Alright, this is going to be the last post on the subject.
Silvanus is not said to allow fighter/druids. This is similar to how, say, cleric/thief is an allowed class, but Helm still won't allow it of his specialty priests. In AD&D FR, druids are considered specialty priests of a few gods- Silvanus, Mielikki, Eldath... If Jaheria is a druid of Silvanus, she is a specialty priest of Silvanus, and thus is subject to the specialty priest multiclass rules, which rule that only combinations stated in the description are allowed. This is most clear where it notes Mielikki allows druid/ranger multiclasses, that are allowed full use of any armor. Silvanus druids are not allowed any armor. They are only allowed the armors listed in the description. Same with druids of Mielikki, which have the same armor restrictions.
By the rules of the AD&D FR setting, Jaheria should not be allowed to be a fighter/druid of Silvanus. She is. Anomen's not allowed to duel to cleric with 12 wisdom, Coran's not allowed three points in bow, CN clerics aren't allowed to worship Helm, rangers aren't allowed to not have a patron deity. There are a lot of rules of the AD&D FR that Baldur's Gate ignores.
To answer the original question, I would, ruling as a DM, only allow her the armor opened to her as a druid of Silvanus, since she's already an illegal multiclass and there's no mention of Silvanus's druids in heavy armor. Some people might rule differently. Faiths and Avatars says nothing about multiclass druids, just notes that druids are not allowed to wear heavy armor (and then allows elven druids).
Jaheria can definitely wear leather, padded, and hide armor, despite it coming from animals. I presume she would want to make sure the animal wasn't hunted simply for it's leather and that all parts were used when it comes to such armor, but there's obviously no way to do that in Baldur's Gate besides roleplaying your party wandering around asking questions at each shop.
Could be the BG game designers were following one of the instructions from the introduction to the DMG:
"In short, follow the rules as they are written if doing so improves your game. But by the same token, break the rules only if doing so improves your game".
So quite possibly the designers decided that allowing Jaheira to wear metal armor improved the game.
You can play 'Strictly by the rules' if that is your thing. But most of the games I ever played in had 'flavor' from either the DM or what the players brought to the table. My DM had a fair number of 'house rules' that I wouldn't do away with these days for anything. They added 'fun' to the game.
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Silvanus is not said to allow fighter/druids. This is similar to how, say, cleric/thief is an allowed class, but Helm still won't allow it of his specialty priests. In AD&D FR, druids are considered specialty priests of a few gods- Silvanus, Mielikki, Eldath... If Jaheria is a druid of Silvanus, she is a specialty priest of Silvanus, and thus is subject to the specialty priest multiclass rules, which rule that only combinations stated in the description are allowed. This is most clear where it notes Mielikki allows druid/ranger multiclasses, that are allowed full use of any armor. Silvanus druids are not allowed any armor. They are only allowed the armors listed in the description. Same with druids of Mielikki, which have the same armor restrictions.
By the rules of the AD&D FR setting, Jaheria should not be allowed to be a fighter/druid of Silvanus. She is. Anomen's not allowed to duel to cleric with 12 wisdom, Coran's not allowed three points in bow, CN clerics aren't allowed to worship Helm, rangers aren't allowed to not have a patron deity. There are a lot of rules of the AD&D FR that Baldur's Gate ignores.
To answer the original question, I would, ruling as a DM, only allow her the armor opened to her as a druid of Silvanus, since she's already an illegal multiclass and there's no mention of Silvanus's druids in heavy armor. Some people might rule differently. Faiths and Avatars says nothing about multiclass druids, just notes that druids are not allowed to wear heavy armor (and then allows elven druids).
Jaheria can definitely wear leather, padded, and hide armor, despite it coming from animals. I presume she would want to make sure the animal wasn't hunted simply for it's leather and that all parts were used when it comes to such armor, but there's obviously no way to do that in Baldur's Gate besides roleplaying your party wandering around asking questions at each shop.
"In short, follow the rules as they are written if doing so improves your game. But by the same token, break the rules only if doing so improves your game".
So quite possibly the designers decided that allowing Jaheira to wear metal armor improved the game.
You can play 'Strictly by the rules' if that is your thing. But most of the games I ever played in had 'flavor' from either the DM or what the players brought to the table. My DM had a fair number of 'house rules' that I wouldn't do away with these days for anything. They added 'fun' to the game.
Carry on... ;-)