Message from @ZX
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So
Now I have a question to the DM here
@TT
If pieces of dragons could be forged into weapons and armor like metal, could a Druid use armor made from forged dragon bits?
if a druid can wear hide I don't see why they couldn't wear dragonscale, same principle imo
Well
You can make plate out of this stuff by forging it
It works like a metal but comes from dragons
if I was the GM, I would permit druids wearing dragonscale armor even if it was crafted into heavy armors like scale mail
the principle is that druids don't like the fact that metal armors are unnatural
Ok
That has been my current idea about how it will go
There's no druid in my party yet
But that seems to me to very much be a 'yet' with my party
If it makes plate it can make scales/rings for armors that would count as medium. Just drop the effectiveness down to match from their dragon plate counterparts if that's a concern.
yeah the thing about 5e is that I think it's mostly built around the balance of the numbers rather than the fluff, generally in these situations what I would do is use something "mechanically legal" and flavour it however I decide
Currently, it confers bonuses based on what kind of dragon it came from, but it also weighs more on average
Weight increase corresponds to a dex modifier penalty, if you so choose.
https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/rules-answers-march-2016
"The idea is that druids prefer to be protected by animal skins, wood, and other natural materials that aren’t the worked metal that is associated with civilization."
Also true.
Thanks guys
honestly it's a good question, I'll be thinking about it for a while on how druids handle that cognitive dissonance between hating metal and there being animals that they can harvest metal from
Ooh
A debate
maybe it's like, vegan burgers hahaha
tofurkey?
Also, daggers, scimitars, sickles, and spears tend to have pointy metal bits.
They use those enough
I mean in theory one could make those from stone but... yeah metal > stone
That would be interesting
Bone works.
Yes
It does
sure, wooden body and just add shards of flint stone or obsidian
or shark teeth
or or or, loads of primitive weapons that don't use metal for their cutting edge
Spears and daggers, yes
And arrows
maybe druids are just the fantasy equivalent of virtue signaling sjws
more like the peta crazies
Come on now. Definitely the furries.
They shapeshift man.
oh god please don't make me imagine a player enforcing his fursuit fantasy into my campaigns
my druid shapeshifted from an antropomorphic bear into a human xD
I'm just RP'ing my character man. Don't make it weird.
imagine having a whole world of fantasy magic and deciding instead of playing out your fantasy, you play as someone who also wants to play out their fantasy
I'll make you imagine them enforcing their fursuit fantasy whilst speaking with a texan accent 😈
😱
One of my players is a Protector Aasimar Ranger from Texas who's celestial lineage comes from David Bowie
That sounds amazing.