Amulet of Adamantine Fists?

[Savage Wombat]

Does anyone know of an item, published or otherwise, that grants the creature the ability to strike with unarmed or natural attacks as if they were adamantine weapons?

If so, how much does it cost?

If not, how much do you think it should cost?

 

[UltimaGabe]

Hmm... I'd be tempted to say it's the same cost as an adamantine weapon x3 (using the formula for the Amulet of Mighty Fists, which costs the same as a weapon's bonus tripled), but something tells me that would be too cheap. After all, you're giving a character something that can't be gotten without fifteen or so levels of Monk.

 

[Black Knight Irios]

Lets see, there is a spell in BoED Touch of Adamantine, but the only 'unarmed' attacks it can affect are a monks unarmed strike.
Pricing:
6(spell level) x 11(caster level) x 2000(continous function) x 2(duration 1min/level) = 264000GP
Pricing done!

 

[Scion]

Does anyone know of an item, published or otherwise, that grants the creature the ability to strike with unarmed or natural attacks as if they were adamantine weapons?

If so, how much does it cost?

If not, how much do you think it should cost?

Lets see, a monks belt costs 13k. It grants ac and unarmed damage as a monk 5 levels higher. We dont care about the ac part so that probably kills at least half of its cost. Then you want it to do about 3x levels higher (monks get adamantite unarmed at level 16), but you also dont care about the magic (level 4) or lawful (level 10).

So I think somewhere between 15k and 20k would be in line with this item. It is sortof the same as granting whichever feat it is that allows you to ignore hardness/do extra damage to objects.

It might be too low in price for some, so I would say make it 50k, make it adamantite plus your alignment to bypass dr (ie if you are lawful good then your attacks are lawful and good) plus, if you are neutral then when you first put it on you can choose one of the ones around that portion of neutrality (ie lawful neutral, you get lawful and choose whether to have good or evil). At that point I would call it a day

 

[Brekki]

Why don't you get an amulet of mighty fists +1 with the "metalline" property from underdark ? ... It costs 54k, but you can choose if you want your natural/unarmed weapons to be silver/cold iron/adamantine.

 

[Black Knight Irios]

Sounds like a good option, too.

If you want to scare someone tell them my pricing variant!

 

[UltimaGabe]

Lets see, a monks belt costs 13k. It grants ac and unarmed damage as a monk 5 levels higher. We dont care about the ac part so that probably kills at least half of its cost. Then you want it to do about 3x levels higher (monks get adamantite unarmed at level 16), but you also dont care about the magic (level 4) or lawful (level 10).

So I think somewhere between 15k and 20k would be in line with this item. It is sortof the same as granting whichever feat it is that allows you to ignore hardness/do extra damage to objects.

Except that the Monk's Belt doesn't grant the ability to overcome Damage Reduction at ALL. It ismply makes you do more damage- so no matter what level Monk you are, you can't get Ki Strike (Magic) or Ki Strike (Lawful) or Ki Strike (Adamantine) by putting on the belt. Therefore, you're giving the item a bonus it didn't originally have, and one that could very easily be considered much more powerful than the one already presented. So it would cost much more than 20,000.

 

[Scion]

Except that the Monk's Belt doesn't grant the ability to overcome Damage Reduction at ALL. It ismply makes you do more damage- so no matter what level Monk you are, you can't get Ki Strike (Magic) or Ki Strike (Lawful) or Ki Strike (Adamantine) by putting on the belt. Therefore, you're giving the item a bonus it didn't originally have, and one that could very easily be considered much more powerful than the one already presented. So it would cost much more than 20,000.

But also taking away all of the advantages that it 'does have'. The descriptors are worth a whole lot less than the boost to AC and extra damage in games I have played in. And I gave a cost for a 'bigger and better' one that you should appreciate more

Even if you price it at 20k though is it really worth it? Hard to say, depends on the game definately. Would it be worth it in any I have played in so far? Nope, but it might be worth it in yours.

Being able to bypass hardness of less than 20 is a pretty cool gimick, and it would help several builds, but I highly doubt it is overpowered at the price I quoted. 50k is a lot of money! Of course it is a really interesting item, I may even see if my dm will allow it into the campaign.

15k - 20k gp and an item slot for the ability to penetrate adamantine DR is still a pretty big price to pay. Especially since it only works with unnarmed strike.

In the end 15k - 20k actually seems a bit too high for my tastes for the little that it actually does, but I figured it was a happy middle ground. Some will want it higher, others lower, which means it is probably about right. The 50k varient is just plain fun