Special Materials costs


Homebrew and House Rules

Shadow Lodge

Anybody come up with a better price list for special materials?

I know the costs that PF and 3.5 have for adamantine and mithril are pretty arbitrary.

Anyone have what they think is a good price by weight?

Shadow Lodge

Nobody has anything like I was asking?


The costs aren't arbitrary they're made for simplicity and balance. Making a longsword out of adamantine has the exact same effect as making a warhammer adamantine. The weapon ignores hardness.

So for weapons the special material cost is flat because the effects are flat. Its the same reason masterwork is a flat cost. In the case of armor, special materials tend to have more dramatic effects on heavier armor then on light.

Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / Homebrew and House Rules / Special Materials costs All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.
Recent threads in Homebrew and House Rules