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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8572854" data-attributes="member: 23751">Funny thing.&nbsp; The designers have &quot;arbitrarily&quot; made it up as well I guess.&nbsp; Oh, wait. Something based in reason literally cannot be arbitrary, so the designers just made it up.&nbsp; Just like all the rest of the game.&nbsp; Take it up with them if you don't like it.The fact is, this taboo is just an in-game decision druids make that is part of the story of the class.And yet I can get heavy armor proficiency as a druid if feats and/or multiclassing are allowed, and my druid comes with proficiency with metal armor.&nbsp; That and absolutely nothing says you can't wear armor you are not proficient with and there are no actual rules against wearing metal armor.&nbsp; So yes, druids due to their in-fiction choice won't wear metal armor, but that choice can be changed.&nbsp; And has been allowed to be changed since 1e.&nbsp; There has never been an edition where a druid literally could not put on metal armor.They also in no way stop druids from putting on metal armor.&nbsp; In 1e it spoiled your magical powers. How do druids know that? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :unsure:"&nbsp; data-smilie="24"data-shortname=":unsure:" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Because they put it on!If you want to keep 5e druids from CHOOSING to put on metal armor, bring back the mechanical penalties. Call it a rule if you want to for your game.&nbsp; It's not relevant whether it's a rule or not, since they can put it on even if it is a rule.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8572854, member: 23751"] Funny thing. The designers have "arbitrarily" made it up as well I guess. Oh, wait. Something based in reason literally cannot be arbitrary, so the designers just made it up. Just like all the rest of the game. Take it up with them if you don't like it. The fact is, this taboo is just an in-game decision druids make that is part of the story of the class. And yet I can get heavy armor proficiency as a druid if feats and/or multiclassing are allowed, and my druid comes with proficiency with metal armor. That and absolutely nothing says you can't wear armor you are not proficient with and there are no actual rules against wearing metal armor. So yes, druids due to their in-fiction choice won't wear metal armor, but that choice can be changed. And has been allowed to be changed since 1e. There has never been an edition where a druid literally could not put on metal armor. They also in no way stop druids from putting on metal armor. In 1e it spoiled your magical powers. How do druids know that? :unsure: Because they put it on! If you want to keep 5e druids from CHOOSING to put on metal armor, bring back the mechanical penalties. Call it a rule if you want to for your game. It's not relevant whether it's a rule or not, since they can put it on even if it is a rule. [/QUOTE]

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