Adamantium

Subject: Adamantium Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:54 am

11:59 PM - ***** ******: Adamantium >, <, or = Mithral
11:59 PM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: adamantium is basically an imbued magic
11:59 PM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: plate of armor
11:59 PM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: when in the sun, it starts to deteriorate
12:01 AM - ***** ******: So mithral is like, the strongest substance?
12:01 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: No
12:01 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: Diamond is stronger, but literally impossible to make
12:02 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: and Adamantium is stronger
12:02 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: it just requires shadow to power it
12:02 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: adamantium is inbetween diamond and mith
12:02 AM - ***** ******: Adamantium sounds like an evil metal
12:02 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: it is
12:02 AM - {[A]} GeoWulf is so totally |: used by drow a lot

Subject: Re: Adamantium Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:45 pm

How can a metal be evil? Besides the random oooh evil magic stuff.

Adamante is, from most sources, slightly magical, but only because it is incredibly hard.

My 2 cents make of it what you will.

Subject: Re: Adamantium Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:17 pm

Omap wrote:: How can a metal be evil? Besides the random oooh evil magic stuff.

Adamante is, from most sources, slightly magical, but only because it is incredibly hard.

My 2 cents make of it what you will.

Think of it this way, just because it's made from shadow magic doesn't mean it's evil, it just means it is labeled as one because Shadow Magic is only usable by those who worship Shar, whom is an evil goddess.

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Adamantium IS diamond armor, actually. Atleast it is in the 3.5 DnD rules.

Subject: Re: Adamantium Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:08 pm

Mack wrote:: Adamantium IS diamond armor, actually. Atleast it is in the 3.5 DnD rules.

This. I think they do something to it to make it more flexible though.

Diamond is the hardest mineral, but also the most brittle, Like glass, if you has a solid sheet of adamant for a breastplate, it would probably shatter after one blow.

Subject: Re: Adamantium Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:32 pm

Ask yourself this question, though.

Is this DnD?

Adamantine is a mix of many things. Diamond is one of the materials, but there are other ones.

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Quote :: Is this DnD?

It's hard to keep track, really. A bit more than half of the stuff in Olden is from neverwinter nights or some other DnD game. The rest are either WoW, completely made up, or inspired by real-life.

Subject: Re: Adamantium Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:26 am

So just because it's based a large percentage on DnD, doesn't mean it's exactly like it.

Just saying.

Regardless, you -are- right in an aspect, Adamantine is made from a decent amount of diamond, but there's more than just diamond in it.

Subject: Re: Adamantium Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:17 am

When did Diamonds stick in metal. It must be inside the metal correct?

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Diamond can be melted, just like all other metals and rocks, and thus, it can be mixed with different kinds of steel and copper and stuff like that.

Subject: Re: Adamantium Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:05 pm

Diamonds can be melted? Don't you need something hotter than a Smith's furnace?

http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2006/diamonds.html

Or is magic used..

Subject: Re: Adamantium Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:10 pm

Though we may have a means of melting diamond in real life, technology in Olden is usually pretty archaic. Magic is probably used to combine the substances within adamantium, and get into a workable form. Once the weapon is made and the adamantium tempered, it's nearly indestructible.

I would say Olden is built upon a DnD foundation but full of added-on/modified plot elements and features.