Very fine silver weapons prices--ouch!

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

Some price adjustments should be multiplicative and some should be additive. It would take enormous charts to predict everything.
Solid silver weapons can't be better than cheap without supernatural effects, so prices for those should be purely setting dependent.

But silver coatings should cost what they cost unrelated to the awesomeness of what's being coated.

I can't see why anyone would put silver on the blade either. Inlaid might look well on the hilt though.

[Anthony]

Realistically, 'very fine' and 'silver' are incompatible. The cost for plating the sides (but not the edge; silver won't hold an edge) of a blade with silver is likely only a function of the size of the blade, but is also TL 5; at lower TL all you can really manage is silver inlay.

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

I can't see why anyone would put silver on the blade either. Inlaid might look well on the hilt though.

Silver blades are really only useful for decoration or Werewolves.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

Silver blades are really only useful for decoration or Werewolves.

Yeah, even in a set of silverware the knives are generally steel with a silver handle, other than possibly butter knives.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Yeah, even in a set of silverware the knives are generally steel with a silver handle, other than possibly butter knives.

I did not know that. I don't see why though, because it's not like silver is as soft as lead. It should function for basic fork/spoon use. Shouldn't it?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

I did not know that. I don't see why though, because it's not like silver is as soft as lead. It should function for basic fork/spoon use. Shouldn't it?

Forks and spoons may be solid silver; it's just too soft for use as a knife.

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Forks and spoons may be solid silver; it's just too soft for use as a knife.

Oh wow. I totally missed some important words in your post. I knew that getting older meant developing blind spots, but I didn't think it would happen to entire words in posts.