There is no mechanical drawback to a Druid wearing metal, but there is a nice description of it being like a vegetarian: a vegetarian can eat meat the way a Druid can wear metal armor. Each chooses not to.
So this has been discussed a few times. To reiterate what Wolf is saying, they've done away with class restrictions similarly to a sinning paladin or cleric. It's just flavor and lore though I guess druids are effected the most by this mechanically.
Gameplay-wise, it shouldn't really make a difference. A Moon druid would hardly know the difference otherwise, most of the other subclasses make it a beefier wizard. Honestly, the Spore druid would probably find the biggest need for this since they're intended to play close/mid combat.
I saw a cool 'homebew' that allows you to find/create medium armor out of organic material (though metal is still organic .. *shrug*) for example, the very official Dragon Scale Mail is scale mail literally made from dragon scales. Other examples are armor made from Iron Wood, Turtle shells, Insect Chitin, etc
You can have the druid (or ask your DM if you're the druid) to find a skilled artisan or even a grove of other druids who would know how to make/how to find. Generally, the materials aren't that hard to come by depending on your level and the encounters that's thrown the druid's way. Heck, you can even find it on a dead adventuring druid's corpse 'seeding' the thought of alternative medium armor in the druid PC to begin with.
I do find the notion of a druid forsaking metalworking to be a tad shallow...our table has no issue with doing so. They rationalize it as tempering natural materials, no different than burning wood to make a fire, water growing plants, or wood being carved to create structure.
This new Unearthed Arcane "Circle of Stars" druid even has led me to develop a particular druid with an interest in smithing metals from fallen meteorites, believing them to have special properties.
Eh, there is a difference between forsaking metalworking and metal armor. More than half of the weapons that a druid can use are commonly made of metal.
And the new UA could have that flavor of metor-smithing added to it, but it certainly isn't necessarily implied by the text of the UA itself.
Eh, there is a difference between forsaking metalworking and metal armor. More than half of the weapons that a druid can use are commonly made of metal.
And the new UA could have that flavor of metor-smithing added to it, but it certainly isn't necessarily implied by the text of the UA itself.
Are you assuming metal spears? Metal daggers? And not ones made of stone ex: flint/obsidian?
jk.
but in all seriousness. I feel like more and more uniqueness of classes is being taken away with the newer and newer UA.
Are you assuming metal spears? Metal daggers? And not ones made of stone ex: flint/obsidian?
Commonly in most D&D campaign settings. Stone tools are still used in some areas in the real world and I would expect the same in a D&D setting. That doesn't mean I'll find one if I walk to the next town and ask a shop owner to buy a dagger (who is also selling steel swords and plate armor).
And, if it were intended that the same restriction applied to weapons as to armor then the books would say that. The fact that the rules make no such restriction leads me to believe that druids don't necessarily make/use stone tools.
Although I like the idea that druids are trying to avoid heat metal, my head canon is that worked metal interferes with the druid's connection to the source of the druid's primal power.
I do find the notion of a druid forsaking metalworking to be a tad shallow...our table has no issue with doing so. They rationalize it as tempering natural materials, no different than burning wood to make a fire, water growing plants, or wood being carved to create structure.
This new Unearthed Arcane "Circle of Stars" druid even has led me to develop a particular druid with an interest in smithing metals from fallen meteorites, believing them to have special properties.
Where is that? It's not on DDB
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I personally have made an excuse that my scale mail armor is made of actual hard scales(or shells)
I cant find it now but I'm almost positive that it's the DMG. I found it a few times on other forums but there are TONS of suggested alternative materials for druids.
Iron wood, chitin, monster scale, dragon scale, etc.
Now pick if you want to just increase the cost, make it a sidequest or find an ancient druid armorsmith..
What do warforged druids do? They're made of metal.
“Naked” warforged are just wood. They’re only metal if they want to be. That said, being made of metal and wearing metal armor are two different things. There’s no proscription of druids using non-armor metal gear, and I imagine that even if it WERE an issue, most sects would make an exception given the warforged’s nature (or more conservative sects might not induct warforged at all; I cannot imagine the Ashbound, who abhor all arcane magic as unnatural, would allow warforged among their ranks).
What do warforged druids do? They're made of metal.
“Naked” warforged are just wood. They’re only metal if they want to be. That said, being made of metal and wearing metal armor are two different things. There’s no proscription of druids using non-armor metal gear, and I imagine that even if it WERE an issue, most sects would make an exception given the warforged’s nature (or more conservative sects might not induct warforged at all; I cannot imagine the Ashbound, who abhor all arcane magic as unnatural, would allow warforged among their ranks).
I'm currently playing a Warforged Moon Druid who has incorporated hide armor. Not that hard.
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Is it possible to make a Druid who can wear metal armor albeit with a drawback like a rash or something?
There is no mechanical drawback to a Druid wearing metal, but there is a nice description of it being like a vegetarian: a vegetarian can eat meat the way a Druid can wear metal armor. Each chooses not to.
If your DM allows it, you can wear metal no problem. To me it makes sense that a Circle of the Mountain Druid, Mountain Dwarf would wear metal armor.
Also what WolfOfTheBees said.
So this has been discussed a few times. To reiterate what Wolf is saying, they've done away with class restrictions similarly to a sinning paladin or cleric. It's just flavor and lore though I guess druids are effected the most by this mechanically.
Gameplay-wise, it shouldn't really make a difference. A Moon druid would hardly know the difference otherwise, most of the other subclasses make it a beefier wizard. Honestly, the Spore druid would probably find the biggest need for this since they're intended to play close/mid combat.
I saw a cool 'homebew' that allows you to find/create medium armor out of organic material (though metal is still organic .. *shrug*) for example, the very official Dragon Scale Mail is scale mail literally made from dragon scales. Other examples are armor made from Iron Wood, Turtle shells, Insect Chitin, etc
You can have the druid (or ask your DM if you're the druid) to find a skilled artisan or even a grove of other druids who would know how to make/how to find. Generally, the materials aren't that hard to come by depending on your level and the encounters that's thrown the druid's way. Heck, you can even find it on a dead adventuring druid's corpse 'seeding' the thought of alternative medium armor in the druid PC to begin with.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/a23eao/nonmetal_armor_for_druids/
Also, there was another thread that discussed this:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/class-forums/druid/120-non-metal-armor
I do find the notion of a druid forsaking metalworking to be a tad shallow...our table has no issue with doing so. They rationalize it as tempering natural materials, no different than burning wood to make a fire, water growing plants, or wood being carved to create structure.
This new Unearthed Arcane "Circle of Stars" druid even has led me to develop a particular druid with an interest in smithing metals from fallen meteorites, believing them to have special properties.
Eh, there is a difference between forsaking metalworking and metal armor. More than half of the weapons that a druid can use are commonly made of metal.
And the new UA could have that flavor of metor-smithing added to it, but it certainly isn't necessarily implied by the text of the UA itself.
My head-canon is that no druid wants to be caught by a Heat Metal ;).
Are you assuming metal spears? Metal daggers? And not ones made of stone ex: flint/obsidian?
jk.
but in all seriousness. I feel like more and more uniqueness of classes is being taken away with the newer and newer UA.
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Commonly in most D&D campaign settings. Stone tools are still used in some areas in the real world and I would expect the same in a D&D setting. That doesn't mean I'll find one if I walk to the next town and ask a shop owner to buy a dagger (who is also selling steel swords and plate armor).
And, if it were intended that the same restriction applied to weapons as to armor then the books would say that. The fact that the rules make no such restriction leads me to believe that druids don't necessarily make/use stone tools.
Although I like the idea that druids are trying to avoid heat metal, my head canon is that worked metal interferes with the druid's connection to the source of the druid's primal power.
Where is that? It's not on DDB
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The new UA was just released, it hasn't made its way here yet.
I personally have made an excuse that my scale mail armor is made of actual hard scales(or shells)
Really sad this thread isn’t about headbanging.
Most settings have non-metal materials that armor can be made from. I’m planning on giving the druid in my Eberron game a bronzewood breastplate.
I cant find it now but I'm almost positive that it's the DMG. I found it a few times on other forums but there are TONS of suggested alternative materials for druids.
Iron wood, chitin, monster scale, dragon scale, etc.
Now pick if you want to just increase the cost, make it a sidequest or find an ancient druid armorsmith..
What do warforged druids do? They're made of metal.
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... they don’t wear metal armor, as the restriction says.... that’s it?
“Naked” warforged are just wood. They’re only metal if they want to be. That said, being made of metal and wearing metal armor are two different things. There’s no proscription of druids using non-armor metal gear, and I imagine that even if it WERE an issue, most sects would make an exception given the warforged’s nature (or more conservative sects might not induct warforged at all; I cannot imagine the Ashbound, who abhor all arcane magic as unnatural, would allow warforged among their ranks).
Same here, my first thought was "has someone made my folk metal bard/druid multiclass concept who draws on nature for his magic and music possible?
Alas not, but it's still a cool thread
I'm currently playing a Warforged Moon Druid who has incorporated hide armor. Not that hard.