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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 8574130" data-attributes="member: 6794067">No, it is not a choice. It's in the rule section, not the fluff section. It's a poorly written rule, but a rule none the less. Sure, you can extrapolate and state that your character made a &quot;choice&quot; when they became a druid. But this isn't a &quot;choice&quot; like picking out one's clothes. And it's strange to me that people point this out as some kind of loophole or ambiguity. Sure, it's vague, and there is little guidance when the player asks &quot;why not?&quot; in 5e. But that's why there is a DM.I'm suggesting that the Proficiency section can provide guidance should the player of a druid decide their character needs to put on metal armor. Then, whatever the paladin section has to offer, if applicable. But if this isn't important to the DM then, sure, wear your chain mail and draw a line through that sentence in the PHB.Bold section - all gnomes have this trait.Italicized section - I guess that forest gnomes spend their time in dark, old growth forests or have deep cellars. That doesn't override the text of the bolded section.But, you know, maybe I'm missing a point in all of the pedantry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Baron Opal II, post: 8574130, member: 6794067"] No, it is not a choice. It's in the rule section, not the fluff section. It's a poorly written rule, but a rule none the less. Sure, you can extrapolate and state that your character made a "choice" when they became a druid. But this isn't a "choice" like picking out one's clothes. And it's strange to me that people point this out as some kind of loophole or ambiguity. Sure, it's vague, and there is little guidance when the player asks "why not?" in 5e. But that's why there is a DM. I'm suggesting that the Proficiency section can provide guidance should the player of a druid decide their character needs to put on metal armor. Then, whatever the paladin section has to offer, if applicable. But if this isn't important to the DM then, sure, wear your chain mail and draw a line through that sentence in the PHB. Bold section - all gnomes have this trait. Italicized section - I guess that forest gnomes spend their time in dark, old growth forests or have deep cellars. That doesn't override the text of the bolded section. But, you know, maybe I'm missing a point in all of the pedantry. [/QUOTE]

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