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<blockquote data-quote="RPG_Tweaker" data-source="post: 3891892" data-attributes="member: 13041">Real druids revered elements of nature, but they were sages and priests that primarily presided over religious festivals and preserved their culture/lore sans writing; like organic libraries... like bardic knowledge.Historical druids weren't anywhere the champions of nature like their D&amp;D incarnation. Their traditional mnemonic abilities, and priestly skills are nowhere to be seen, replaced by an over-emphasis on nature-related skills/spells and, for 3E, shapeshifting into animals. It seems pretty clear to me that both the fluff &amp; crunch indicate D&amp;D druids are indeed ecophiles, obsessed with worldbeat style extreme wilderness.But that shift doesn't really explain their anti-metal ludditeness. With dwarves, gnomes and numerous other metal-master species running around in full plate, it's hard to justify metal as an oddity. That philosophy is especially hard to understand considering the wierd dichotomy of the spiritual oath that makes sickles and scimitars okay but shortwords and falchions verboten.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RPG_Tweaker, post: 3891892, member: 13041"] [i]Real[/i] druids revered elements of nature, but they were sages and priests that primarily presided over religious festivals and preserved their culture/lore sans writing; like organic libraries... like bardic knowledge. Historical druids weren't anywhere the champions of nature like their D&D incarnation. Their traditional mnemonic abilities, and priestly skills are nowhere to be seen, replaced by an over-emphasis on nature-related skills/spells and, for 3E, shapeshifting into animals. It seems pretty clear to me that both the fluff & crunch indicate D&D druids are indeed ecophiles, obsessed with worldbeat style extreme wilderness. But that shift doesn't really explain their anti-metal ludditeness. With dwarves, gnomes and numerous other metal-master species running around in full plate, it's hard to justify metal as an oddity. That philosophy is especially hard to understand considering the wierd dichotomy of the spiritual oath that makes sickles and scimitars okay but shortwords and falchions verboten. [/QUOTE]

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