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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8524221" data-attributes="member: 2209">Druids have always had some mechanical weirdnesses.In AD&amp;D they had to be &quot;True Neutral&quot; with some bizarre explicit and implied consequences for roleplaying and druidic beliefs. In 3e this changed to at least one axis neutral in nine point alignment, so chaotic or evil was fine, but not chaotic evil or lawful good.In 1e druids along with assassins and monks had to fight their superiors to advance to higher levels and there was an implied worldwide organization (that got expanded to more levels in Unearthed Arcana)They were given scimitars in their weapon list because small curved swords are a bit like sickles, but not really and so you can end up with an Arabic feel to your Celtic druids, or turn them into a magical swordsman class.The no metal armor thing has been defined and not defined in various editions. 5e is particularly vague in its description.They have the reincarnate spell and no other raise dead spells differentiating them from clerics.And there is the secret druid tongue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8524221, member: 2209"] Druids have always had some mechanical weirdnesses. In AD&D they had to be "True Neutral" with some bizarre explicit and implied consequences for roleplaying and druidic beliefs. In 3e this changed to at least one axis neutral in nine point alignment, so chaotic or evil was fine, but not chaotic evil or lawful good. In 1e druids along with assassins and monks had to fight their superiors to advance to higher levels and there was an implied worldwide organization (that got expanded to more levels in Unearthed Arcana) They were given scimitars in their weapon list because small curved swords are a bit like sickles, but not really and so you can end up with an Arabic feel to your Celtic druids, or turn them into a magical swordsman class. The no metal armor thing has been defined and not defined in various editions. 5e is particularly vague in its description. They have the reincarnate spell and no other raise dead spells differentiating them from clerics. And there is the secret druid tongue. [/QUOTE]

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