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<blockquote data-quote="James Collins" data-source="post: 7210146" data-attributes="member: 6904770"><p>I know this post is old as the hills and I didn't read every response, but the OP got some gruff from people saying "It's not silver". Here is the description and link of what D20PFSRD says.</p><p></p><p>Mithral is a very rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than steel but just as hard.</p><p></p><p>When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor, and is occasionally used for other items as well. Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. This decrease does not apply to proficiency in wearing the armor. A character wearing mithral full plate must be proficient in wearing heavy armor to avoid adding the armor’s check penalty to all his attack rolls and skill checks that involve moving. Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonuses are increased by 2, and armor check penalties are decreased by 3 (to a minimum of 0).</p><p></p><p>Items not primarily of metal are not meaningfully affected by being partially made of mithral. (A longsword can be a mithral weapon, while a quarterstaff cannot.) <strong><u><em>Mithral weapons count as silver for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.</em></u></strong></p><p><strong><u><em></em></u></strong></p><p><a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/special-materials/#TOC-Mithral" target="_blank">http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/special-materials/#TOC-Mithral</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Collins, post: 7210146, member: 6904770"] I know this post is old as the hills and I didn't read every response, but the OP got some gruff from people saying "It's not silver". Here is the description and link of what D20PFSRD says. Mithral is a very rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than steel but just as hard. When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor, and is occasionally used for other items as well. Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. This decrease does not apply to proficiency in wearing the armor. A character wearing mithral full plate must be proficient in wearing heavy armor to avoid adding the armor’s check penalty to all his attack rolls and skill checks that involve moving. Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonuses are increased by 2, and armor check penalties are decreased by 3 (to a minimum of 0). Items not primarily of metal are not meaningfully affected by being partially made of mithral. (A longsword can be a mithral weapon, while a quarterstaff cannot.) [B][U][I]Mithral weapons count as silver for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. [/I][/U][/B] [URL]http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/special-materials/#TOC-Mithral[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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