Yaarel
🇮🇱He-Mage
Exactly.This whole stupid thread would have been way better if they hadn't placed a random piece of fluff into the RULE section.
If they didn't want Druid to wear half-plates they should have just limited their proficiencies instead of this BS half-baked solution that is not written like a rule at all.
I take it as a rule, but it isnt written the way rules are. There is nothing like this weird wording anywhere else in D&D.
Likewise, it isnt a flavor, written the way narrative descriptions are.
It is bad design. It causes confusions and unfortunate consequences that are bad for the D&D game.
This word "will", as you say, is "half-baked".
It is half-asked.