Can Priestesses of Elune be Druids or use Druid magic?
I don’t see why they shouldn’t but then again I never saw any lore characters go for both classes at the same time or combine them.
Originally I was just going to level a Druid and play them strictly as a Priestess because of the Starfall ability and general aesthetic but then using the shapeshifting IC became more and more tempting.
I’d say, you could be a Druid and RP as a Priestess. The Balance spec has some very “Moon” driven spells as well as the Glyph of Stars.
I have seen a very good RP’er rp her Priestess as a Druid and she used the Glyph of Stars as a method for her character “Meditating” and “communing with the Goddess.”
As far as the various Druid forms go, such as cat or bear form…I’d personally refrain from them.
They are different things by whole, distinct by role in society, alignment and alike, so I wouldn’t say you would actually be both. A Priestess -may- have some nature spells though.
But then you have Druids of the Moon, who are basically Druids who go Moonkin/Astral form and do all the astral and moon spells, you can find them in Val’sharah.
Also as Leia says you can use a Druid OOC, too.
You could easily play a Balance Druid as a Sister of the Moon, or an extremely pious/priestly Druid if you want to shapeshift - a character like that could be quite interesting.
Dedication, for the most part.
Druidism requires you serve nature. Priesthood requires you serve Elune. While there is a considerable overlap at times, juggling those two dedications will inevitably pull a character in ways that likely mean they wouldn’t be able to achieve both, particularly when Druidism necessitates long absences from life while your character is vibing in the Emerald Dream.
All nightelven druids who ask for the blessing from the wild gods, have a connection to Elune.
Especially those druids with the arcane affinity with the Moonkins. As moonkins are told to be Elune’s favourite children.
So in some way, all druids even some sentinels (by blessing their arrows) are capable of invoking Moonfire under the right circumstances.
But being a Priestess and Druid at the same time would be very time consuming with so many responsibilities at once. It is like trying to take two full time jobs at the same time. Possible, but in practice very damanding on the body and mind. So it is advisable to just take one role instead of both.
So it is all about balance… Hehe… Puns…
The closest would probably be a Druid of the Moon and priestess as they both draw their powers from the moon & stars.
The big issue is that the role of a druid * and the role of a priestess * in kaldorei society are very different and require full dedication. No one can hop between these duties as Takkihira mentioned.
*(protecting and tending to nature first and foremost, duties within the Emerald Dream, dedication to the wild gods, less of an open societal function)
*(military leader, spiritual leader, societal functions via ceremonies etc, FULLY dedicated to Elune and embodying/understanding her different aspects)
And if you take a page out of Staghelm’s book, absolutely banned from even trying.
Fandral Staghelm had a cold war with Tyrande for years which led to Sentinels and Priestesses being banned from all Druid enclaves, and they required official invitation before being granted entry and all Sentinels had to disarm first.
Though he isn’t the leader of the Cenarion Circle anymore, he shaped the political landscape of post-Third War night elven society during its transitional period from the gender segregated society into what it is now, which is when women were first allowed to become druids in the first place under his watch. And if you were a Priestess, you weren’t allowed anywhere near an Enclave.
Traditionally no, Priestesses were a women only thing and Druidism for men only. Kaldorei society was and may still be on some social level very split by gender roles.
In the modern context there seems to be “Druids of the Moon” who seem to fill the role of balance druids on an IC level. Though they’re not priestesses, simply druids throwing lunar magic around.
I would say overall you’re better off being either a druid or a priestess. You’re walking into muddy territory by claiming to be both. Your best bet is to be a Druid of the Moon
Yes, Priestesses of the Moon do not use the Holy Light lorewise. They use the same magic druids throw around.
I think people generally don’t like people who roleplay/play “mixed classes”. It’s a form of powergaming.
EG; imagine someone roleplaying a nightborne spellblade with the melee capabilities of a warrior and the arcane prowess of a mage.
Lore-wise in the specific case, druids are different to priestesses. EG, Malfurion vs Tyrande. Night Elf priestesses are closer to a hunter-ish holy priest class than druidism.
You’ve got a point, I think aside from how difficult it would be to juggle IC, it can seem quite ‘overpowered’ OOC.
Go for it, it’s your RP end of the day, aslong as your not doing over the top silly stuff there shouldn’t be a problem.
There’s no reason your elf would be totally incapable of finding a mentor to help them learn one or the other! Given how long people have been exposed to the various classes we have both in game mechanics and lore, it’s not unreasonable to multi class at this point. I got a warrior and a rogue, both of which are trained priestesses.
I know elf RP can have a problem with elitism, but they don’t have to be part of how you spend your game time! 
I think it can be done, but I don’t know how the Argent Dawn community looks at it these days. I play my priestess with a hunter class. Mind, I specifically underpowered my character; She can still call upon the goddess, but her blessings come in the form of convincing animals to fight on the sentinels’ side.
I don’t know exactly how to do that with a druid played as a priestess. But a backstory is easy to imagine. Maybe your priestess was in Val’sharah to defend the Temple of Elune and therefore witnessed the terrible fall of Ysera. This event shaped your character to want to know more about Elune’s connection with nature, so you’ve been learning a limited amount of nature magic, without intending to become a druid. A way to honor Ysera. Maybe centuries in the future, she will become a full-fledged druid, but that is certainly not today.
I don’t find it unbelievable that a priestess of the moon might have become a druid of the moon. Female druids would have had to be pulled from somewhere and from novice priestesses does make a lot of sense. In the lore, characters switch to a new class all the time, though they tend not to mix and match their powers that often. A mage can become a warlock, but once they are a warlock, they tend to focus themselves on being a warlock.
Think about it like this; Druids were asleep for millenia and yet the sentinels had to interact almost exclusively with wisps, treants, ancients and other such creatures to create their mortal dwellings. That means that they always had to have used nature magic to some level, but they wouldn’t consider themselves a druid for it.
Druids are people who wander the world, healing it from it’s grievous injuries, whether they do so in the Emerald Dream or in the physical world. Their scope is broad to the point of being alien. They may have a fondness for night elf society, but their reach is much farther than Ashenvale. When the druids went to sleep, they did so because they were done fixing Ashenvale and needed to use all of their focused efforts to fix the rest of the world after that. A priestess simply wouldn’t do that; she has a parish (though a priestess wouldn’t call it that, aside) to consider and a civilization to build.
The dichotomy that I make is; “priestess = social engineers”, “druids = environmental engineers”. They might use the same tools, but their objectives are just very different and complimentary.
TLDR: You can be a priestess of Elune who is dipping her toe into nature magic, without intending to go all-in (at least, that’s what she’s telling herself). Night elves canonically can use nature magic regardless of what class they are. It’s their version of technology. Blood elves use arcane magic regardless of class and night elves are pretty much the same. Kind of. It’s complicated.
Unfortunately, public perception can make it hard to portray well-thought out character concepts. People have certain ideas of what elves should be and look like. It’s up to you and the community whether you want to continue putting up with that. I find it incredibly frustrating that the community most fanatical about portrayals of the night elves has the least tolerance for verisimilitude.
Could also be a simple case of “It looks good”
How do i mean?
Well im sure we have all played an FPS at some point and someone on the other team is blowing people away. you use your kind of gun but they have something different, so it gets you thinking. “Maybe i should try that out… it looks damned good!”
Priestess see’s a druid heal someone with what looks like ease and cant help that nagging feeling of wanting to know how to do it themselves.
Yeah and lets not forget that Kaldorei, thoughout the game and cinematics and such, tend not to wear much. but people will still get funny over it lol.
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