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<blockquote data-quote="bwgwl" data-source="post: 388618" data-attributes="member: 3876">i never understood why druids, a class based on Celtic folklore, are always proficient with the scimitar, a martial weapon of Arab design.it's like giving all paladins proficiency with the katana, just because.the argument for which weapons got selected seems to be ones that are primarily wood, but both the sickle and scimitar have a lot of metal in them -- a lot more than a spear or bow and arrow, which druids can't use.if the restriction is weapons that are also tools (like sickles, for example), where is the agricultural flail (known in the East as nunchaku), scythe, and various other pole arms? not to mention the two most common medieval hunting weapons -- the bow and the spear.the list just looks too arbitrary for me. IMC, i change druid weapon and armor proficiencies to all simple weapons and light armor. they can use any kind of weapon or armor without restriction, but these are the only ones they start proficient in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bwgwl, post: 388618, member: 3876"] i never understood why druids, a class based on Celtic folklore, are always proficient with the scimitar, a martial weapon of Arab design. it's like giving all paladins proficiency with the katana, just because. the argument for which weapons got selected seems to be ones that are primarily wood, but both the sickle and scimitar have a lot of metal in them -- a lot more than a spear or bow and arrow, which druids can't use. if the restriction is weapons that are also tools (like sickles, for example), where is the agricultural flail (known in the East as nunchaku), scythe, and various other pole arms? not to mention the two most common medieval hunting weapons -- the bow and the spear. the list just looks too arbitrary for me. IMC, i change druid weapon and armor proficiencies to all simple weapons and light armor. they can [i]use[/i] any kind of weapon or armor without restriction, but these are the only ones they start proficient in. [/QUOTE]

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