Druid Weapon Proficiencies

[Modulok]

According to the core rulebook, druids are proficient with clubs, daggers, darts, quarterstaffs, scimitars, scythes, sickles, shortspears, slings, and spears.

The weapons list has been updated several times since then with releases such as the Advanced Players Guide and Ultimate Combat. Any official word on updating the druid's weapon choices? I was specifically wondering about the terbutje which themantically seems like a weapon a druid would use.

We're sticklers for the "offical rules" in my campaign, so if any Paizo developers have an opinion, I'd love to hear it.

[Quatar]

Unless a weapon says "a druid is proficient with this weapon", they're not.
There's been no update on the proficiency lists unfortunately.

[StreamOfTheSky]

On the plus side, they did pick up the Scythe, compared to the D&D 3E list. Scythe and scimitar are good martial weapons, sling is a decent low level ranged weapon, and club and dagger are good multipurpose simple weapons. Only thing they lack I wish they had is longspear...

[Lady Bluehawk]

To resurrect this dead horse, the weapons druids get are usually based on either a) Simple weapons, and/or b) the sorts of agricultural tools that historical druids in Europe would be expected to use in their ceremonies and in tending to the land (sickles, scythes; scimitars are okay because they're vaguely reminiscent of such).

In my 1e Pathfinder Golarion, if you're from a different culture, but can prove how a weapon you want to use could be fitting that second category, like a kama or nunchuks (originally a grain flail), for instance, I'd definitely be willing to look at it as a possibility; on the other hand, our group doesn't do PFS tournaments or anything like that, so, we're pretty free-wheeling here (way too many logical things, imho, get wrecked by too hard a cleave to RAW [especially with all the Errata everywhere]). :)

If you could convince me that a terbutje would fit those sorts of definitions, I'd seriously consider it. They do have a Martial proficiency requirement, but then again, so do scimitars. ;-> The main thing that seems to be fitting the theme, imho, would be the natural composition of it (sharp stone shards or shark teeth in a thing of wood), but there are steel versions, just like lots of other weapons druids can't use. I've often seen druids as "the farmer's friend" vs. rangers, who are out with the hunters, who'd be using things like the terbutje.

[Waterhammer]

I would actually expect a historical Druid of Europe to use a long sword. Or battle axe of some kind. And spear, definitely spears, including javelins. If a Druid went forth to war I would expect them to use the weapons of their people.

The D&D/Pathfinder Druids are not much based on anything other than fancy.

[Azothath]

lol... in which historical or fantasy context?
available artifacts(things) change with the historical time and artistic license.

Artists/writers read stuff and wanted to recreate that feeling and thematic play style in their work for others to enjoy. Sometimes it is just 10 cents a word. Once a thing is done and mostly works, it is carried forward.

PF1 overvalues weapon proficiencies.
Homebrew: Just add a trait which grants a set(2-4) of weapons, specific armor or shield based on fighter weapon groups or job use with prof(job) class skill.

[Toshy]

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