the Jester
Legend
It doesn't seem to be in the playtest.
What do you guys think about this? I'm guessing the majority will appreciate this.
What do you guys think about this? I'm guessing the majority will appreciate this.
Feel free to reflavor metal armor as non-metal.I don't want the metal restriction removed--I want more (and better) non-metal options.
I wonder if this was the intent all along. Like, maybe WotC originally had a sidebar about how the armor that they choose isn't made of metal, and then for some reason it ended up on the cutting room floor. It certainly feels like they dropped a paragraph after "...won't wear armor made of metal," anyway.Feel free to reflavor metal armor as non-metal.
Pretty sure every version of "iron wood armor" or whatever was the same AC as the metal version.I wonder if this was the intent all along. Like, maybe WotC originally had a sidebar about how the armor that they choose isn't made of metal, and then for some reason it ended up on the cutting room floor. It certainly feels like they dropped a paragraph after "...won't wear armor made of metal," anyway.
Imagine if there had been just one little sidebar: "A druid won't wear armor made of metal, but that's okay, armor needn't be made from metal! Perhaps your druid's chainmail is actually made from woven vines of the ironvine plant. Maybe the druids in your campaign make plate armor from the scales of dragons, or from the carapace of enormous beetles. Get creative!" Or something like that.
I don't want the metal restriction removed--I want more (and better) non-metal options for armor.
I don't mind the metal restriction for druids. It has been a part of that character class for decades, and I feel it really contributes to the lore and overall vibe of the class. Without it, the druid loses a bit of its distinction between cleric and ranger. And let's be honest: there's not a whole lot of distinction to begin with. But I can understand where players might be coming from: the druid class suffers the most in regard to armor options. The restriction isn't explained well, the penalties are undefined, and the class is written such that it does need armor but all options for it are uninspiring (at best). Hide armor + shield is pretty much the upper-limit for druids, and that's...kinda mediocre, isn't it?
So no, I don't want druids in chainmail. I want druids in chitin armor, or dragonscale armor, or gorgon plate, or ironwood. Here's a page from my homebrew campaign setting with some reflavored options to address this.
If that was ever a thing, it didn’t show up in the D&D Next playtest.I wonder if this was the intent all along. Like, maybe WotC originally had a sidebar about how the armor that they choose isn't made of metal, and then for some reason it ended up on the cutting room floor. It certainly feels like they dropped a paragraph after "...won't wear armor made of metal," anyway.
Imagine if there had been just one little sidebar: "A druid won't wear armor made of metal, but that's okay, armor needn't be made from metal! Perhaps your druid's chainmail is actually made from woven vines of the ironvine plant. It's common for druids to make plate armor from the scales of dragons, or from the carapace of enormous beetles. Get creative!" Or something like that.