old characters reunite. Worlds are connected and new possibilities introduced. The Vitalis universe continues to grow and expand, promising limitless potential for what might come next. The only thing I'm worried about is whether humanity is going to survive to see the possibilities…
One last thing, then I'll turn you loose. Vitalis: Communion (all my Vitalis books, in fact) are only available on Amazon for the next three months. An experiment with the KDP Select / Kindle Unlimited program has me locked in. I sincerely apologize to non-Kindle owners – if you want it and can't get it shoot me an email, I'll find a way to make it happen.
If you are a Kindle owner and you're part of the Kindle Unlimited program, grab a copy and start reading! It's free to you. Or at least advance 10% of the way in so Amazon marks it off as a borrow for me. ;-)
What's next? Back to helping Dawn Michelle finishing off a really cool new story she's been invited to add to a holiday bundle. Then I'll return and probably start a new fantasy series in the world of Kroth. Dawn's getting more and more demanding about me helping her with her stories – she's been brainstorming and I have to admit, with my help they turn out some pretty cool stories. But I'll never let my story lines go! Keep checking, there's going to be more as soon as I can get back to them.
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A Different Sort of Communion
I finished working on the rough draft of Taken by the Beast with my wife the other day. It was hard work for me, I have to admit. Historical romance is hard to write if you intend to be historically accurate. My hat's off to those that manage it. The story turned out great, but I had a lot of doubts along the way. Dawn's determination and optimism helped me get through it, thankfully. If you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, it's the single volume prequel to the Claimed by the Beast series.
So I finished that on a Friday night (no comments on how I spend my Friday nights, thankyouverymuch), and started my next project on Saturday. Vitalis: Communion. Or at least I'm calling it Communion for now. The important thing is that it's another Vitalis book, which should excite all my loyal readers. Everybody loves Vitals, and deservedly so. Light sci-fi set a long time in the future, it's got amazing characters, many of them in compromising clothing, and some freakish and often terrifying monsters trying to eat them. Guns, babes, herculean heroes (and heroines), and sharp-toothed slobbering aliens. Plenty of humor to be found too, all in all it's a win.
I can say that because I forgot a lot of what was going on. Communion picks up about 6 weeks after Invasion left off. Invasion was a book that centered on the unthinkable happening – the onset of an alien invasion of planet Earth. So I had to reread a lot of the book for continuity's sake. I knocked my own socks off, and I'm pretty hard to impress.
Page after page flew by. Both the reading and then the writing of the new book. I was amazed at how quickly and smoothly the new work flowed, especially after the occasional struggles I had with Taken by the Beast. It's definitely my comfort zone and, I'm very happy to say, some really great stuff has already happened and I'm only four chapters into it.
But I learned something. No, not something, a lot of somethings. Not from the return to my comfort zone but from my departure into historical and paranormal romance while helping Dawn Michelle. I've definitely broadened my style and understanding. I think my characters are more robust and the stories deeper and richer. There are more subplots and more going on behind the scenes. I honestly don't know where this book is going to end up, but I know it's going to be awesome finding out!
My plan is to have it ready to release by mid-September, I've recovered from a computer crash (lost a hard drive – don't worry, I back everything up religiously) over the weekend and should be able to get back to making steady progress. 2,000 – 3,000 words a day just doesn't feel like I'm doing any real work when it comes to Vitalis, it's too much fun!
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Taming vinyl audio, Treble seems to be a bit higher than CD's - what to do
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That looks close to RIAA to me.
Since the Wikipedia picture has only a very sparsely labeled horizontal axis, here's a more detailed one showing the 6 dB/octave change between 10k and 20k in the RIAA de-emphasis curve, for reference:
If images from cited Stereophile articles aren't allowed [sorry, I don't really know, but I seem to recall others posting them in this forum] here's the link:
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But what is your source? Did you run those yourself? Please give details.
I ran those myself.
(I normally use logarithmic scaling but in this case selected the linear scaling so it's easier to compare against the OP's screenshot.)
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Wouldn't the capacitance of the turntable's cabling vs. the impedance of whatever they're being plugged into be an issue, as well? There's a cottage industry around matching the two, since mismatches, I've read, result in frequency response variations. Or is this audiophile hooey?
That depends on the cartrdige. The polar extremes are probably the Shure V15 and siblings which can be tuned pretty effectively with load capacitance in the 35-350 pF range, and Grados that are pretty much insensitive to load capacitance changes for being MM cartrdiges. It is all about resonating the pick up coil shoe inductance may be the better part of a Henry.
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Affordability coupled with a tranquil and virtually crime free environment is seeing an increase in home buyers in Kestell, a sleepy Eastern Free State town situated 45 minutes from Clarens on the road to Harrismith and on the main route to KwaZulu-Natal.
"Founded in the early 1800s, Kestell is still relatively undiscovered. However, home buyers are taking more than a passing interest in the town, and we are seeing increasing movement in residential property, with an upturn in enquiries from serious buyers," says Odette Parris, local real estate agent for Pam Golding Properties.
"These include retired people wanting to escape to a quieter and smaller town, those working in nearby Harrismith - which is becoming industrialised and increasingly developed - as well as a middle black market.
"The demand from the latter is boosted by the fact that the modern industrial centre of Qwa Qwa, also home to the University of the Free State, is within easy access for those who wish to commute to work and live in Kestell, and also convenient for students. The popular Basutho Cultural Village is located in the Qwa Qwa National Park, and Phuthaditjhaba, the town's commercial centre, also plays an important role in attracting visitors to Qwa Qwa," adds Parris.
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"Marketed at R546k, this property is ideal for first time home owners or those retiring, or is well-located to utilise as a B&B. With more and more visitors stopping on their way past - a filling station is situated at the entrance of Kestell which is right off the main road - we believe there is increasing tourism potential in the town," says Parris.
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text: Due West Live in the Lobby By Jill McCoy February 29, 2012 9:16 AM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Black River Entertainment Recording Artist, Due West, played LIVE in our lobby around 10 a.m. If you missed the live stream, we recorded the performance. Filed Under: due west | Live in the Lobby Category: Music Share on Facebook Share on Twitter More Leave a comment Send to a friend! Print this page Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr! Best of 97.3 The Dawg Recommended For You Best of the Web


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Nicola Clark
Nicola Clark is the mother to two girls, both disabled, and a campaigner on the issue of promoting positive attitudes towards disabled people
Nicky Clark: Being principal carer for two daughters with disabilities, and my mum, was hard – now I'm telling funny stories about it
Nicola Clark: Anne Frank might have approved of Bieber's crass belieber comment, if it informed his followers about the Holocaust
Jack O'Sullivan, Nicola Clark, Liz Edwards and Martin Narey:
Nicola Clark: Lacking support, we have no choice but to send our daughter away for schooling, but stories of institutional abuse haunt me
Nicola Clark: Valentina Guerrero is the face of a new designer collection. Now bring on the disabled adults in TV and advertising
Nicola Clark: People with dementia can benefit hugely from regular contact with loved ones, as my mum's experience showed me
Nicola Clark: It's right that the Met pay damages to an autistic teenager they restrained – disabled people should be able to trust the police
Transcript of interview with Sally Bercow, who talks to disability campaigner Nicky Clark about her eldest child Oliver, who's autistic
Disability campaigner Nicola Clark talks to actor Warwick Davis about growing up with dwarfism, and how it has affected his life
The broadcaster tells blogger and campaigner Nicola Clark about how her family has been affected by her sister's learning disability
Talking about disability Jo Whiley: 'People don't have an idea what caring for a disabled person entails' - video
Broadcaster Jo Whiley talks to disability campaigner Nicola Clark about growing up with her sister Frances, who has cri du chat syndrome, a rare genetic disorder
Nicola Clark on the patrons with learning disabilities told they couldn't sing at their regular venue
The comedian is back on Twitter but some of his language is not welcome, says Nicola Clark
As the mother of two disabled daughters I thank Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for the way they have highlighted discrimination and ignorance, writes Nicky Clark
The horrific death of Gemma Hayter shows why we must challenge the abuse that disabled people receive every day
Nicola Clark: Appearing on Big Brother isn't a bid for world TV domination. Bercow is her own woman and her charity credentials are clear
Nicky Clark does not recognise the picture of a failing NHS painted by columnist Liz Jones
Before you call yourself or someone else a retard, mong or spaz, imagine that you were using the N word, urges Nicky Clark
Nicola Clark: The needs of vulnerable disabled people are being sidelined by overstretched services, and families such as ours are fracturing
Nicola Clark: My local day centre provides a crucial service for the disabled and their carers – which is why I'm fighting to keep it going
Nicola Clark: Special educational needs means just that. To imply otherwise does not help those children, or their classmates
Nicola Clark: I hope Ofcom upholds my complaint against C4. It's no joke when people make fun of disability – I know, because of my kids