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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 17:58:35
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Can you have mithral leather armor?
This would not normally pertain to the Reals except I am setting up a character for a PBEM campain and would like to make sure to have as little armor incurring my spellcasting as possible.
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Edited by - Aravine on 16 Oct 2007 17:59:18
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sirreus
Learned Scribe
USA
118 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:04:45
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no. the rules state it must be mostly metal armor. |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:06:28
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| I do not believe that you can have mithril leather armor. Mithril is a special material for metal armor and weapons. You should look into glass steel (I don't remember which book that is in though). A glass steel chain shirt would work I would think. |
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:07:14
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| nuts. i thought it was kind of weird but... well i just will wear chain shirt. it's only 10% after all |
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:08:25
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[i](I don't remember which book that is in though). A glass steel chain shirt would work I would think.
thats races of faerun |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:13:17
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I think it is also mentioned in Player's Handbook II. Yet another thing 3e core stole from 3e Realms.  |
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Aewrik
Seeker
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:13:53
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Of course you can have mithril in a leather armor!
The problem is, there would not be enough mithril in the armor to make any real difference in weight or protection.
For flavor, it's absolutely possible. A studded leather armor with mithral studs would be cooler than The +125 Studded Leather Armor of Death and Most Certain Doom with iron studs. Almost, at least. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 18:19:03
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| As the DM of said email game, I'm going to go with most of the posters and say no mithril in leather. :) |
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Aravine
Senior Scribe
USA
608 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 14:25:54
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Originally posted by Kuje
As the DM of said email game, I'm going to go with most of the posters and say no mithril in leather. :)
fair enough |
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Kes_Alanadel
Learned Scribe
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 15:20:03
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You may want to look at the twilight armor property. Sorry, but at this ungodly hour of the morning, I can't remember which book it is in. Either that, or just some plain old bracers of armor.
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Haman
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 16:28:08
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| Twilight Armor is in PHB II I think.... |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 16:41:39
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Lol. Thanks for the correction. It is difficult to remember everything from every book while I am at work and do not have easy access to my books.  |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Penknight
Senior Scribe
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2007 : 17:54:29
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Originally posted by Xysma
Check out Nightscale or Spidersilk armor from Underdark.
I just looked in my copy of Underdark for Nightscale, but was unable to locate it. Could someone list the page number, please? |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 18 Oct 2007 : 19:01:52
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| as someone else mentioned, there is twilight as a property which could be added to the armor as a +1 bonus (this gives an additional 10% off). Also, from the DMGII, there's the feycraft property if you could get fey to craft your mithril armor (this gives an additional 5% off). Feycraft can also be useful if you plan on have a mithril heavy shield. Also, as a sidenote, there is a spell which doubles the arcane spell failure of armor for use against enemy's who employ these types of options. |
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