A vegetarian chooses not to eat meat, but could if they chose to. Equipping a metallic breastplate will not summon 20, squirrel spirits to tear the Druid apart or any other such punishment. Furthermore, the Druid has proficiencies with many weapons daggers, scimitars, sickles, etc. Are those not able to be used? If not, then why would the Druid have proficiency in them?
As written in the PHB, Druids make the decision not to use armor or shields that are made of metal. Shields or breastplates could be made from bone or particularly sturdy chitin. Scale mail may be made from the scales of drakes or dragons. With some creativity, these items can certainly be incorporated into your game. Not only do they add to the immersion, but they can also make for some fantastic adventure hooks. Helping them hunt a particularly large and fearsome creature could easily result in some awesome new Druid equipment!
Scale Mail. Any time the party slays a dragon, at least one player is going to try and harvest part of it. Let them use those scales to create some Druid-friendly armor. Even something as rudimentary as a sandwich sign can fill this thematic gap, depending on the humor level of your campaign. Half Plate. For druids, it makes sense to use chitin as a different type of hard shell.
I like to make the character chase down a reagent for this type of crafting. This gives a real reason other than monetary cost why such an item is not available until a certain tier. Ring Mail. Rings can still be made from other materials, such as hardwood, stone, or bone. Chain Mail. Wood can be carved into interlocking rings by a skilled artisan, though small enough ringlets to simulate chain mail would require an exceptionally skilled craftsman.
For harder media like stone, this seems even more ridiculous. Like the chain shirt, we can represent this with gnarled vines. Splint armor is made from strips of metal backed with leather.
This is probably the easiest homebrew, as you can swap the metal plates for superhard wood. In earlier editions, Druids had access to a transmutation spell that would allow them to craft ironwood. Plate armor is composed of interlocking metal plates. Released under Creative Commons. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Explore these posts. Find out how. Level up your cool by leaving a comment below or following on Pinterest. Notify of. Inline Feedbacks. Sigma Adventurer. My reading of the druid is that of the PHB armors, they can wear leather, padded and hide for certain. Click to expand MacMathan Explorer. My current druid wears hide and uses a shield with a decent dex 14 fro an AC of 16 not bad really especially since it is possible at level 1. The Crimson Binome Hero. Druids just don't have good AC, especially the ones who focus on spellcasting.
Sure, they're better off than a wizard who doesn't have Mage Armor going, but worse off than anyone who would actually want to be in melee combat. Working as intended. Andor First Post. There is also the 2nd level spell barkskin but the spell description is so odd I'm not entirely sure how it works. Does it stack with a shield for example?
In 3e Druids could make use of the Ironwood spell to make armour out of wood, but 5e doesnt have that. It remains to be seen what options and magic items are in the DMG. It is very odd that Druids are barred from metal armour but "nature" clerics get heavy armour proficiency.
Andor said:. Barkskin does not seem to stack with anything. If your AC is less than 16 it becomes 16, if your AC is higher than 16 it does not change. So even cover bonuses don't appear to stack with it. Actually, looking at the PH it says that your skin takes on a bark-like appearance and that the target's AC can't never be less than 16 regardless of the armor the target is wearing.
Doesn't say anything about not allowing the AC to get higher due to other things shields, cover, dexterity etc. The way I read it
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