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Question; What is the speed of a character in a medium suit of Mithril armor?
Relevant text from Core Rulebook (not srd)
Speed: Medium or heavy armor slows the wearer down. The number on Table 6–6 is the character’s speed while wearing the armor. Humans, elves, half-elves, and half- orcs have an unencumbered speed of 30 feet. They use the first column. Dwarves, gnomes, and halflings have an unencumbered speed of 20 feet. They use the second column. Remember, however, that a dwarf’s land speed remains 20 feet even in medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load.
Mithral: Mithral is a very rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than steel but just as hard. When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor, and is occasionally used for other items as well. 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. A character wearing mithral full plate must be proficient in wearing heavy armor to avoid adding the armor’s check penalty to all his attack rolls and skill checks that involve moving. 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).
Mithril calls out movement, not speed, on the SRD and in the most recent printing of the Core Rulebook.
Each armor type calls out speed, not movement, on the SRD and in the most recent printing of the Core Rulebook.
Therefore we gave ruling that medium Mithril armor still reduces speed, but if a situation would hinder movement of a creature wearing medium armor that penalty would not be enforced.
Are we messing up the RAI vs the RAW?
Assuming that the base armor is medium, such as a breastplate, it is now light and does not affect your speed at all.
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No the new FAQ is what prompted the question. Medium armor reduces speed, Mithril armor counts as light for many things and rules iterations, but the last paragraph of Mithril (where it outlines the crunch of Mithril) doesn't call out any speed benefit.
ie Mithril medium armor would not hinder your overland movement but would hinder your tactical speed. Two very different rules functions that use the terminology in question.
Your overland movement is directly related to your tactical speed. There is no meaningful rules difference.