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<blockquote data-quote="JonnyP71" data-source="post: 7625754" data-attributes="member: 6788862">Have you actually read the 1E PHB, or are you relying on a certain poster's selective quoting of the rules?There are 3 statements regarding the Druid being limited to leather armour in the 1E PHB.The first is on Page 19, a table listing permitted weapon and armour types for each class.&nbsp; It doesn't give any reasons.&nbsp; Words used in describing the restrictions include 'permitted' for the lists that are allowed, and 'proscribed', 'prohibition' and 'cannot', when clarifying weapons and armour that are not allowed for certain characters.The other 2 mentions are on page 21.&nbsp; The 1st says, I quote &quot;druids are unable to use any armour or shields other than leather armour or wooden shields (metallic armour spoils their magical powers)&quot;... the 2nd read &quot;In melee combat, druids fight as clerics, but they do suffer somewhat from their inability to wear protective armour of metal.&quot;The only clarifying 'reason' is that short statement in brackets, seemingly thrown in to give some reasoning for the rule.Note the use of strong words such as &quot;inability&quot;, and &quot;prohibition&quot;... this is firmly worded - these are the rules, your character is NOT doing this.There's no statement anywhere in 1E to hint that they CAN wear metallic armour at any time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JonnyP71, post: 7625754, member: 6788862"] Have you actually read the 1E PHB, or are you relying on a certain poster's selective quoting of the rules? There are 3 statements regarding the Druid being limited to leather armour in the 1E PHB. The first is on Page 19, a table listing permitted weapon and armour types for each class. It doesn't give any reasons. Words used in describing the restrictions include '[B]permitted[/B]' for the lists that are allowed, and '[B]proscribed[/B]', '[B]prohibition[/B]' and '[B]cannot[/B]', when clarifying weapons and armour that are not allowed for certain characters. The other 2 mentions are on page 21. The 1st says, I quote "druids are unable to use any armour or shields other than leather armour or wooden shields (metallic armour spoils their magical powers)"... the 2nd read "In melee combat, druids fight as clerics, but they do suffer somewhat from their [B]inability[/B] to wear protective armour of metal." The only clarifying 'reason' is that short statement in brackets, seemingly thrown in to give some reasoning for the rule. Note the use of strong words such as "inability", and "prohibition"... this is firmly worded - these are the rules, your character is NOT doing this. There's no statement anywhere in 1E to hint that they CAN wear metallic armour at any time. [/QUOTE]

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