Re: adamant, adamantite, adamantium

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From: "George Lavalle" <flamebringer@???????.com>

> Adamantite is the ore the other two come from. Comes in little spheres.
>

naturally occuring in little spheres.?? or shipped that way.???


> Adamantine is an alloy of 5/8 adamant, 2/8 silver, and 1/8 electrum that
is
> as hard as adamant but doesn't shatter as easily. This is probably the one
> your ships and weapons would be made of. It can be enchanted easily and
> isn't as fragile.

electrum is a mix of gold and silver....right.??? or at least that's what I
thought...it's not a mineral of it's own is it.??

once again..I'm nto trying to be brick...

> MythrAl (mythril is the Tolkien metal, and a no-no to mention) is more
> resilient and lighter than all the other metals on the market.
Automatically
> makes saves against normal fire, cold, and electricity. Receives a +2
bonus
> to STs vs acid, disintegration, magical fire and lightning. +6 ST versus
> crushing blows and falls. Used to make elven chainmail, I'm pretty
sure....

mithril...mythral....yeadda yadda yadda....all the same...we all know it's
the stuff the elves use to make armour...chain etc....and yes..I beleive
they CAN make armour out of it other than chain...just cause they don't
normally...doen'st mean they can't...

(I caused fits of apoplexy in my characters when I had an elven cavalier
ride up in a suit of mithril plate, I told them drooling was very
unatractive <grin>)

> >has anyone ever made a ship out of Mithril.??
>
> Not that I know of, but it may happen.

just curious since there ARE prices for it in the WCC  and for
AD....(whatrever it's called...<grin>) (adamantine???)
>

> Because turning extremely strong, useful, easily enchanted, rare metals
into
> coins is like committing financial suicide. People will hoard your 50 gold
> piece coins to make swords, armor, grape shot for catapults...And nobody
> will use them to buy anything. Not only that, the resources expended in
> creating the coins aren't worth the end result. You need a skillful smith,
a
> very very hot forge, and an awful large amount of materials to create your
> coins. It's just not worth it.
>
well then again..it's like you'd only need to make the coins once....heck
they are nearly iundestructable...

I dont' think they'd be COMMON....but I guess I'm a bit to dense to see why
it's a bad thing...once made they'd be a pain to change into anythign
else...and you don't really need a skilled smith...all you need are the
elves to make some coins....<smile> it's not they DON'T have enough time on
thier hands...<grin>

anyway...thanks for all the input...it's been very helpful...

GROG