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What is the reduction of the arcane check penalty for mithril armor?

I don't think there is. It jut doesn't burn elves.

Page 56 of DCC: RPG Beta wrote:Note that armor manufactured from mithril, adamantine, or other materials not containing iron may reduce the spell check penalty.

It seems they forgot to add that to the chart. Also it should be "Arcane" not "Spell".

I actually think the iron thing is needless complication. What happens to elves locked in iron manacles? Why doesn't a normal iron sword cause more damage to the elf?

jmucchiello wrote:Why doesn't a normal iron sword cause more damage to the elf?

Here's how you could houserule it - so you're attacking an elf and hit with a sword that does 1d8 damage. You roll 2d8, taking the highest die as the damage done.

or better still: elves who take wounds from iron weapons roll on a lower die size to hit the next round, as they find the wounds hinder them. Maybe iron-manacled elves take no damage but cannot cast magic.

Lennon V. C. wrote:

Page 56 of DCC: RPG Beta wrote:Note that armor manufactured from mithril, adamantine, or other materials not containing iron may reduce the spell check penalty.

It seems they forgot to add that to the chart. Also it should be "Arcane" not "Spell".

Good eye. Hope this isn't overlooked.

bholmes4 wrote:

Lennon V. C. wrote:

Page 56 of DCC: RPG Beta wrote:Note that armor manufactured from mithril, adamantine, or other materials not containing iron may reduce the spell check penalty.

It seems they forgot to add that to the chart. Also it should be "Arcane" not "Spell".

Good eye. Hope this isn't overlooked.

Repost it in Typos and Such.