[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Bugs-905100 ] Special materials and Masterwork items

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Bugs item #905100, was opened at 2004-02-26 14:31
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Category: Equipment/Weaponprof Support
Group: 5.6.0 RC 3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Bob Minowicz (orsmo)
Assigned to: Eric Beaudoin (ericbeaudoin)
Summary: Special materials and Masterwork items

Initial Comment:
When customizing an item, it would seem that presently 
the choice to make an item of mithral (or of other 
special materials) causes it to become impossible to also 
make the item masterwork.  Furthermore, making an 
item masterwork, causes it to become impossible to 
then make it of mithral.  Looking at the lst files, this 
appears to be by design.

To make maters worse, because items must be 
masterwork to add magical abilities to them 
(enhancement bonuses and such) it makes it impossible 
to make a mithral item with such abilities.

Unfortunately, not only are the two (masterwork and 
mithral) not mutually exclusive, the rules explicitly state 
that mithral items are, by virtue of being made of 
mithral, also masterwork.  The behavior should be 
changed to match the following:

Making an item mithral should automatically make it 
masterwork.  The cost of mithral is supposed to already 
include the cost of masterwork.

Making an item masterwork should still allow it to be 
additionally be made of mithral should the user so chose.

Adamantine and perhaps other materials suffer from the 
same problem and should likewise be resolved.

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>Comment By: Michael Beaver (michaelbeaver)
Date: 2004-09-09 18:54

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Still a confimed bug, in the 5.7.5 Autobuild from 9/9/204

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Comment By: bikeonline (bikeonline)
Date: 2004-03-04 14:12

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Another problem is that making an item mithral does not 
correctly change the weight/encumberance of the item. The 
definition of mithral armor states that such armor is one 
weight category lighter than the norm for any given armor. If 
you create a Mithral chainmail, the weight is not changed 
from medium to light.

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2004-02-26 20:10

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Eric could you comment on this please.

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