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<blockquote data-quote="ConcreteBuddha" data-source="post: 204891" data-attributes="member: 3139">For those who do not have the Psionics Handbook:&nbsp;My take on this: 1) Ferroplasm is nearly identical to adamantine from a rules perspective as regards to the natural enhancement bonus. 2) Quarterstaves can be made out of ferroplasm, which shows that non-metal parts can be replaced with ferroplasm. 3) Ferroplasm weapons and armor are implicitly described as being made completely out of ferroplasm, as the entire weapon or armor is described as melting, not just a part of it. Also, the description does not say that ferroplasm has the unique capability of making surrounding materials melt (which could be abused by savvy players.) 4) The above description uses the exact same descriptors as the adamantine description in the DMG. Examples: &quot;Weapons fashioned from ferroplasm...&quot; and &quot;Ferroplasm adds to the quality of a weapon or suit of armor based on how much of the material used.&quot; 5) This excerpt is from WoTC, which is not some random company who just copied directly out of the DMG without regards to the consequences.Therefore, this is more evidence that adamantine weapons must be fully crafted from adamantine....P.S. One could argue that this book is not one of the three Core Rulebooks, and thus invalid.Of course, one could also argue that the Sage is not one of the Core Rulebooks. (Although he could be a changeling...) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ConcreteBuddha, post: 204891, member: 3139"] For those who do not have the Psionics Handbook: [B] [/B] My take on this: [B] 1) [/B] Ferroplasm is nearly identical to adamantine from a rules perspective as regards to the natural enhancement bonus. [B] 2) [/B] Quarterstaves can be made out of ferroplasm, which shows that non-metal parts can be replaced with ferroplasm. [B] 3) [/B] Ferroplasm weapons and armor are implicitly described as being made completely out of ferroplasm, as the entire weapon or armor is described as melting, not just a part of it. Also, the description does not say that ferroplasm has the unique capability of making surrounding materials melt (which could be abused by savvy players.) [B] 4) [/B] The above description uses the exact same descriptors as the adamantine description in the DMG. Examples: "Weapons fashioned from ferroplasm..." and "Ferroplasm adds to the quality of a weapon or suit of armor based on how much of the material used." [B] 5) [/B] This excerpt is from WoTC, which is not some random company who just copied directly out of the DMG without regards to the consequences. Therefore, this is more evidence that adamantine weapons must be fully crafted from adamantine. . . . P.S. One could argue that this book is not one of the three Core Rulebooks, and thus invalid. Of course, one could also argue that the Sage is not one of the Core Rulebooks. (Although he could be a changeling...) ;) [/QUOTE]

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