The relationship between the Druids and the Priest(ess)hood is. . . complicated.
Overall, there is nothing specific which PREVENTS primal casters from being loyal worshipers of the Gods (capital G, note). The Druids of Saluwe' are an all MALE order, because the Church of Saluwe' in ALL of the Known Lands refuses to teach men the cants (divine spells) of Saluwe', in much the same way that the Temple of Illiir will not teach women their cants and divine spells. The cultural forces are that the two priesthoods are 'married', and all women go to one, and all men go to the other. The Druids, then, were male worshipers of Saluwe' who made deals with nature spirits to gain powers for whatever reason.
Now, as stated in the original Players Guide to Arcanis, there was an active war between the divine worshipers of Saluwe (the women) and the primal Druids. The priestesses claimed that the Druids worshiped "evil elder gods" and not Saluwe' herself. In their mind they 1) worshiped a false god, and 2) were breaking the 'proper' social order because men cannot concievably understand the nature of Saluwe'. She is the goddess of life, birth, nature, etc. and men are simply incapable of understanding this in their theology.
Eventually, a treaty was signed and the priest(ess)hood acknowledged the role of the Druids of Saluwe' (at least a specific sect of them) who operate as the stewards of the Golden Boughs. They worship Saluwe', but work through the spirits of nature, likely (I cannot say for sure as it has not been explored in canon) because they view these nature spirits as Her servants.
Now, this isn't to say Saluweans are good with Druids, because outside of the few 'official' points they are viewed as heretics for worshiping the 'wrong' gods. Henry has previously posted a entry on Battle Mages of the Coryani Empire and stated a lot of them are actually PRIMAL casters and not Eldritch, as making pacts and deals with nature spirits to gain power is not uncommon in the world, but these mages are not 'official' battle mages and are viewed with suspicion by the church. However, since they are comrades in arms of their fellow Legionnaires, most people in the legions turn a blind eye to the source of their mage's magic if they use it to protect their comrades.
To other gods, the only two other deities that would have 'official' druid orders in theory are Jeggal Sag for the ssethrics, and Belisarda for the elorii. The Cult of Jeggal Sag has long been the domain of druids in 3.5 and Arcane: Primal in ARG, so it makes sense they'd be open for Druids for ssethric races. Belisarda is more complicated as she is very specifically a Goddess of Life rather than a Goddess of Nature, and the whole eloran church is not structured the same way. In the past you COULD be a druid of Belisarda (in the 3.5 days), but this may not hold true in 5e. In ARG, Henry has previously stated that the elorii church does not particularly like primal casters either for various reasons, and as such there are few if any eloran shamans (though there is nothing mechanically preventing it from happening).
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Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Divine Holy Judge of Nier Ruma val'Vasik, Martial Crusader and Master of the Spear Jorma Osterman, Arcane Coryani Battlemage
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