After doing some more looking, I'd have to rule that iron is the norm for weapons and armor. I base this not only on the SRD's unnecessary ambiguity on the matter, but also on instances such as these:
- A "mirror, small steel", basically a flattened piece of metal weighing 1/2 lb, costs 10 gp and yet a longsword, which ways 4 lbs and would take a LOT more work, only costs 5 gp more. - Looking at the armor descriptions you'll see that everything is "metal plates", "metal rings", and so on, and yet they specify "steel shields" (which, for some odd reason, cost less than a steel mirror if you buy a small shield, and a large steel shield only costs twice as much as the mirror. Huh?). Muddling the matter of the shield even more is the fact that the artwork lists them as "metal shields". WotC seems to have been purposely confusing no the matter, but I keep drawing the impression that iron is the norm. Steven "Conan" Trustrum Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.trustrum.com "The only real people are the people that never existed" -- Oscar Wilde _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
