D&D 5E Can your Druids wear metal armor?

[mrpopstar]

Player: He looked at my belt funny. I nail his eyelids to the floor, cut out his tongue and kill him slowly.

THIS IMAGE NOW BURNED INTO MY BRAIN

 

[Maxperson]

THIS IMAGE NOW BURNED INTO MY BRAIN

And now my work is done. Muahahahahaha! (evil me slinks off to read another thread)

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Regardless of having actual rules mechanics or not, a lot of people here are taking the "religious taboo" part of the 5E version too lightly. So let's see......

Metal armor or no metal armor? Kosher food or non-Kosher food? Pork or no pork? Alcohol or no alcohol? Growing a beard at adulthood or shaving? Wearing various required pieces of religious clothing or not wearing them?

As it is written in the PHB, I think it should be taken just as seriously as the real-life examples.

 

[Maxperson]

Regardless of having actual rules mechanics or not, a lot of people here are taking the "religious taboo" part of the 5E version too lightly. So let's see......

Metal armor or no metal armor? Kosher food or non-Kosher food? Pork or no pork? Alcohol or no alcohol? Growing a beard at adulthood or shaving? Wearing various required pieces of religious clothing or not wearing them?

As it is written in the PHB, I think it should be taken just as seriously as the real-life examples.

Sure and every last one of those real life taboos would be broken if necessary. Haven't eaten in a week and someone offers you bacon? Good chance you're going to eat it anyway and make up for it later.

 

[J.Quondam]

Regardless of having actual rules mechanics or not, a lot of people here are taking the "religious taboo" part of the 5E version too lightly. So let's see......

Metal armor or no metal armor? Kosher food or non-Kosher food? Pork or no pork? Alcohol or no alcohol? Growing a beard at adulthood or shaving? Wearing various required pieces of religious clothing or not wearing them?

As it is written in the PHB, I think it should be taken just as seriously as the real-life examples.

That's a genuinely good point: the question of taboos overlaps with real world concerns, and may well constitute a "red line" for some groups. There are people out there who don't want their game to involve religious inner conflict, just as some don't care for games involving other weighty issues like slavery, sexual relationships, addiction, and so forth.

After participating in this thread, I'm definitely adding "taboos" to my list of checks before starting a campaign, to make sure all players are on board.

 

[J.Quondam]

Sure and every last one of those real life taboos would be broken if necessary. Haven't eaten in a week and someone offers you bacon? Good chance you're going to eat it anyway and make up for it later.

I think their point is that the broad category of "taboo" hits uncomfortably close to home for some gamers. So it's a good idea to just check that that particular topic - like other religious topics - is okay with the entire group before involving it in the game.

 

[Maxperson]

I think their point is that the broad category of "taboo" hits uncomfortably close to home for some gamers. So it's a good idea to just check that that particular topic - like other religious topics - is okay with the entire group before involving it in the game.

I think that anything that could hit close to home for a member of the group should be off limits. If someone in my game had been raped, nothing even beginning to approach a woman being forced would be in my game. That said, taboo as a broad category isn't like that. Specific taboos could be, though.

 

[J.Quondam]

I think that anything that could hit close to home for a member of the group should be off limits. If someone in my game had been raped, nothing even beginning to approach a woman being forced would be in my game. That said, taboo as a broad category isn't like that. Specific taboos could be, though.

That's why we do pre-game checks.

 

[Shadowdweller00]

Sure and every last one of those real life taboos would be broken if necessary. Haven't eaten in a week and someone offers you bacon? Good chance you're going to eat it anyway and make up for it later.

Vacuous argument. In real life, we don't have obviously interventionist deities (or sets of spiritual beliefs) that regularly grant people magic powers.

 

[Maxperson]

Vacuous argument. In real life, we don't have obviously interventionist deities (or sets of spiritual beliefs) that regularly grant people magic powers.

Nice Red Herring. Real life(or pretend) deities or not are not relevant to my argument.