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<blockquote data-quote="Ohmyn" data-source="post: 7626652" data-attributes="member: 6999115">Yes, I would like to reiterate that I am also in this camp. I don't personally care if my Druid can or cannot wear armor, I'm merely discussing the issues in the RAW, using extreme examples to emphasize the issues with the system's lack of clarification.I have brought up the idea of being a Druid wearing metal willingly, but as a means of pointing out that nothing in the RAW stops it, just as nothing in the RAW stops a Devotion Paladin from lying or cheating. The issue here is that if my Druid does decide to put on metal, nothing in the game system actually stops my character from being able to make that decision, and this was confirmed in the Sage Advice, but people still assume that the only interpretation of RAW is that there is something in the game system that stops the Druid.Nowhere in the Paladin's class does it say the tenets of their oath are optional, but the only thing stopping Paladins from breaking their tenets is an optional blurb about punishments that the DM can use at their discretion if the Paladin breaks their oaths. Without that optional lore box there would be no mechanic to enforce the tenets; however, if the only difference between the Paladin's tenets and the Druid's taboo is that one has an optional mechanical implication added to the PHB, then why are both not otherwise treated the same in regards to how they're able to be handled by the player?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ohmyn, post: 7626652, member: 6999115"] Yes, I would like to reiterate that I am also in this camp. I don't personally care if my Druid can or cannot wear armor, I'm merely discussing the issues in the RAW, using extreme examples to emphasize the issues with the system's lack of clarification. I have brought up the idea of being a Druid wearing metal willingly, but as a means of pointing out that nothing in the RAW stops it, just as nothing in the RAW stops a Devotion Paladin from lying or cheating. The issue here is that if my Druid does decide to put on metal, nothing in the game system actually stops my character from being able to make that decision, and this was confirmed in the Sage Advice, but people still assume that the only interpretation of RAW is that there is something in the game system that stops the Druid. Nowhere in the Paladin's class does it say the tenets of their oath are optional, but the only thing stopping Paladins from breaking their tenets is an optional blurb about punishments that the DM can use at their discretion if the Paladin breaks their oaths. Without that optional lore box there would be no mechanic to enforce the tenets; however, if the only difference between the Paladin's tenets and the Druid's taboo is that one has an optional mechanical implication added to the PHB, then why are both not otherwise treated the same in regards to how they're able to be handled by the player? [/QUOTE]

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