Modifying mundane items

[Bendicott]

I'm looking for a way to cut the weight of iron vials; so far all I've found is substituting the iron for mithral, as per http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/special-materials#TOC-Mithral. Any other suggestions? The 500 gp/lb. is a bit steep, but I can deal with that if it's the only option.

[Pizza Lord]

Well, if you're apparently open to making iron vials out of something else... why not glass?

You could try filling them with helium or some other lighter-than-air gas.

Buy small-sized iron vials?

[Bendicott]

I mean... Getting a shatter-proof container is kind of the only reason to buy an iron vial. But otherwise, yeah - I'd just go with the free weightless glass ones that come with potions. If there's like, a permanent shatterproofing spell I could place on the bottle that doesnt cost an insane amount of gold, that would be an option. The helium idea was amusing, but also defeats the purpose of the item; if it's already full of helium, you can't use it for potions, or alchemical admixtures, or... anything useful. You just have a 0.999 lb bottle-shaped lump of metal.

[DeathMvp]

There was a spell in D&D forgotten Realms that may be what you are looking for. It turned Glass into a glass with be benifits of mix of Adamantine + Mithril. If I am not forgotten it was in Races of Faerun witch is a 3.0 book.

[Bendicott]

I'll see if I can track that down - thanks!

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

DeathMvp wrote:

There was a spell in D&D forgotten Realms that may be what you are looking for. It turned Glass into a glass with be benifits of mix of Adamantine + Mithril. If I am not forgotten it was in Races of Faerun witch is a 3.0 book.

Glassteel? Unfortunately it is not permanent. IIRC it was in 2nd ed, so you just need a GM who'll let you use a spell from waaaay back ;-)

[Bendicott]

Found it - Glassteel, Races of Faerûn (pg. 158). Looks like it was an actual material in 3rd, rather than a spell like in precious editions. Unfortunately, it's the same weight reduction as mithril @ double the additional cost. Cool material, though; could maybe use it for something else with GM's approval. A glassteel scrollcase could be pretty sweet.

Edit - just looked at the spell version, which changes the weight to match that of a steel object of the same dimensions... Odd that the spell would tack on extra weight, while the later physical material removes it.