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lunchboxkilla:
I was thinking of adding a weakness nd strengh system to the metals... and this kind of relates to this topic... http://www.layonaraonline.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10845&posts=8

I my self am a Black smith and I know a good chunk of metal properties started thingking....

iorn while being stronger then say copper and bronze should not change one bit.

Platinum. Never really worked with it my self... I have worked with gold and I assume it is just like the same. Soft mauble (SP?)... easy to bend and break.. But in the realm of D&D its much stronger than Iron... Not gonna fight that but what should be considiered is a very tiny Acid damgae reduction...  I don't know...5% sound fair when you roll a 20 on armor crafthing?

Adamantium... (X-man comics any one?) Memory shape near impossble to shatter... Or so the comic, movies, what ever says.
I am leaning to the whay rings are made... and this goes for all but copper weapons... You roll a 20 you get some kind of exceptional weapon... for say the lesser weapons they get the ability of keen cast by a low level and burn out quickly... Thus you have to rest and "sharpen" your sword. As for adamantium... there could be a perminatn Keen that gets removed if say I enchant it... well fire ice Elec and acid could easly ruin a good blade magical or not...thus cause a problesm of making the better better and losing more crits... As for the armor portion of Adamantium... maybe a 5% damage reduction when the amor is made when rolling a 20.

Cobalt... My bane when black smithing... almost as strong as diamond and I have a few cobalt core plow blades sitting in my scrap metal pile... This stuff is tough and heavy.. so maybe add 5 more points damage reduction on a crafting roll of 20?

Mirthril... Lore.. myths... half truths... lies.. What is it what does it do where can we get it why do we wanty it? many more questions asked...
I couldn't even start with this one I have no clue how or what should be done... only thing I know is a chain shirt can stop a hobbit from being stabbed to death... that's it...


All these ideas should up the levels of any armor crafted when ya roll a 20. so if platinum is 15 then Excep platinum fll plate would be say 16 or 17 to wear... and yes I under stand this will take a good year of programming to do it. (weeks if we get orth on angel dust and strap him down in front of a computer hehehe)
I am once again putting my head to the wheel and letting my thoughts grind out.

lunchboxkilla:
Any comments? ghost? L? orth? any one?



*kicks dead post* This one is no good...

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As a roleplayer and mostly as a DM, thought it important to know historically how things were done, historically and and further back.
One of the things I did not know is that in Ch'na, they were using jade for their anvils, and hammers when working with metals.
Silver and gold were used primarily as currency. Platinum was used to make vessels and ornaments. Copper was used for much the same thing, and also in industry for the making of pigments and glass making. Its incredible just how much technology existed between 3000 to 5000 years ago in China.
The one thing in my research of technology, is the means by which some civilizations quarried for stone. That alchemy and blacksmithing are very much related.
That the very old blacksmith, was not only responsible for making things of iron, but were also your metallurgist, crystallurgist and general metal smith.
Copper was always hammered, bronze and brass were cast, that granite tools were used to shape jade, and only iron tools were used for the more intricate work. A granite wheel, though I have never tried it, can be used to grind a diamond to dust.
Magic wands were not made of wood, but of brass and bronze, two rods of equal length, with a washer in between to separate the two rods, and a crystal attached to the brass end, when a connection made of the two rods, held by one hand, caused the gem or crystal to glow. As if by magic, illumination, without batteries.
Two metal powders, sand and acetic acid in a glass container, can be made to glow. Its a recipe in alchemy, and it works. Very Cool! (You can find the recipe on the Alchemy Web Site: http://www.levity.com)
Electrum, is silver and gold in equal portions. It makes the gold stronger, and also stops your finger from turning green in its reaction to the pH level of your skin. Gold and Silver are 50/50 when combined together.
Silver has higher acid resistance than platinum, as platinum reacts to HCl and silver does not.
I would say that I am more an alchemist than a blacksmith, though I do have blacksmith training.

Adamantite, is the combination of diamond (adamant) dust with iron.(Historically speaking) However in the realms it is rarely found in nature.

Adamantine, is adamantite 5/8ths, with 2/8ths silver, and 1/8th electrum.

Leanthar:
Nice info Komoda. :)

goldz8:
Platinum is much stronger than gold. It is very springy (I'm not sure of the technical term) - I once saw a ring made of a platinum cylinder bent around and holding a diamond in between the ends.
Have a look at http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1211 Platinum is much harder than silver or gold. It has a higher melting point so platinum armour (armor) shouldn't melt as easily as golden armour during a fireball attack. (-;

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