04-23-2018, 12:10 PM | #11 |
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Re: [UT] [Fantasy] Adamantine/mythral weapons?
I can't find it now, but for me it was something I read some time ago that made a pretty good case for mythril being an exaggeration of aluminum. Its low weight and similarity in appearance to silver are big parts of it, but the argument I read also made some historical points that escape me now.
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Re: [UT] [Fantasy] Adamantine/mythral weapons?
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04-23-2018, 06:59 PM | #13 |
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Re: [UT] [Fantasy] Adamantine/mythral weapons?
You could make aluminum armor that was stronger than equivalent weight steel armor, the US military had a whole series of APCs that did just this, but not for equivalent BULK. Equivalent thickness of aluminum to steel is about 50% greater for the same strength... while also being about 50% lighter.
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Plus Tolkien was closer to being a technophobe than a technophile.
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04-23-2018, 07:37 PM | #15 |
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Re: [UT] [Fantasy] Adamantine/mythral weapons?
There are aluminum alloys that exceed a lot of steels for hardness and tensile strength. It's possible to have useful aluminum armor, should (for instance) your fae be motivated and knowledgeable enough to make the stuff. Certainly wouldn't be the most outrageous departure from reality in your average fantasy setting.
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