Druids are the pagan practitioners of a truly ancient religion who revere and draw power not from any deities, but from nature itself. According to tradition, the first druids entered Ravenloft with the domain of Forlorn, but they spread to many other lands in the centuries that followed.

Druids are the guardians of the untamed wilds. Most druids are secretive about their faith and avoid civilized lands, with good reason: not only do druids find the cities of mankind unsettling, they often face hostility from ignorant locals.. Most folk in Ravenloft know of the druids only through the filter of folklore, and they often confuse druidic magic with witchcraft, a feared and poorly understood form of magic, said to be the plaything of Hags. To avoid danger, many druids pass themselves off as clerics of "civilized" deities when passing through settle lands.

Druids strive to preserve the purity and balance of nature. Many claim the Lands of Mist are out of balance, tainted - or even overrun - by seeping, unnatural evil. Most druids adventure to eliminate these sinkholes of evil, restoring the natural balance and fearsome beauty of their beloved wilderness.