Let me just start by stating compliance. I'll abide by Leanthar's decision. Bottom line. I understand the difficulty of running a server and keeping everyone entertained (let's face it, that's what the place is for - and doing *very* well at it, too). You are the cop, but I think you're doing well. Not the "big, bad" cop at all. Heck, I'm addicted to the server already.
Then my 2 cents (or 3 coppers, whatever) -
If the ruling is in place to balance the crafting, then the druids that would wildshape need some ability to harvest trees, or collect gems. Katia's followers unable to harvest her bounty? As do bards, for that matter, and wizards/sorcerers should have some way to collect gems/metals. Spending a valuable feat just to harvest the trees to make instruments is unbalancing. Using the characters' abilities (bull's strength, cat's grace, wildshape, polymorph, whatever) to even the odds with other characters' (fighters, half-giants, etc) natural abilities is role-playing.
If it is for realism (RP purposes), we need to keep in mind that a bear with his paw in the tubs is only unrealistic because we can't really wildshape to do menial tasks in our everyday world. Let's face it - if we could do that, we'd see it everywhere. Construction sites would have people that could shift into a minotaur form as supervisors. Disney would hire druids that could shift into dolphin form to perform and/or train every animal they had at SeaWorld. Those that could take a bird form would be the only messengers/delivery service people you'd see anymore. It would be commonplace. Could you picture a better lifeguard? Not to mention military.
As far as releasing familiars and/or companions at the gate - that's a bit unbalancing, too. With the rule of not resting more often than every 10 minutes real time (a rule I whole-heartedly agree with), if you're just coming back into town to deposit your loot you end up having to wait entirely too long before you can resummon and go back out into the world.
Please understand that I'm not trying to get Leanthar to change his mind, only describing the difficulty I've found in the crafting system. I do understand the reasons behind the RP rules, and appreciate the effort put into keeping Layonara a role-play server. Shapeshifters are notoriously hard to balance back into the game.
Oh, and to get the amplification question answered: does the restriction also apply to hauling 150 logs, or a ton of ore back to town?
(by the way, this references my question
http://www.layonaraonline.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=7800 posted before being directed to this thread)
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