Druids in DDO & the origins in D&D

[Emili]

@Emili

>Cannot kill an animal except in self-defense

>Wears leather armor

Lolwut? That seems weird.

I much prefer the idea I have of Druid. One who still worships nature, and so naturally would understand that nature is a dog-eat-dog realm, where wild animals carve out and chop down trees (and so, the sentient races cannot be criticized for doing so), and where a Druid accepts that his role is to keep the balance of nature intact (that is, not just prevent people from cutting down too many trees, but preventing trees from overgrowing)

In other words, not a tree-hugger, just a realist.

Also, I never really liked the whole "You've gotta kill the Grand Druid to become grand druid" idea because it is such a hamper in actual game play that doesn't even make logical sense lore-wise. Imagine going through a dungeon and getting 2 level ups... that you can't take because you gotta wait until you get out of the dungeon to actually go find some druids to fight to the death in order to level up.

I would think druids would be more interested in having MORE protectors of the balance, and that the Grand Druid is a title, not the max level, that is just that, a title.

One thing I like about D&D is that you aren't the chosen ones, or the special ones. You're just adventurers that get lucky, or unlucky and die. You're not special. You're average. Having only a single level 20 druid around makes him... special. A chosen one. It completely stands out.

That which I quoted are paragraphs from the AD&D player handbook. Showing that TRS/Gygax era D&D placed tough restriction on the character due the abilities they gave it.

What's really interesting in that publication is that Bard was the first class leaning towards the ideas of a Prestiege Class.