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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3247615" data-attributes="member: 926">I still don't see any problem with Wizards in mithral chain shirts or Bararians in mithral full plate at all.&nbsp; Is that extra 3 points of armor over a breastplate going to destroy the game?&nbsp; Is that Wizard having a halfway decent armor class going to throw the balance of the entire game out of whack?&nbsp; I would think that the Wizard wearing the chain shirt would be little more than a flavor thing, unless he regularly wades into melee or something.&nbsp; I would say that almost universally it is entirely a matter of how players want their characters to look, as opposed to some kind of exploitation of the rules.&nbsp; If the Barbarian really wanted that 3 extra points of AC he could have gotten a +3 breastplate for 1000 gp cheaper, and unless he has&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a 20 dex he isn't going to get any advantage from the higher max dex bonus over the breastplate.&nbsp; And what does the FAQ say on the matter, exactly, and does it contradict what it says in the rulebooks yet again?&nbsp; I'm not sure what you are referring to about the version of Races of the Wild.&nbsp; If you mean 3.0 vs 3.5, it is 3.5.&nbsp; &nbsp; I'm not trying to pick on you, but it's just seeming silly to me to declare mithral to be somehow broken or overpowered.&nbsp; What if it was a +9000 gp magical enhancement that had these properties?&nbsp; Would people still have this problem with it? I'm just confused a bit, here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 3247615, member: 926"] I still don't see any problem with Wizards in mithral chain shirts or Bararians in mithral full plate at all. Is that extra 3 points of armor over a breastplate going to destroy the game? Is that Wizard having a halfway decent armor class going to throw the balance of the entire game out of whack? I would think that the Wizard wearing the chain shirt would be little more than a flavor thing, unless he regularly wades into melee or something. I would say that almost universally it is entirely a matter of how players want their characters to look, as opposed to some kind of exploitation of the rules. If the Barbarian really wanted that 3 extra points of AC he could have gotten a +3 breastplate for 1000 gp cheaper, and unless he has a 20 dex he isn't going to get any advantage from the higher max dex bonus over the breastplate. And what does the FAQ say on the matter, exactly, and does it contradict what it says in the rulebooks yet again? I'm not sure what you are referring to about the version of Races of the Wild. If you mean 3.0 vs 3.5, it is 3.5. I'm not trying to pick on you, but it's just seeming silly to me to declare mithral to be somehow broken or overpowered. What if it was a +9000 gp magical enhancement that had these properties? Would people still have this problem with it? I'm just confused a bit, here. [/QUOTE]

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