Good budget-gear for a Druid?

[Messianic]

I sympathize with the OP - there's a kind of fun to leveling a bunch of characters of different classes and races to see all the different experiences of leveling...


Falkun's covered most of it. +Hp gear is incredibly valuable early on, especially levels 1-20. My Druid leveled with shield of thistles more efficiently than anything else until the charm changes made the level 14 charm spell a beast...

However, until about 30+, +mana gear is generally more beneficial than int gear. For example, Moonstone rings, Glowing Bone Collar, Jaded Golden Bracelets (2ac 15 hp 15 mana - LOVE these things), Wolf Fur Slippers (although kind of expensive for their benefit), Lizardscale Belt (10 hp 10 mana), EB Cape, EB sleeves...These are really good for early on. For slots where a +mana item is not viable, +wis works great.