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<blockquote data-quote="Ohmyn" data-source="post: 7624503" data-attributes="member: 6999115">The point is that the player characters are the exception, not the rule. While the typical elf is remaining isolated in their little grove, the player character has ventured out into the world to seek adventure, to ward off the evils of the world, or perform whatever other task it is they set out to do. The world itself does not have to be a melting pot, but there's no reason the player character can't disagree with certain tenets of their people, or even dislike entirely the fact that the world is not a cooking pot and believes everyone should try to get along.Just look at people of any culture and you will find there is nothing that 100% of them ever agree on. Even the Nazis surely had someone among their ranks that did not agree with the persecution of Jews, and there were white people that provided blacks safe harbor during the times of African slavery. I find it silly to say that player characters may not be unique individuals but must rather fit the DM's interpretation of what all members of that race absolutely must feel and think.Player skill doesn't make up for the fact that a hindered character is going to fail most of the time regardless of how good their idea is simply because they don't have the numbers to achieve a probable success rate. Balance has to be maintained in order to allow player skill to actually have room to take place.That's fine, but that's just DM authority and not a rule, which is fine.&nbsp; The point remains that Druids have been able to wear metal armor in nearly every edition of D&amp;D, they've just typically had penalties associated with it. Those penalties have since been removed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ohmyn, post: 7624503, member: 6999115"] The point is that the player characters are the exception, not the rule. While the typical elf is remaining isolated in their little grove, the player character has ventured out into the world to seek adventure, to ward off the evils of the world, or perform whatever other task it is they set out to do. The world itself does not have to be a melting pot, but there's no reason the player character can't disagree with certain tenets of their people, or even dislike entirely the fact that the world is not a cooking pot and believes everyone should try to get along. Just look at people of any culture and you will find there is nothing that 100% of them ever agree on. Even the Nazis surely had someone among their ranks that did not agree with the persecution of Jews, and there were white people that provided blacks safe harbor during the times of African slavery. I find it silly to say that player characters may not be unique individuals but must rather fit the DM's interpretation of what all members of that race absolutely must feel and think. Player skill doesn't make up for the fact that a hindered character is going to fail most of the time regardless of how good their idea is simply because they don't have the numbers to achieve a probable success rate. Balance has to be maintained in order to allow player skill to actually have room to take place. That's fine, but that's just DM authority and not a rule, which is fine. The point remains that Druids have been able to wear metal armor in nearly every edition of D&D, they've just typically had penalties associated with it. Those penalties have since been removed. [/QUOTE]

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