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<blockquote data-quote="Ohmyn" data-source="post: 7624477" data-attributes="member: 6999115">The issue I have here is what exactly could be the possible role play ramifications of that outside of pissing off other Druids? It's pretty darn rare that I see a campaign where players encounter other Druids at all, let alone regularly, and they're literally the only people that give a darn if your Druid wears metal. It's specified in the PHB that Druids hold different views, and opposing Druids may already prey on each other as a default. Playing a Druid that wears metal, or does not wear metal, is just as much at risk of consequences of not revering a natural deity as they bump into a sect that practices the Old Faith.It's not even a factor that fey creatures would suddenly hate the Druid, because Elves, and other creatures with a natural proclivity for the Feywild, including some Fey themselves, use metal without restriction, and this never bothers them. The Nature deities themselves also don't care as they in most editions have avatars and notable worshippers that wear metal, and even grant Nature Clerics proficiency in heavy armors, all of which are metal by default.I honestly don't see how a Druid in metal can possibly by default be at higher risk of real world consequences than a Cleric who chooses a specific deity that doesn't match the worship of any region they may enter. In fact, with such a vast variety of options of worship for Clerics, or oaths for Paladins, I'd imagine they run a higher risk of controversy among NPCs in the game world than the nature guy that decided to pick up a metal shield.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ohmyn, post: 7624477, member: 6999115"] The issue I have here is what exactly could be the possible role play ramifications of that outside of pissing off other Druids? It's pretty darn rare that I see a campaign where players encounter other Druids at all, let alone regularly, and they're literally the only people that give a darn if your Druid wears metal. It's specified in the PHB that Druids hold different views, and opposing Druids may already prey on each other as a default. Playing a Druid that wears metal, or does not wear metal, is just as much at risk of consequences of not revering a natural deity as they bump into a sect that practices the Old Faith. It's not even a factor that fey creatures would suddenly hate the Druid, because Elves, and other creatures with a natural proclivity for the Feywild, including some Fey themselves, use metal without restriction, and this never bothers them. The Nature deities themselves also don't care as they in most editions have avatars and notable worshippers that wear metal, and even grant Nature Clerics proficiency in heavy armors, all of which are metal by default. I honestly don't see how a Druid in metal can possibly by default be at higher risk of real world consequences than a Cleric who chooses a specific deity that doesn't match the worship of any region they may enter. In fact, with such a vast variety of options of worship for Clerics, or oaths for Paladins, I'd imagine they run a higher risk of controversy among NPCs in the game world than the nature guy that decided to pick up a metal shield. [/QUOTE]

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