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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 902458" data-attributes="member: 259">Sorry if I wasn't clear.  I'd probably give druids proficiency in all simple weapons, and prohibit them from using any metal weapons.  That way, a druid/fighter could use a greatclub; a regular druid would have to take a feat to use a greatclub.  An elven druid could use a longbow, as long as the arrows were tipped with flint or bone.  And no, a fifteenth-level druid wouldn't automatically be able to use an ironwood greatsword; they'd have to gain proficiency in it first.Yes, this limits low-level druids somewhat.  However, I believe there are rules somewhere for making weapons out of substandard materials, and I'd encourage the use of these rules.If this were too restrictive, I'd allow the druid proficiency in all the weapons they're currently proficient in, but impose the no-metal restriction.  This means that a druid couldn't use most scimitars, couldn't use the longspear made by a blacksmith, and so on.  However, a druid would (don't ask how) know how to use the first obsidian longsword she came across.On the one hand, this does restrict a druid from using most found magical weapons, a significant restriction.  On the other hand, there will be druids out there who create items out of other materials:  frostblade scimitars carved from glacial ice, longspears tipped with obsidian from the bloodthirsty volcanic peaks of Pelanji, greatclubs hewn from the heartwood of a fallen treant warrior.  I'd rule that a magical item ignores any penalties for being made from "substandard" materials:  the materials they're made from are automatically superior.Finally, as the player of a 9th-level druid played from first level, I can count the number of times I used a melee weapon on one hand.  Once a druid gains the ability to wildshape, she is almost always better at fighting as an animal than she is at fighting as a humanoid.  At higher levels, this restriction against using metal weapons becomes almost irrelevant:  a brown bear's claws outclass a scimitar any day.Daniel</blockquote>

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