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Old 06-28-2019, 06:27 AM   #1
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Mythril
Mythril is a rare magical metal. It is lighter and stronger than iron or steel, and does not inhibit the flow of magic (so acts as silver in that regard). A suit of metal armor crafted from mythril costs a fortune, but is worth more than its weight in gold.

Armor Hits Stopped Dx Penalty Weight Cost
Chainmail 4 -2 15.0 $20,000
Half-Plate 5 -3 22.5 $30,000
Plate Armor 6 -4 27.5 $50,000
Fine Plate 7 -3 27.5 $500,000
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Old 06-28-2019, 07:43 AM   #2
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I like this. It would be very rare to have a character afford it.

Being lighter armor, what would the corresponding MA adjustments be?
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Old 06-28-2019, 08:01 AM   #3
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I like this. It would be very rare to have a character afford it.

Being lighter armor, what would the corresponding MA adjustments be?
Good catch! I would say chain and half-plate would be MA10 (12 for elves) and Plate would be MA8 (10 for elves)
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Old 06-28-2019, 11:25 AM   #4
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I used mithril in my original TFT campaign too (and also Fine Chainmail, from Interplay, but not the other fine armor types there - another GM added a different kind of boiled leather armor) along similar lines.

What weights (for encumbrance) do you assign?
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Old 06-28-2019, 06:07 PM   #5
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Mythril
Mythril is a rare magical metal. It is lighter and stronger than iron or steel, and does not inhibit the flow of magic (so acts as silver in that regard). A suit of metal armor crafted from mythril costs a fortune, but is worth more than its weight in gold.

Armor Hits Stopped Dx Penalty Weight Cost
Chainmail 4 -2 15.0 $20,000
Half-Plate 5 -3 22.5 $30,000
Plate Armor 6 -4 27.5 $50,000
Fine Plate 7 -3 27.5 $500,000
This sounds about right, but cost shouldn't be the only barrier. In my game, there are various rare materials on (or in) Cidri, but most are considered 'controlled substances'. Very few nation-states who have access to them like sharing. Dwarves, in particular, can be pretty selfish that way.
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Old 07-01-2019, 03:21 AM   #6
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This sounds about right, but cost shouldn't be the only barrier. In my game, there are various rare materials on (or in) Cidri, but most are considered 'controlled substances'. Very few nation-states who have access to them like sharing. Dwarves, in particular, can be pretty selfish that way.
Oh definitely, the elves aren't going to part with this stuff easily, and certainly not to humans (who not to long ago had held their race as slaves for several centuries).

The price is more of a listing for if Pcs ever rub shoulders with kings and princes or find some in a dungeon and decide to sell it rather than keep it. Or maybe the reward price a group my offer for a suit's return.
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