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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
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 Posted - 14 May 2010 : 08:52:01
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I know that some materials can be lighter than usual. Is mythril chainmail classified as light armor or Drizzt is just cool? If yes are there materials that are heavier than regular armor?
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You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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Sandro
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 09:27:59
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Mithril has been, since Tolkien first wrote of it, lighter and stronger than steel, hence its value. ("Mithril! All folk desired it. It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty of mithril did not tarnish or grow dim." - Gandalf)
As for anything that's heavier, nothing springs instantly to mind, and I don't imagine any materials heavier than steel would be particularly popular, at least among the normal PC races. |
"Gods, little fishes, and spells to turn the one to the other," Mordenkainen sighed. "It's started already..." |
Edited by - Sandro on 14 May 2010 09:29:59 |
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 14 May 2010 : 09:54:56
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| That means if I make a mythril chainmail, it will count as light armor? |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 11:44:15
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| If one makes an arnor of Mithral (not Mithrill) it counts as one size/wieght catagory lover than it would normally be. And to name e few hevyer metals: Gold and Platinum. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 13:43:16
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From the d20 SRD:
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Mithral Special Material
Mithral is a very rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than iron but just as hard. When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor and is occasionally used for other items as well. Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonus is increased by 2, and armor check penalties are lessened by 3 (to a minimum of 0).
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I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
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Posted - 14 May 2010 : 19:36:09
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| Does that works in NWN2? |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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The question of noob on smithing.
