Adamantine and Mithral

[kalani]

It's not made of mithral. Its made of a dark blue metal. The half weight is a property, just like the +1.

I must have misread your initial post. I thought you were saying the weapon was made of mithril, but that it wasn't spelled out as such on the certificate. The item in question, happens to have the same property as mithril without being made of such (instead being made of a blue metal of unknown origin).

 

[Pauper]

Sorry for the confusion -- yes, I said that I suspect the rapier is made of mithral, because it has the properties of an item made of mithral, but nothing actually says that it's made of mithral, so I can't act as though the rapier is actually made of mithral.

Mithral, mithral, mithral, mithral.

Mithral.

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Pauper

 

[StinkyEttin]

Sorry for the confusion -- yes, I said that I suspect the rapier is made of mithral, because it has the properties of an item made of mithral, but nothing actually says that it's made of mithral, so I can't act as though the rapier is actually made of mithral.

Mithral, mithral, mithral, mithral.

Mithral.

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Pauper

Your problem is that you're not looking for the silver lining. While you can't pretend it's made of mithral, you can pretend its made of dark blue metal.

 

[kalani]

Your problem is that you're not looking for the silver lining. While you can't pretend it's made of mithral, you can pretend its made of dark blue metal.

Your answer is so much darker than he hoped.

 

[Z. H. Darkstar]

Your answer is so much darker than he hoped.

But surprisingly just the right amount of metal.

 

[Tyranthraxus]

Yeah unless the item specifically had Mithral written on it then I would never class it as Mithral.

 

[Pauper]

Your problem is that you're not looking for the silver lining.

I was hoping for more of a mithral lining.

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Pauper

 

[kalani]

Mithril is so last edition. I much prefer spider-carved blue metal myself. It's the new mithril lol

 

[warfteiner]

I propose that we make everything heavy metal.

\m/

 

[Pauper]

Mithril is so last edition. I much prefer spider-carved blue metal myself. It's the new mithril lol

Reviewing this thread, I note that we haven't quite met the level of Obstreperous Pedantry(TM) required for a Kalani-Pauper thread, therefore I add the following:

"Mithril" is claimed as trademark and copyright by the Saul Zaentz Company as part of its acquiring of various rights related to "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" by JRR Tolkien, dating back to 1976. TSR, faced with a lawsuit by the Saul Zaentz Company for its many Tolkien references, settled out of court and changed many of the Tolkein-esque terms it had previously used to different and/or more generic terms: "halfling" instead of "hobbit", "balor" instead of "balrog", "treant" instead of "ent", and "mithral" instead of "mithril".

To paraphrase Chris Perkins, a useful mnemonic is "my pal (who keeps me out of court), mithral".

There, my work here is done.

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Pauper