Celestial Argentum

[Jobe00]

I've been converting a lot of 3.x books to Pathfinder .user files for Hero Lab. One of the books is the Book of Erotic Fantasy.

I ran across the new special material, Celestial Argentum. It's a reddish metal that has all of the same properties of Mithral (half weight, armor is reduced one category, same bonuses to arcane failure, max dex, and armor check penalty) with the exception of it is not considered to be alchemical silver for the purposes of damage reduction.

What caught my attention was the fact that Celestial Argentum is 2000gp more expensive when used to make armor or shields, and it costs 2000gp to make a weapon out of it.

I get the feeling there was meant to be some additional benefits to account for that greater price. The paladin character in the book wears a breastplate made of the stuff, so I assume that it was meant to enhance holy abilities somehow.

Anyone know if this was ever addressed in the old Valar forums?

 

[kitcik]

I've been converting a lot of 3.x books to Pathfinder .user files for Hero Lab. One of the books is the Book of Erotic Fantasy.

I ran across the new special material, Celestial Argentum. It's a reddish metal that has all of the same properties of Mithral (half weight, armor is reduced one category, same bonuses to arcane failure, max dex, and armor check penalty) with the exception of it is not considered to be alchemical silver for the purposes of damage reduction.

What caught my attention was the fact that Celestial Argentum is 2000gp more expensive when used to make armor or shields, and it costs 2000gp to make a weapon out of it.

I get the feeling there was meant to be some additional benefits to account for that greater price. The paladin character in the book wears a breastplate made of the stuff, so I assume that it was meant to enhance holy abilities somehow.

Anyone know if this was ever addressed in the old Valar forums?

So, we've got a case of:
- Book of Erotic Fantasy
- a special material with a missing property
- a breastplate made of the material

If it was a female paladin, I can guess what "augmentation" this material provides...

+2 Ch?

 

[Jobe00]

Just because it was the Book of Erotic Fantasy, that doesn't mean everything in the book had something directly to do with sex.

The Celestial Argentum Breastplate the paladin Valeria has is a specific armor in the book. Under its description, it reads the same as a Mithral Breastplate other than being red instead of silvery and costing 2000 gp more.

As for an enhancement bonus to Cha, I really don't see it. That would have added 4000 gp to the prices over Mithral.

From the name alone, I would think that the material improves holy abilities. Maybe weapons made from it are considered Good Alignment for bypassing DR while armor gains DR of 1/Evil, 2/Evil, or 3/Evil depending on whether it's Light, Medium, or Heavy.

 

[Tovec]

Everything I'm finding, including form posts from 2003 (I think) and 2005, says it IS red Mithril. *shrugs*

You say a paladins in the book is wearing the armor? Comb through the description and reconcile the stats with 3e's version of paladin and mithril, maybe it is slightly different and has properties not listed.

 

[Jobe00]

Looked over Valeria's stat block. She only has two items from the book in her gear, the Celestial Argentum Breastplate (which also has a +1 enhancement) and a potion. Other than that, she's your "average" 15th level human paladin.

Interesting that she uses a greatsword and has Spring Attack. Interesting combo there.

I almost wish I could find Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel and/or Duncan Scott and ask them about errata for the book.