Just a point of minutia

[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.

[Troll Lord]

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

[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

[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.

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.

[Omote]

It's mithril man... Farking mithril! No one wants armor made of some dang ole space rock.

~O

[mgtremaine]

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

[Omote]

Mirhrol is a pretty cool name/word though. It must be used.

~O

[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.

[Norjax]

I would speculate that the TL crew merely wanted Mithral to be the best of the non-magic armors.

[Relaxo]

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