Mithral Armor

[Game Player]

Greetings everyone, the ever inquisitive gamer here :-)

The question I have pertains to mithral armor. Based on what I read, mithral armor modifies the armor by halving the weight of the armor and Spell failure chances for armors and shields made from mithral are decreased by 10%, maximum Dexterity bonuses are increased by 2, and armor check penalties are decreased by 3 (to a minimum of 0).

My question is that nothing there mentions anything about movement. Not sure if that was meant to imply that movement is not affected, but if mithral armor (let's use breastplate) changes an armor to light and weight less then a chain shirt, would you be able to move at 30 (for medium) instead of 20 ?

if this does not normally work, if the armor was an Agile Mithral Breastplate, would it be different?

I may have this as part of a treasure and want to ensure that I am following the guidelines.

Thank you very much.

[kinevon]

You missed the part of the Mithral rules that covers your question:

Quote:

Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. This decrease does not apply to proficiency in wearing the armor.

[Game Player]

kinevon wrote:

You missed the part of the Mithral rules that covers your question:

Quote:

Most mithral armors are one category lighter than normal for purposes of movement and other limitations. Heavy armors are treated as medium, and medium armors are treated as light, but light armors are still treated as light. This decrease does not apply to proficiency in wearing the armor.

Many thanks, I saw that and in my mind it read as just treat armor as one category lighter, for some reason the part about "purpose of movement and other limitations" eluded me.

Once again, thanks for the quick response to my issue. :-)