vampsarecool86
2012-11-18, 05:50 AM
Taken from the Ultimate Equipment Guide Volume 1
Philosopher’s Steel
This unusual gold metal does not tarnish, reflect anything on its surface or chip. It is not subject to wear, cannot be harmed by fire or acid and can only be unmade by direct exposure to sunlight, starlight and moonlight at the same time.
Weapons made of philosopher’s steel become effectively indestructible. They are completely immune to fire, acid and cold damage. They have a hardness of 50 and 150 hit points. Furthermore they repair damage at a rate of three hit points per round.
Enchanting a weapon made of philosopher’s steel costs three times the usual amount, but only costs three-quarters the typical XP expenditure.
This interesting metal has no other mention aside from as a weapon alloy. I'm looking for help to see about building a suit of spiked full plate (non-magical) using it though and have run into a snag. The only price listed is +1,000 gp to selected weapon. Obviously a 60lb suit of spiked full plate is going to require a lot more than any weapon being crafted with this metal so I'm wondering about a base price guide for light, medium, and heavy armors and possible damage reduction considering the hardness and hitpoint factor blow adamantine out of the water... Any help would be most thankful.
Philosopher’s Steel
This unusual gold metal does not tarnish, reflect anything on its surface or chip. It is not subject to wear, cannot be harmed by fire or acid and can only be unmade by direct exposure to sunlight, starlight and moonlight at the same time.
Weapons made of philosopher’s steel become effectively indestructible. They are completely immune to fire, acid and cold damage. They have a hardness of 50 and 150 hit points. Furthermore they repair damage at a rate of three hit points per round.
Enchanting a weapon made of philosopher’s steel costs three times the usual amount, but only costs three-quarters the typical XP expenditure.
This interesting metal has no other mention aside from as a weapon alloy. I'm looking for help to see about building a suit of spiked full plate (non-magical) using it though and have run into a snag. The only price listed is +1,000 gp to selected weapon. Obviously a 60lb suit of spiked full plate is going to require a lot more than any weapon being crafted with this metal so I'm wondering about a base price guide for light, medium, and heavy armors and possible damage reduction considering the hardness and hitpoint factor blow adamantine out of the water... Any help would be most thankful.