Re: Spelljamming Drow

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From: "Wyldcard" <wyldcard@????????.net>

> well I waited but I guess a lurker should jump in here now.
>
> > please forgive my ignorance...but I thought they were the same.????
> >
> > what's the difference...??  and why wouldn't they get enough for a
ship.??
> > is it really that rare.??  if so..why isn't it used for coinage.?? sice
> > coinage is based upon the rarity and attractiveness of the
substance.....
>
> Actually they are different metals....in the marvel universe, Adm. is a
man
> made alloy, not a pure metal, that is formed from a very expensive
> process(Wolverine once said that a bullet, ONE bullet, was work a kings
> ransom).  While we don;t know the 'mix' of adm. we do know that iron is
one
> of the componets...possably vibramium(sp).  There is also a weaker
version,
> 2ndary adm. that is stronger than the strongest steel....costs less but is
> far weaker...and according to some matterials, Wolvie's Adm. was a special
> 3rd type.To further confuse the issue, the Olympian Gods in Marvel have a
> metal called Admanite, extremely hard...rarely used...Hercules used to
have
> a club made of it.
>
cool....I think I'm getting it...<grin> slow...but not impossible...

> now in DND, adm. is a mystical metal that appears very rarely in most
> places, but is more common, but not greatly so, in the underdark.  In this
> there are two varients.....the first is the underdark standard. Greatly
> magical, able to hold enchatments, used by drow ETC.  BUT is disolves in
> sunlight.  The second and rarer type is found in the more surface areas,
> like is's 'cousin' it is extremely hard, and holds enchatments well...it
> though does not disentergrate in sunlight.  It is this second type that
gets
> used for all those surface items with adm. in them...as well as adm./Steel
> alloyed weapons.
>
to some extent...however...as i said earlier...I think that whole rot in
sunlight thing is propoganda...and enchantment...I don't think it actually
rots..I think it's been enchanted to do so...that plus the PR of the
Drow...who don't want you trying to steal it..and the elves...who ALSO don't
want you stealing it...

> Hope this helps.
>
> Now to make this Spelljammer related a few questions:
>
> If you were to mine astroids (sp) for Adm. what type would you get?  Would
> it be more plentiful or less?
>
you'd HAVE to get hte second type...otherwise you'd not get any....if it
TRULY does disolve...


> And, would it be possible for some mage/alchemist to invent a super hard
> metal in DnD?
absolutely....

 What would be the reasons?  What would you as a gm do ?
there are many reasons....with magic...and enough study..one can do
anything...

as a GM it would depend soley on the mage and the intended uses for the
substance...

> Personally I think a lone mage who makes a super metal on his own...makes
> some drafts of the process, sends them to his buddies only to die and have
a
> great race between the various nations/races to get the notes would be a
> great idea.

yeah..I might try that sometime...got too much going on right now to run
that campaign too...


GROG