Dead Warforged

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Just out of total curiosity (everything I have to say on the warforged subject has already been quoted), where did you get these numbers, Henry? It sounds like you pulled them from somewhere offical, but the values don't make much sense to me. A set of adamantine half-plate has a market value of 15,600 gp (by the DMG formula), but weighs 50 lbs. Are we to assume that adamantine armor and objects are themselves alloyed, or that 80% of the weight of half-plate is not actually metal?

From the SRD, the price increase for a suit of heavy armor to be made of adamantine is +15,000 GP.

As you mentioned, Half Plate (weight 50 lbs) would then cost 15,600 GP.

Since you're creating it yourself, you need to pay 1/3 of that cost for raw materials - 5,200 GP.

In other words, assuming "raw materials" doesn't really cover things like the padding underneath your armor and the oils used while forging, you're really looking at something like 104 GP per pound.

It seems that alloy must be the way to go, otherwise pure adamantine would be cheaper than, say, pure platinum (at 500 GP per pound).