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I remember visiting a small bar near Denver that had a pale ale with a non-dissolving additive. It was called "Pine Brine" by the regulars, if I remember correctly, and was named so because the additive, which rose to the top of the drink, had a pine scent that you could smell whenever you were taking a sip. I additionally assume that this additive caused no health related problems.

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Having been to some small bars near Denver, I believe the appropriate verb in that last sentence should be altered, to read "I additionally hope that this additive..."

Thanks for the info.

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Originally posted by the1eyedking
1) What is the proper "etiquette" for dealing with spies from allied governments or organizations ?

. . . . (Teleporting them home naked, Prestadigatoral tattoos, and Geas's to sing bawldy songs or tell dirty jokes/stories to their superiors) . . . .

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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen

I must echo the request for information on why the elves are so fussy about their dead and the tombs of the same. If elves can't ordinarily be resurrected, why are they concerned about people mucking about in the ancestral tombs (excluding, -- of course! -- the ones with Bad Things sealed away in them)? Why do they even bury things with their dead? There must be some powerful reason for protecting their ancestral tombs if some are willing to become baelnorns. Why not let some adventurer plunder old elven tombs if he promises not to animate any of the dead?

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Originally posted by dfemling

I had thought so, yet there are many refrences that could make one reason that they use a varity of ritual magics that boost there magic power? Almost like the Red robes of Thay. Thanks for the responses though and have a good day

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Originally posted by The Hooded One on 12 Jul 2006 concerning taxes in Suzail:

There are few surprises for an adventurer in Suzail, because the Crown of Cormyr doesn't have to be greedy for funds; it has the Crystal Grot and many sources of fee-based income.

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Originally posted by The Hooded One on 15 Sep 2007:

Thanks to the Crystal Grot and Vangey’s canny “buying” of much foreign gold coinage, Cormyr has built up treasury enough over the years.

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Originally posted by TormakSaber

A player in my campaign has recently started a debate that's started to fan out over the entire group, and we'd like an answer to it, because it's rather bringing the campaign to a standstill.

Druids, in the player's handbook, are stated as being able to "only wear cloth, leather, padded, and hide armors", and states that they are not allowed to wear metal armors because it violates their Druidic oaths regarding metal. The other statement in the player's handbook says they can wear light and medium armor, and "can learn to wear full plate, but putting it on would violate her oath and suppress her Druidic powers."

I take this to mean that a Druid can learn to wear Heavy Armor, that is, they can take Heavy Armor Proficiency on a feat level. As well, this also seems to say that they could take Tower Shield proficiency as well. There doesn't seem to be anything stating that a druid would be laid out as a heretic for doing this, unless they wore metal armor or shields.

Arms and Equipment Guide introduces organic materials for use in Heavy Armor, and other armors as well, such as Chitin, Bronzewood, Coral or even the PHB spell Ironwood.

I would like to know if the restrictions are based on the fact that it is heavy armor, or if it is metal armor. In my logic, a Druid could take the Heavy Armor Proficiency feat, and wear Bronzewood Full Plate, or what have you, and not violate their oaths because the armor is organic, not metal. Just as a Druid could use a wooden Tower Shield if they took the feat, and not lose their powers.

My player believes that the PHB supercedes everything, and a druid cannot wear Heavy Armor or use Tower Shields, because the book states "cloth, leather, Hide and Padded" armors only. But PHB couldn't possibly have been able to reference Arms and Equipment Guide, one because the PHB is Core and not allowed to reference supplements, and also because Arms and Equipment Guide was released later. Because the only non metal armors in the PHB are cloth, leather, padded, and hide, those are the restrictions given to the class in the PHB for Core rules.

So can a Druid wear Heavy Armor and use Tower Shields and not violate their Druidic Vows, as long as the Armor and Shields are not metal, in the Forgotten Realms?

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Originally posted by Penknight
I remember from somewhere that druids are able to wear ankheg plate and dragonhide as well because it isn't formed of metal. That in itself is pretty simple to understand, so I don't really see a problem with them wearing medium or heavy armor made of a natural substance or hide.

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