Should Bluewood be treated like Mithral ?

[CyberThread]

So Mithral cuts the weight of something by half, and the item created counts as being medium or light, instead of heavy and medium.


Now bluewood has the same term, of reducing weight by half, and being just as strong as steel* just like mithral* but says nothing about reducing armor type.


Do you think this is a oversight, or a clear difference in material rules ?

[Zanos]

What's the cost modifier for bluewood?

[CyberThread]

I closed my book, earlier tonight, but very ...err...very much cheaper then Mith.


Like Mith I think for heavy armor is 9k, while blue wood, I think is only 1.8k

[Zanos]

I highly doubt it's a rules oversight in that case.

You could justify it by saying that mithral also reduces the armor category by being more flexible than typical materials while being just as durable, which is why bluewood does not.

[Spore]

Even balsa isn't as flexible as aluminium if you go by wood to metal comparisons.

[XionUnborn01]

the price is pretty cheap actually.

Light armor +300
Medium armor +600
Heavy armor +1,200
Shield +300
Weapon (1d4 or 1d6 ) +400
Weapon (any other) +800

apparently damage die makes a huge difference.

[CyberThread]

bluewood is basically... wood armor , that is strong as steel, weighs half as much, and has the same benefits as the original piece.


So dragonhide would be 3,300 and only 1/3 item HP as if steel, while bluewood would be 1,200 and full item HP as if steel.


An the item is made fully out of wood, so druids can use it just like dragonhide.




Just not as cool ... as wearing dragon armor.

[SiuiS]

Where does one find blue wood?

[CyberThread]

unapprochable east

[Chronos]

I would interpret that as bluewood armor is lighter than steel, but it's also thicker. Even the densest of woods are still much less than half the density of steel (lignam vitae, the densest, is about 1/6), so you'd need over three times the thickness to get half the weight. So it's less restricting in some ways due to its weight, but more restricting in others due to its bulk. The two roughly cancel out, and so the armor is considered the same weight category it would be as steel.