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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7915047" data-attributes="member: 50987">The &quot;no metal armor&quot; restriction doesn't have to be as limiting as you think.&nbsp; With some imagination (and your DM's permission) you could make Medium or Heavy armor out of all sorts of materials.Maybe there is a special tree in your campaign, called Umbrite or whatever.&nbsp; And maybe the elves have learned how to collect the sap from the umbrite trees, and they boil it down and harden it to make golden, translucent weapons and armor that are as light and strong as steel.&nbsp; But be careful, it's still technically wood (and can burn).Maybe the dwarven druids of the Earth-Singer clan have a special kind of armor made from ceramic.&nbsp; They mine the rare clays from ancient fossil beds deep beneath the mountain, mix it with the blood of gorgons, and fire it in great kilns to create stone armor.&nbsp; This ceramic armor might be unaffected by heat metal, but watch out for transmute rock.Or maybe you want a breastplate for your druid.&nbsp; You ask around, and you find an NPC who can make one for you out of chitin.&nbsp; Your DM could put a quick little adventure together for you to hunt and slay an ankheg large enough for the project, but you're going to have to find a way to slay it somehow without cracking its shell.&nbsp; If you pull it off, you could have a chitin breastplate in about 4-5 in-game months.&nbsp; (And a pretty cool story about where your unique armor came from.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 7915047, member: 50987"] The "no metal armor" restriction doesn't have to be as limiting as you think. With some imagination (and your DM's permission) you could make Medium or Heavy armor out of all sorts of materials. Maybe there is a special tree in your campaign, called Umbrite or whatever. And maybe the elves have learned how to collect the sap from the umbrite trees, and they boil it down and harden it to make golden, translucent weapons and armor that are as light and strong as steel. But be careful, it's still technically wood (and can burn). Maybe the dwarven druids of the Earth-Singer clan have a special kind of armor made from ceramic. They mine the rare clays from ancient fossil beds deep beneath the mountain, mix it with the blood of gorgons, and fire it in great kilns to create stone armor. This ceramic armor might be unaffected by [I]heat metal, [/I]but watch out for [I]transmute rock.[/I] Or maybe you want a breastplate for your druid. You ask around, and you find an NPC who can make one for you out of chitin. Your DM could put a quick little adventure together for you to hunt and slay an ankheg large enough for the project, but you're going to have to find a way to slay it somehow without cracking its shell. If you pull it off, you could have a chitin breastplate in about 4-5 in-game months. (And a pretty cool story about where your unique armor came from.) [/QUOTE]

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