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Post by leshpar on Sept 15, 2017 23:53:33 GMT -5
So, I have been told I needed to change my armor to fit in with druid lore. I have done that and removed all metal from my armor, however, according to Marister, at least two other druids have said we are not allowed to use any tower shields. I dont know if this is true as I have found many non metal tower shields including one for druids only. I can provide a screenshot if needed.
My question is: what is the official ruling on druids with tower shields? Yay or nay?
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Post by leshpar on Sept 16, 2017 0:56:59 GMT -5
I was given the following response in PM (I will not post names for privacy):
In PnP they don't automatically get the proficiency for tower shield, but that isn't the same thing as being unable to use tower shields (their restricted shields are only metal shields, much like armour), as NWN doesn't have separate proficiency your character has proficiency in Tower Shield. (Note worthy mention is the only core base class that starts with tower shield prof in pnp is fighter iircly so if this were an issue for druids, it's be an issue for clerics, paladins, barbarians, rangers etc etc.)
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Post by Munroe on Sept 16, 2017 14:59:09 GMT -5
So, I have been told I needed to change my armor to fit in with druid lore. I have done that and removed all metal from my armor, however, according to Marister, at least two other druids have said we are not allowed to use any tower shields. I dont know if this is true as I have found many non metal tower shields including one for druids only. I can provide a screenshot if needed. My question is: what is the official ruling on druids with tower shields? Yay or nay? I was given the following response in PM (I will not post names for privacy): In PnP they don't automatically get the proficiency for tower shield, but that isn't the same thing as being unable to use tower shields (their restricted shields are only metal shields, much like armour), as NWN doesn't have separate proficiency your character has proficiency in Tower Shield. (Note worthy mention is the only core base class that starts with tower shield prof in pnp is fighter iircly so if this were an issue for druids, it's be an issue for clerics, paladins, barbarians, rangers etc etc.)
Similar questions come up every so often. I'm bumping some related DM Q&A threads. The bulk of the answer is contained here: Druids only suffer a penalty for wearing metal armor, not for using weapons that do not appear on the druid weapons list. If a druid is proficient with other weapons, the druid may use them. Druids on FRC do not gain the One Thousand Faces class feature from D&D. Unless a helm specifies in its name or description the type of material it is made from, you can roleplay it however. Adamantine helms, for example, should always be treated as containing adamantine. (That means adamantine helms crafted to look like hoods should still be rp'd as having metal in them as well.) Thanks for the response. Good to know about the weapons, too bad about no thousand faces, but I can live with that. Does the ruling about helms extend to armors? For example, roleplaying that a breastplate was made of bone or ironwood instead of metal. No, it doesn't extend to armors. A medium or heavy armor should be considered metal unless it specifies otherwise. If it says it is made of bone or dragon scales, or ironwood or something along those lines, then it isn't metal but medium or heavy armors should be treated as if their default material is metal. Light armors may be considered non-metal unless they specify otherwise, even studded leather armor, as the studs could be made of something other than metal. Note that in NWN, chainshirts are medium armor, not light armor. Shields and helmets can be treated as other materials unless they specify that they're metal in their names or descriptions. Most shields would be wooden with metal on them rather than being solid metal anyway, because if they were solid metal, they would be too heavy to lift. Edit: Yes, D&D has both wooden and steel shields so both are possible and I'm not saying all shields have to be wooden. Just saying you can assume they are unless their name or description says otherwise. If you prefer steel, you can assume that instead, but if you're a druid, you'll want the wooden variety. I would encourage crafting a shield so it doesn't look explicitly metal (ie shiny and metallic) if it's supposed to be wooden, but that's just a recommendation for an experience of immersion. While the quote above doesn't mention tower shields specifically, shields (including tower shields) and helmets can be treated as other materials unless they specify that they're metal in their names or descriptions. Druids on FRC are not forbidden from using tower shields unless they're specified as being made of metal.
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