In the Treasure for New Characters secton, this is stated.
"In the case of items made from special materials, items should be selected based on the table in which they appear, not their item level."
If this means what I think it does,I could pick a special material item that's worth more.
For example, at 4th level you get to pick a 3rd level item at character creation. A +1 medium armor is valid, so whats what I pick. Based on the statement above, if I so chose I could make it Silver or Cold Iron and it would still be a valid choice, as those materials are common.
Am I missing something or is this how it's supposed to be?
Bumping because I'm still confused about this.
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So I see it along the lines that you could get a Silver/Cold Iron +1 Armor as it never goes above 3rd level and have not read anywhere where it says you have to add the levels together or anything like that.
One problem I do see is that the GM could say well the Silver armor is a 3rd level item and then the +1 potency rune is a 3rd level item and you have to get them separately. I personally would not do that but some GM's might especially if they want to restrict more of the treasure coming into the game.
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Your armor example isn't a great one because there aren't any entries in the treasure tables for cold iron or silver armors.
However, I think your confusion can be cleared up by the following example:
A silver dagger is on the 3rd-level treasure table, even though a dagger is normally a level 0 item. So you'd have to spend your 3rd-level item pick to get a silver dagger, you couldn't just say your 0-level dagger is silver because that technically doesn't change its item level.
You can't actually make a regular dagger silver. The Dagger must be expert quality or better to made from silver
So I see it along the lines that you could get a Silver/Cold Iron +1 Armor as it never goes above 3rd level and have not read anywhere where it says you have to add the levels together or anything like that.
One problem I do see is that the GM could say well the Silver armor is a 3rd level item and then the +1 potency rune is a 3rd level item and you have to get them separately. I personally would not do that but some GM's might especially if they want to restrict more of the treasure coming into the game.
This is the answer I was looking for. I do distinctly recall reading that the item levels don't stack, you use the highest. However, that was for runes specifically, and the special materials section doesn't indicate level increases, just gold cost.