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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 7555380" data-attributes="member: 15882">I let them buy any armour they want.  I don't really limit it because it's just silly fluff and isn't really a factor for game mechanics.If the player wants to maintain the 'No metal armour' illusion, I make it fairly easy to come by.  A hunter/fur trader can fashion it easily.  I might throw an ankheg into a random encounter and let them use it to fashion armour or I might have some available.  As a dm, it's easy to throw something like that into the campaign world.  At low levels, they find a guy who made some cool armour.  At high levels they can go back to him which makes for a cool story in-game.In short:  I don't punish the player for legacy fluff.  I make it easy to acquire or waive the restriction completely.</blockquote>