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Why the Druid Metal Restriction is Poorly Implemented
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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7624318" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>Keep in mind that while I am debating for druids being able to wear metal armor, that is purely based on my reading of the rules. It isn't something that I or any of my players have ever done, nor do I foresee happening.</p><p></p><p>It's simply an option that is there. Such a druid would be a heretic, and I suspect that any player who did so in my game just for a few points extra AC would have a powerful regret sooner than not. Especially since I don't make it back breakingly difficult to obtain armor made from non-traditional materials (like bulette half plate). IMC, if you want to be a metal armor wearing druid I'll allow it, but if your goal wasn't to have an extra large helping of hardship to role play against, you made the wrong choice, and I would make that clear to any player who proposed such a character to me.</p><p></p><p>However, if the player wants to be a druidic heretic and lean into all the troubles that will come of it, that sounds like it could be a potentially interesting concept so I'm not going to shut it down. </p><p></p><p>As to the elf and half-orc thing, I'm with Ohmyn on this one. If your world is old school, the two of them being pals might well attract a lot of negative attention from bigots, but my players would be free to do so. Maybe they grew up together in a slum and saved each other's lives more times than anyone can count. Maybe the elf tragically lost his child and while in the depths of grief and despair found an abandoned half orc baby and raised the child as his own. Sure, the rest of the world might look down on such a relationship, but it doesn't mean it couldn't happen. IMO, anyway.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't like to bring an excessive amount of ugliness from the real world into my game worlds. While such things do exist there, they don't tend to be pronounced, because I'd rather spend my game time on big damn heroes than on how much the world can suck. On the other hand, as long as you've made it clear to the players that such prejudices exist in your world, if they opt into it by playing such a duo that says to me that they want to explore such a relationship in such a world, which sounds to me like it could make for some incredible role playing moments.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7624318, member: 53980"] Keep in mind that while I am debating for druids being able to wear metal armor, that is purely based on my reading of the rules. It isn't something that I or any of my players have ever done, nor do I foresee happening. It's simply an option that is there. Such a druid would be a heretic, and I suspect that any player who did so in my game just for a few points extra AC would have a powerful regret sooner than not. Especially since I don't make it back breakingly difficult to obtain armor made from non-traditional materials (like bulette half plate). IMC, if you want to be a metal armor wearing druid I'll allow it, but if your goal wasn't to have an extra large helping of hardship to role play against, you made the wrong choice, and I would make that clear to any player who proposed such a character to me. However, if the player wants to be a druidic heretic and lean into all the troubles that will come of it, that sounds like it could be a potentially interesting concept so I'm not going to shut it down. As to the elf and half-orc thing, I'm with Ohmyn on this one. If your world is old school, the two of them being pals might well attract a lot of negative attention from bigots, but my players would be free to do so. Maybe they grew up together in a slum and saved each other's lives more times than anyone can count. Maybe the elf tragically lost his child and while in the depths of grief and despair found an abandoned half orc baby and raised the child as his own. Sure, the rest of the world might look down on such a relationship, but it doesn't mean it couldn't happen. IMO, anyway. Personally, I don't like to bring an excessive amount of ugliness from the real world into my game worlds. While such things do exist there, they don't tend to be pronounced, because I'd rather spend my game time on big damn heroes than on how much the world can suck. On the other hand, as long as you've made it clear to the players that such prejudices exist in your world, if they opt into it by playing such a duo that says to me that they want to explore such a relationship in such a world, which sounds to me like it could make for some incredible role playing moments. [/QUOTE]
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