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2017-12-24, 01:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Druid and Iron Body
Druid/Holt Warden with earth domain spells, gets Iron Body as a domain spell at 8th level.
Druids can't wear metal armor. Can a druid cast Iron Body on himself?
I want to imagine the iron body as iron-rich natural ore, rather than smelted and worked steel. Am I just rationalizing, in order to use a rather un-druidic option?Spoiler: Avatar & Iron Chef AwardsAwesome Dragonfire Bard Avatar by Oneris. A detailed version is here.
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2017-12-24, 04:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Druid and Iron Body
If it is on the druid spell list it is just common sense that is supposed to be useable by druids without mechanical drawbacks. If your individual character runs well with the idea of the spell Iron Body however is up for you to decide.
There are enough instances where casters would refrain from using certain spells because they do not fit their character's mantra starting with wizard damage spells and pacifists that would simply never prepare such a thing.
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Re: Druid and Iron Body
RAW, no. It's not actual armor.
The reason behind it as far as I can tell is that not wearing metal armor is a choice made by druids to better represent their connection to nature. It's a druidic oath or some such. Iron body is still natural-ish as "living iron" so it's fine.
Iron is actually naturally occurring, though uncommon. I would go with meteoric iron for the fluff appearance, which is like a crude stainless steel. Most naturally occurring iron is like this because it doesn't rust into rock.Last edited by ericgrau; 2017-12-24 at 07:29 PM.
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Re: Druid and Iron Body
A druid with a city ACF can wildshape into a metal creature. I'm not familiar with other wildshape feats or ACFs but I imagine there's more than one that lets you take on a metallic body. Furthermore, warforged and bladelings can become druids, and they already have (partially) metallic bodies.