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<blockquote data-quote="Ohmyn" data-source="post: 7625688" data-attributes="member: 6999115">Yes, because if you want to do anything, RAW or RAI, as any class, you need to get permission from the DM. Period. You are correct there is no reasonable dispute about that. The dispute is about whether or not their ruling is RAI, or RAW. More AL DMs will rule that Druids can't wear studded leather (despite the PHB saying it's leather and not metal) than the amount that accept there's nothing in the game system that prevents the Druid from putting on metal armor, even though the official rules clarification disagrees on both of these points. People are simply bias against Druids based on the lore of past editions. RAW, nothing in the game's rules stops them if they choose to don metal. If you can find a ruling that says it's impossible for them to don metal armor, or that they're not proficient in its use, or that they suffer any penalty if they wear it, please point it out. No such rule exists, which is iterated by the Sage Advice twice in their response. The only thing that stops them if they choose to do so is if the DM cuts them off because it undermines their story, which is true of literally everything in the game. Just because the DM has authority to say anything they don't want is not permitted, does not mean it is impossible to do as per the game's written rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ohmyn, post: 7625688, member: 6999115"] Yes, because if you want to do anything, RAW or RAI, as any class, you need to get permission from the DM. Period. You are correct there is no reasonable dispute about that. The dispute is about whether or not their ruling is RAI, or RAW. More AL DMs will rule that Druids can't wear studded leather (despite the PHB saying it's leather and not metal) than the amount that accept there's nothing in the game system that prevents the Druid from putting on metal armor, even though the official rules clarification disagrees on both of these points. People are simply bias against Druids based on the lore of past editions. RAW, nothing in the game's rules stops them if they choose to don metal. If you can find a ruling that says it's impossible for them to don metal armor, or that they're not proficient in its use, or that they suffer any penalty if they wear it, please point it out. No such rule exists, which is iterated by the Sage Advice [B]twice[/B] in their response. The only thing that stops them if they choose to do so is if the DM cuts them off because it undermines their story, which is true of literally everything in the game. Just because the DM has authority to say anything they don't want is not permitted, does not mean it is impossible to do as per the game's written rules. [/QUOTE]

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