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<blockquote data-quote="Ohmyn" data-source="post: 7625234" data-attributes="member: 6999115">That Gygaxian stuff doesn't really apply to out of game discussion, so I don't see the point of that. We're on an online forum, not at a D&amp;D table. All I will say to that is that if I were at a table where I were playing a Druid, but then the party had a great plan to save the day that required me to weigh my taboo against metal versus the mission, and the DM chose for me because &quot;it's impossible for your character to make that decision because your taboo is infallible&quot;, I'd not come back to that table. If my character is allowed to risk its life for others, I'd expect he can set aside a taboo.As for the A and B, you're showing you don't understand the argument at all. The point is, that even if it's a rule, it doesn't impose any penalty, and there's nothing in the game system preventing the action. The developer of the game even addressed the discussion and agreed on this, and did not errata it, meaning it was clearly intended. The argument is not that it doesn't fit within the edition, it's that it imposes no penalty. A Paladin can defy their oaths, but if they do so there's an excerpt with consequences. The Druid has no such penalties, so if a player does so at the table, it's only the DM's discretion, and not the written rules, to stop or penalize them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ohmyn, post: 7625234, member: 6999115"] That Gygaxian stuff doesn't really apply to out of game discussion, so I don't see the point of that. We're on an online forum, not at a D&D table. All I will say to that is that if I were at a table where I were playing a Druid, but then the party had a great plan to save the day that required me to weigh my taboo against metal versus the mission, and the DM chose for me because "it's impossible for your character to make that decision because your taboo is infallible", I'd not come back to that table. If my character is allowed to risk its life for others, I'd expect he can set aside a taboo. As for the A and B, you're showing you don't understand the argument at all. The point is, that even if it's a rule, it doesn't impose any penalty, and there's nothing in the game system preventing the action. The developer of the game even addressed the discussion and agreed on this, and did not errata it, meaning it was clearly intended. The argument is not that it doesn't fit within the edition, it's that it imposes no penalty. A Paladin can defy their oaths, but if they do so there's an excerpt with consequences. The Druid has no such penalties, so if a player does so at the table, it's only the DM's discretion, and not the written rules, to stop or penalize them. [/QUOTE]

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