Re: A New beginning

> If you were playing a druid in my campaign that donned metal armor,
> you'd quickly find yourself without spells. Permanently. The reason
> priest classes have weapon/armor restrictions is that the god powering
> them says things like "Thou shalt not don any armor made of metal, nor
> shalt thou wield any weapon with an edge." Going against the gods
wishes
> like that will quickly earn you a loss of priesthood and all that it
> entails. In mild cases, such as the priest using a forbidden weapon to
> slay an enemy of the faith because no other weapons that would harm
him
> were available, I'd be lenient and only withdraw spells and powers
for a
> week or so, provided the priest makes proper penance.

Glad I don't play in your campaign.  I can do as I please as long as I
am willing to accept the penalties.  Druids are a class, not a deity
specific specialty priest.  So if I choose to wear metal armor I can't
use my druidic spells as metal prevents my connection with the natural
world.  When I take it off my spells are still there and I can now
cast them again.  I might also lose access to certain NWPs such as
tumbling, juggling, and tightrope walking because of my unfamiliarity
with operating in metal armor.  Same with a cleric with a sword.  He
can't become proficient in it (no clerics are out there able or
willing to teach him) but if he wants to pick one up to use so be it,
he suffers those nasty non-proficiency penalties and possibly others
(such as when someone tries to disarm him they have an even better
chance, etc.).  With a specielty priest of a certain god I would
generally agree (though it would still depend on the god, for instance
if I was an SP of Mask from the Realms and I wanted to use metal armor
to help perpetrate a crime I sacrifice spells and thief skills while
in the armor but get them back when I'm unarmored since I'm violating
normal strictures to follow my deity's aims) but that is because an SP
accepts such specific trade offs and has such a specific connection to
their god.  Gneral clerics and druids (and rangers) don't, they are
just limited by class restrictions.
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