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Rulings, not Rules: How Will You Solve the Bard / Half Elf Dilemma?
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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8267181" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>"The druid is a sub-class of clerics. They are the only absolute neutrals (see</p><p>ALIGNMENT), viewing good and evil, law and chaos, as balancing forces</p><p>of nature which are necessary for the continuation of all things."</p><p>--1e PHB p20 at the start of the section "The Druid"</p><p></p><p>I would consider that a stricture requiring the True Neutral alignment from Druids. Noting that the MM generally lists animals and such with Alignment: Neutral. PHB appendix III simply labels the center of the chart 'Neutral' but it does not include any associated text. However the Alignment CHAPTER describes 'True Neutral' and doesn't mention any other sort of 'Neutral'. I think it is pretty safe to assume that 'Neutral' is not a PC alignment, just a placeholder that means something similar to what 'Unaligned' means in later editions. This seems pretty consistent and it is hard to argue that Druids are not restricted to True Neutral, at least without some other source which contradicts this. Depending on how you read the alignment chapter, Druids may be able to move along either axis of neutrality. There is no specific "if you change alignment you lose your powers" kind of text, so it is a bit up to the DM/players as to how they see this. In that sense it might be possible to BECOME a druid of a different alignment, though it is probably going to be costly and the PHB seems to indicate you can only move on one axis, ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8267181, member: 82106"] "The druid is a sub-class of clerics. They are the only absolute neutrals (see ALIGNMENT), viewing good and evil, law and chaos, as balancing forces of nature which are necessary for the continuation of all things." --1e PHB p20 at the start of the section "The Druid" I would consider that a stricture requiring the True Neutral alignment from Druids. Noting that the MM generally lists animals and such with Alignment: Neutral. PHB appendix III simply labels the center of the chart 'Neutral' but it does not include any associated text. However the Alignment CHAPTER describes 'True Neutral' and doesn't mention any other sort of 'Neutral'. I think it is pretty safe to assume that 'Neutral' is not a PC alignment, just a placeholder that means something similar to what 'Unaligned' means in later editions. This seems pretty consistent and it is hard to argue that Druids are not restricted to True Neutral, at least without some other source which contradicts this. Depending on how you read the alignment chapter, Druids may be able to move along either axis of neutrality. There is no specific "if you change alignment you lose your powers" kind of text, so it is a bit up to the DM/players as to how they see this. In that sense it might be possible to BECOME a druid of a different alignment, though it is probably going to be costly and the PHB seems to indicate you can only move on one axis, ever. [/QUOTE]
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