Quote Originally Posted by F.L. View Post
Armor shouldn't necessarily be entirely composed of metal. There's padding, straps, etc. So it should be less than it's weight in mithral. Doesn't stop the D&D economy from being FUBAR though.
Costs less. As in, you hand me a hunk of metal, I forge it, attach the various straps to it, hand it back to you, and then pay you because I took something of value X and gave you something of value Y where Y<X.