D&D 5E RAW: Can druids wear studded leather?

[Satyrn]

Funniest way I ever handled a Druid wearing metal armor?
It became supernaturally heavy. Like unworthy Mjolnir.
Image the Druid struggling to get up. Even his companions can’t drag him across the ground. He’s just too heavy!

Would've been funnier if bears started attacking, too

 

[Seramus]

Would've been funnier if bears started attacking, too

Put on armor and just suddenly... bears?
A... armored bears?

 

[Satyrn]

Put on armor and just suddenly... bears?
A... armored bears?

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Yeah, exactly. Summoned by the same supernatural forces that were weighing down the druid.


"You don't have to outrun the armored bears. You just have to outrun the heretic druid, and I've made sure you can" - Mother Nature

 

[5ekyu]

Would've been funnier if bears started attacking, too

My default is wildshape with metal armor causes exhaustion.

 

[Seramus]

"You don't have to outrun the armored bears. You just have to outrun the heretic druid, and I've made sure you can" - Mother Nature

Even a Tenser’s Floating Disk shudders once or twice, then collapses to the ground with a metal wearing Druid on it. It’s just too much!

 

[Captain Panda]

Strictly RAW, you can, because studded leather does not mention being made of metal but several types of armor directly do, providing a precedent that if an armor is majority metal it will be noted.

RAI is totally clear; Crawford is the head rules guy, and if he says studded leather is meant to be cool, that's that.

 

[Greenstone.Walker]

I would argue that studded leather doesn't contain significant amounts of metal because, by RAW, it only weighs 3lb more than leather armour.

 

[ad_hoc]

I would argue that studded leather doesn't contain significant amounts of metal because, by RAW, it only weighs 3lb more than leather armour.

The description is 'close-set rivets'

If it wasn't for that 'close-set' part I would agree that there isn't a lot of metal.

 

[jasper]

Only if they are studs. Those old flabby druids have to dress decently.

 

[Oofta]

Only if they are studs. Those old flabby druids have to dress decently.

But what if they're stud muffins?