Mithral

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Mithral is a rare silvery, glistening metal that is lighter than iron but just as hard. When worked like steel, it becomes a wonderful material from which to create armor and is occasionally used for other items as well. Items made from mithral have the following properties:

• Heavy armors are treated as medium armor.
• Medium armors are treated as light armor.
• Light armors are still treated as light armor.
• Armors weigh approximately half as much. This weight reduction does not count as an item propery, but is a change to the base item.
• Shields weigh 60% as much as normal. This weight reduction counts as an item property.
• Spell failure chances for armors are decreased by 10%. This decrease does not count as an item property, but is a change to the base item.
• Spell failure chances for shields are decreased by 20% (to a minimum of 0%). This decrease counts as an item property.
• Maximum dexterity bonus for all armors is increased by 2.
• Armor check penalties for mithral armor are lessened by 3 (to a minimum of 0). This does not apply to shields.
• Weapons made from mithral weigh 60% as much as normal. This weight reduction counts as an item property, and does not change a weapon's size category or the ease with which it can be wielded.

[edit] Mithral Armor Base Stats

Armor	Armor type	Armor class	Maximum Dex bonus	Armor check penalty	Arcane spell failure
Chain shirt	Light	4	6	0	10%
Scale mail	Light	4	5	-1	15%
Chainmail	Light	5	4	-2	20%
Breastplate	Light	5	5	-1	15%
Splint mail	Medium	6	2	-4	30%
Banded mail	Medium	6	3	-3	25%
Half-plate	Medium	7	2	-4	30%
Full plate	Medium	8	3	-3	25%

[edit] Notes

Weight reductions that count as an item property count against the 'three enchantments per item' limit that NWN2's default crafting system employs. Weight reductions that are a change to the base item do not.

Crafting either a weapon or an armor out of mithral adds 10 to its difficulty class.