The World of Layonara
NWN Discussions and Suggestions => CNR Suggestions/Discussion => Topic started by: Olme on May 22, 2006, 07:11:30 AM
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Would it be possible to have a new type of 'reinforced clothing', one crafted using nuggets of silver ?
Such an item might have stats like: +1 AC vs normal , but +3 AC vs Undead or Werecreatures.
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Sounds interesting, but it would have a very, very small market.
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True... not many undead slayer types wear clothing. I know of... 1
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Talan Va'lash - 5/22/2006 3:11 PM True... not many undead slayer types wear clothing. I know of... 1
I know you mean they wear armor, but I had a flash of this cult of naked undead slayers....*chuckles*
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Silver Armor:
According to the “Unusual Metal Armor” table I’m looking at, Silver Armor receives a -2AC penalty. This is mostly due to the simple reality Silver is a very soft metal. A pendant of silver isn’t going to affect your armor class either way, thus it is assumed that in a material item such as reinforced cloths a significant portion is the threads of non-smelted metal.
However setting aside that fundamental problem and assuming you have found stronger then normal silver, there is still game mechanics. A +1 suit of armor with +3 against Shape-changers and Undead has a GP Value of 11281 and a level requirement of 18. While a suit of +3 armor has a GP value of 7031 and a level requirement of 15. Meaning the silver armor would be absolutely worthless whose only purpose would be to level crafting and raise gold thru the pawnshop.
This problem persists at.
0 AC bonus
+2 Shape-shifter
+2 Undead
Where a +2 suit of armor is identical to the silver. As would a 0/3/3 or 0/1/1. Now of course the building team could edit the 2da’s to give a much lower value (or no value) to GP based upon AC Bonus Vs Specific.
An idea I can approve of, but for now game mechanics is a hurdle.
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@ Dorg - .... LOL!
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Ozy- where the heck do you get these wonderful toys, like... like... Unusual metal armor charts?
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Unless you get a better bonus from the armor than suggested, I cannot why anyone woud want to use it.
I think it would be a better idea to make a "undead resistance powder" (based on silver) giving some sort of additional bonuses that would be usefull against undead.
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*grins* I never new about the 'Unusual Metal Armor' table ... (excellent analysis job Ozy)
Anyways just an idea with nothing scientific about the stats I proposed.
So if this idea morph's into something else, or goes nowhere, so be it.
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Mooo.
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Stephen_Zuckerman - 5/22/2006 7:51 PM
Ozy- where the heck do you get these wonderful toys, like... like... Unusual metal armor charts?
I would bet this is a 2ED source. I remember having all sorts of neat charts and things that I haven't seen in the 3.0+ materials.
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Very true... I need to steal my girlfriend's AD&D2e stuff.