Restrictions of mithral armor

[Rystil Arden]

It's a bit of a side-track of the original proposal, for which I apologize, but yes - I agree. Right now, the LAO feat chain rewards you entirely too much for wearing a Mithril Chain Shirt, already a good choice in several ways. If I were to re-design a similar feat chain, I'd have LAO just give +1 Armour, -1 ACP (min 0), and ILAO +1 Max Dex, -1 ACP (min 0) flat; making them interesting feats for light armour wearers, with LAO being interesting for all, and progressive utility to higher-level characters capable of boosting their DEX for ILAO, without giving (in my opinion) undue rewards for MCS wearers, but also without sacrificing much of their utility and flavor.

In lieu of taking up space here agreeing with you, I invite you to search our records for discussion of those feats where you can see me saying similar things for like 20 pages and then being outvoted

 

[Robichaud]

Found it, and read as much of it as a mortal mind may withstand. Consider my last few posts un-posted; I had absolutely no intention of poking that particular beehive.

 

[Bront]

Since the SRD isn't 100% clear on all the restriction of mithral armor i've posted this thread to discuss it and come out with a ruling for LEW.

I propose mithral armor counts as one category lighter for ALL purposes. This includes the following:
Armor porficiency
Feats (such as armor specialisation)
Movement restrictions and encumbrance
Class abilites (such as a bard casting in light armor and a babaian's fast movement).

As a side note i'd like to add that a mithral heavy shield does not count as a light shield for things as having a hand free to cast spells and such.

I was under the impression this was already RAW, and didn't need clarification.

and yes, LAO is nasty. I bought it up, gave up, and then took it with all characters that use light armor regularly.

 

[B4cchus]

I have seen some discussion on the interpretation of RAW regarding this is issue. Therefore I wanted to clear out any discussion beforehand. An accepted ruling on this should clear out any future discussions.

 

[orsal]

Since the SRD isn't 100% clear on all the restriction of mithral armor i've posted this thread to discuss it and come out with a ruling for LEW.

I propose mithral armor counts as one category lighter for ALL purposes. This includes the following:
Armor porficiency
Feats (such as armor specialisation)
Movement restrictions and encumbrance
Class abilites (such as a bard casting in light armor and a babaian's fast movement).

This is how I had always interpreted the text:
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialMaterials.htm#mithral

Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations.

So, to clear up any potential misunderstandings, I vote Yes.