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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vinyafod" data-source="post: 471224" data-attributes="member: 6206">By saying weight, I meant weight in pounds and not the armortype/ category.There is no doubt that mithral armors are treated as one category lighter than standard armor, with light armors still being light. At least the ones primarily made out of metal. Still, I quote the DMG, page 243: So, shields and all items that are NOT armor weigh half as much. As a logical conclusion... mithral armor weighs just as much as standard armor. In the case of a full plate 50 pounds. It can make a difference if it weighs 50 or only 25 pounds. Imagine a not so strong cleric (STR 11). The armor weighing 50 pounds consumes almost 50% of his total carrying capacity. Give him a mace, a shield and some mundane, daily equipment and he is at his absolute maximum. If the armor only weighed 25 pounds it is much easier for him.Now, I myself think that the rule from the DMG is not logical at all. Why should an armor be treated as one category lighter if it weighs just as much as a standard armor?  Why does the longsword weigh half as much but the full plate not? Both are made primarily of metal.I just wonder why the *named* mithral full plate aka "Dwarven plate" is not the same as a mithral full plate.After all, I know that I can just rerule it to my liking but I would like to be sure that there is no justified reason for the differences. Maybe I just missed something.EDIT: spelling</blockquote>