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Just a point of minutia
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:02 pm
by Arduin
Does anyone know why the TL's decided to reverse the bonuses of mithral & adamantite from the D&D 1st Ed. Just curious is all.
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:09 pm
by Troll Lord
Arduin wrote:Does anyone know why the TL's decided to reverse the bonuses of mithral & adamantite from the D&D 1st Ed. Just curious is all.
Hmmm. I'm not sure. What book is that in, my mind is going!
Steve
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:27 pm
by mgtremaine
1ed Pg 164 DMG
"Armor of +3 bonus Is of special meteorite iron steel, + 4 Is mithral alloyed steel, + 5 is adamantite alloyed steel."
C&C M&T pg 89
"ADAMANTINE: Adamantine is found in meteorites and, as a rarity, in the mines ofdwarves.Weaponsfashionedfromadamantine provideanatural+4 bonus to hit and damage. Adamantine armor provides a natural +4 to armor class. This is not considered a magical enhancement. This bonus is added to saving throws versus destruction.
MITHRAL: Mithral is a rare silvery, metal that is lighter than iron but just as hard. It is found only deep in the earth and extracted with great difficulty. Weapons fashioned from mithral provide a natural +5 bonus to hit and damage. Mithral armor provides a natural +5 to armor class. This is not considered a magical enhancement. This bonus is added to saving throws versus destruction."
-MIke
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:29 pm
by Arduin
Troll Lord wrote:Arduin wrote:Does anyone know why the TL's decided to reverse the bonuses of mithral & adamantite from the D&D 1st Ed. Just curious is all.
Hmmm. I'm not sure. What book is that in, my mind is going!
Steve
1st Ed DMG (page 164, armour bonuses) and pretty much all D&D Core rules after, that talked about the 2 materials. Not a big deal at all. I was just curious why TL swapped them after 30 years of related material.
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:42 pm
by Omote
It's mithril man... Farking mithril! No one wants armor made of some dang ole space rock.
~O
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:11 pm
by mgtremaine
Omote wrote:It's mithril man... Farking mithril! No one wants armor made of some dang ole space rock.
~O
Ha at least I went back and edited my post because the OCR of my DMG comes out as "+ 4 Is mirhrol"
No idea what mirhrol is.
-Mike
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:13 pm
by Omote
Mirhrol is a pretty cool name/word though. It must be used.
~O
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:58 am
by Relaxo
Actually, Mirhrol does sound badass... maybe it's some orcish alloy of brass and ... something magical... so it's like evil orcish mithral/adamantite stuff.
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:22 pm
by Norjax
I would speculate that the TL crew merely wanted Mithral to be the best of the non-magic armors.
Re: Just a point of minutia
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:19 pm
by Relaxo