The Druid's Circle - NWN Side Quest (Chapter 2)

The Druid's Circle is a side quest that is only available to players who are Druids; you can start this quest by speaking with any of the Druids in the Neverwinter Woods - Druid Encampment. Every Druid at this location will direct you to Jaer, she's standing by the cliff side on the eastern portion of the map.

Essentially this is a battle arena quest. You'll have to talk with Jaer to be teleported to an arena where you'll fight other Druids that will progressively get harder. There are a total of 4 rounds that you'll have to participate in and you'll earn Experience for each of them. Also, every Druid you defeat will drop a magical item along with some gold so make sure you loot them before you're done!

Much like with the other battle arenas in this game you'll be dispelled before you enter so you won't be able to go crazy with buffing up before hand. Although once you enter the Arena you can use Invisibility, hide, then buff up before engaging the other Druid. This won't always work but it'll sometimes give you the edge. One thing worth noting too is you can use Stone of Recall to teleport out then come back after you've rested and you won't get disqualified.

Below is a list of each Druid that you'll fight during this arena quest along with a little bit of information to help you beat them (if needed). Don't forget to loot the magical items from the ground before you leave after you beat each of these Druids. If you forgot to loot one Druid that's fine as the loot won't disappear between matches and you'll be able to pick it up the next time you're here.

When the match is over you can leave through the nearby door attached to a tower.

Round 1: As you may imagine this is the easiest of all 4 rounds. You'll be fighting Welcar.

Round 2: The second round is only marginally harder than the first, for this one you'll be fighting Henna.

Round 3: In my opinion this is the most difficult fight of the Druid arena since Janken will shift into a wolf with fantastic evasion and he'll spam heals every time he gets low on health. Me, my familiar, my Henchman and my Summoned Dire Bear whacked him for about 5minutes until I finally got frustrated enough to Stone of Recall out, Rest and then come back with all my spells to blow him up.

Round 4: For the final round you'll be fighting a Druid named Elgar. As you may imagine, this is going to be a difficult fight of the arena since he's the last contestant. One thing you can do to make this easier is enter the battle arena and unload on him then use Stone of Recall and rest up then come back and finish him off.

After you've finished all 4 rounds speak with Jaer to get your final reward and complete this quest.