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What is the difference between a Shaman and a Druid?

Started by Spinachcat, September 02, 2014, 02:17:08 AM

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Omega

Wasnt there a Dragon article that presented an alternative Druid as some sort of blood magic?

RPGPundit

Quote from: Spinachcat;784353Does Shaman = Druid?

If not, where do they differ...or where should they differ?

A shaman is a type of spirit-person, a psychopomp who can heal the sick and communicate with the dead, found in pre-agrarian cultures (and sometimes suriving into agrarian tribal cultures).

Druids were a specific order of priests in celtic religion, quite a bit more technologically/socially advanced than the type of conditions that define a "shamanic" culture.

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