Adamantine

[Eons of Recluse]

I was mostly curious about how people view the metal in question and how do they play out their adamantine armours? Do they bend? Does magical blades cut through them?

As an example how I have played out my suit of armour is that I consider that it has only ever gained about three dents (which have of course been mended). Whenever a piercing or slicing weapon is used against it and it hits, I play it out that it found a spot not that well protected or a part that was not made of adamantine or perhaps in case of a forceful sword blow it still knocks the bearer of the armor a bit, causing blunt trauma.

What are the thoughts of the community when it comes to adamantine?

[Roseanna]

Dec 30, 2010 10:25:51 GMT -5 Eons of Recluse said:

I was mostly curious about how people view the metal in question and how do they play out their adamantine armours? Do they bend? Does magical blades cut through them?

As an example how I have played out my suit of armour is that I consider that it has only ever gained about three dents (which have of course been mended). Whenever a piercing or slicing weapon is used against it and it hits, I play it out that it found a spot not that well protected or a part that was not made of adamantine or perhaps in case of a forceful sword blow it still knocks the bearer of the armor a bit, causing blunt trauma.

What are the thoughts of the community when it comes to adamantine?

I tend to do similar -- indicate finding a joint in the armor which causes bleeding, or the armor was hit hard enough to cause bruising (thereby indicating the reason for loss of hit points).

The only time I've emoted that the armor was severely dented was in one circumstance when Ginna was imploded. The implosion spell was explained to me that it's like crushing the body in on itself and forcing the 'spirit' of the person out. So, I would RP that Ginna would be crushed inside her armor like a tin can collapsing on her. Ginna tends to avoid being near implosion spells now, as it's not really an experience she wishes to go through again.

[828stingstingneo]

I just view adamantine as a better metal, kind of like steel vs. bronze. It's not magical or anything, just tougher than other metals. Yes, I imagine it's less likely to dent because of that, but it also depends what it is up against.

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Adamantine This ultrahard metal adds to the quality of a weapon or suit of armor. Weapons fashioned from adamantine have a natural ability to bypass hardness when sundering weapons or attacking objects, ignoring hardness less than 20. Armor made from adamantine grants its wearer damage reduction of 1/- if it’s light armor, 2/- if it’s medium armor, and 3/- if it’s heavy armor. Adamantine is so costly that weapons and armor made from it are always of masterwork quality; the masterwork cost is included in the prices given below. Thus, adamantine weapons and ammunition have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls, and the armor check penalty of adamantine armor is lessened by 1 compared to ordinary armor of its type. Items without metal parts cannot be made from adamantine. An arrow could be made of adamantine, but a quarterstaff could not. Only weapons, armor, and shields normally made of metal can be fashioned from adamantine. Weapons, armor and shields normally made of steel that are made of adamantine have one-third more hit points than normal. Adamantine has 40 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 20.

It appears from the above listing that the properties of the metal are a function of it's hardness when armor is concerned.

[ancientempathy]

HERALD! You didnt cite your source!!! *explodes*

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Dec 30, 2010 21:30:40 GMT -5 @ancientempathy said:

HERALD! You didnt cite your source!!! *explodes*

It's from the hypertext srd man, calm down.

[ancientempathy]

Happy new year!

edih: while I can think of it now before drooling all over the damn place, yew oughta add that into the LotL in some new thread for materials or something, abot the adunmantinme

[Deleted]

Dec 30, 2010 22:07:42 GMT -5 @ancientempathy said:

Happy new year!

edih: while I can think of it now before drooling all over the damn place, yew oughta add that into the LotL in some new thread for materials or something, abot the adunmantinme

I took that text directly from an entry in Darkharp's Apotheacary

[ancientempathy]

Ah, Ididnt even notice, not sober enough to remember all these details...saves you some hassal! Keep up the good work

[soulfien]

would a quarterstaff made of metal require a new weapon proficiency to use?

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Dec 31, 2010 19:05:20 GMT -5 @soulfien said:

would a quarterstaff made of metal require a new weapon proficiency to use?

Quarterstaffs made of metal have no special properties (at least when made of adamantine).

[soulfien]

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[Munroe]

Dec 31, 2010 19:09:03 GMT -5 @dmhighherald said:

Dec 31, 2010 19:05:20 GMT -5 @soulfien said:

would a quarterstaff made of metal require a new weapon proficiency to use?

Quarterstaffs made of metal have no special properties (at least when made of adamantine).

Would it still be a quarterstaff if it were made of metal? It would probably have a significant weight difference. At what point is it just a metal beam?

[minion]

Jan 1, 2011 6:35:09 GMT -5 Munroe said:

Would it still be a quarterstaff if it were made of metal? It would probably have a significant weight difference. At what point is it just a metal beam?

would a metal beam roughly the length and width of a quarterstaff (or even roughly the length and weight of a quarterstaff) be any other weapon, functionally, in D&D, than a quarterstaff? i get that you're saying that it simply wouldn't be a weapon at all, Monroe, but... there are stranger variants on weapons than a metal staff. double-bladed scimitar, anyone?

[Munroe]

Depends. How heavy does it have to be on the ends before it is a dire mace? What about a regular staff? Would a metal "quarterstaff" require exotic weapon proficiency to handle because of the added weight? Is a lead pipe cut to the right length good enough to qualify as a quarterstaff?

[Rane]

Any armour, after wear and tear should show wear, I tended to do so after exteme battles that left me near dead, not all of the time but when necessary or when someone pointed at my shiny armour in awe i would simply state the current state of the armour completely in character of course.

All of that being said, Everything wears down, to me it all depends how often your in battle, or the weather conditions etc... constant exposure to heat cold acid, imagination is key.