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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2747680" data-attributes="member: 19675">Ok...good point.So ductility is not a problem...assuming the same techniques are used for both Human sized and Sprite sized adamantine armor.&nbsp; I could see the sprite's armor being done as casts of thin metal, like a bell, or carved rods &amp; blocks of adamantine, rather than being made from rolled metal sheets.I suppose it could be done as a slightly different weapon.&nbsp; OA recognizes the Tetsubo as a slightly different weapon, even though its essentially a metal club.So, lets see what an adamantine quarterstaff would look like.A pure metal adamantine quarterstaff of the same mass as a wooden one would probably be shorter and/or more slender...it may be &quot;whippier&quot; due to its lesser diameter.&nbsp; It may even do slashing damage rather than blunt.&nbsp; Its slickness could be accounted for by making &quot;diamond&quot; grips on it, like a weightlifting bar.&nbsp; It would be like fighting with a piece of rebar.Perhaps it would be an exotic weapon.A hollow adamantine quarterstaff with a wooden center could be nearly the same dimensions as a purely wooden one...&nbsp; The grips would be identical to the metal one.A hollow one with weighted ends would essentially be the same, but could possibly suffer from balance issues if the weights come loose within the weapon.&nbsp; (I know- we'd have to start with the premise that this is a masterwork weapon because of the materials involved...or the weaponsmith could arrange for that to work in his favor...like the mercurial weapons from Sword and Fist)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 2747680, member: 19675"] Ok...good point. So ductility is not a problem...assuming the same techniques are used for both Human sized and Sprite sized adamantine armor. I could see the sprite's armor being done as casts of thin metal, like a bell, or carved rods & blocks of adamantine, rather than being made from rolled metal sheets. I suppose it could be done as a slightly different weapon. OA recognizes the Tetsubo as a slightly different weapon, even though its essentially a metal club. So, lets see what an adamantine quarterstaff would look like. A pure metal adamantine quarterstaff of the same mass as a wooden one would probably be shorter and/or more slender...it may be "whippier" due to its lesser diameter. It may even do slashing damage rather than blunt. Its slickness could be accounted for by making "diamond" grips on it, like a weightlifting bar. It would be like fighting with a piece of rebar. Perhaps it would be an exotic weapon. A hollow adamantine quarterstaff with a wooden center could be nearly the same dimensions as a purely wooden one... The grips would be identical to the metal one. A hollow one with weighted ends would essentially be the same, but could possibly suffer from balance issues if the weights come loose within the weapon. (I know- we'd have to start with the premise that this is a masterwork weapon because of the materials involved...or the weaponsmith could arrange for that to work in his favor...like the mercurial weapons from [I]Sword and Fist[/I]) [/QUOTE]

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