Ok I'm in an epic campaign and am curious about something. I am playing a mithral metal-clad obitu (yes a mithral, living skeleton) as per the metal-clad template. However I am well aware that mithral also has a hardness of 15.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/damaging-objects/
As per these rules would my character also factor in his hardness with regards to reducing damage taken from normal melee sources (say 20 damage vs. my 15 hardness= 5 HP damage). In addition to energy damage being halved from the section on energy damage?
It's just that the template never mentions hardness
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/metal-clad-crea ture/
No, you do not gain hardness, you gain what the template states and nothing more.
I would argue that the template would grant you hardness 15 and half damage from energy sources, but only when you qualify to be treated as an object. Typically, when you're dead.