Either Adamantine gear will look like some lowlevel weak scrap ... wich seems bad to me. :-/
Or we get our hands to incredibly powerfull and stron artefact so early in the game, so any other gear we find will be irellevant ... wich also seems bad. :-/
And the worse idea is that i may in the future Acts find "steel" helmet that will give me even better bonuses. :-/ I mean switching something so rare as Adamantine for something so Common as Steel? Ugh. :-/
so... the two options are :
- adamantine splint mail which is a unique recolor with some additions of the splint mail
- adamantine scale mail which is a unique recolor with some additions of the scale mail
since the splint wasn't available yet, it's rather new... the scale mail however lack the +1 that the one you can buy at the grove has.
none of them has the immunity to criticals property but there is a weird helm that does combine the two properties.
that being said, the bonus for the armors are unique (well, the idea of it is shared with all the items) and it inflicts a -1 to attack rolls for 2 to 3 turns depending on the item to the enemy.
notably, the shield applies it when the enemy misses while the armors does so when the enemy hits and the weapons apply it regardless of the result. those don't stack, only refresh
all in all, it is a nice look (I tried to apply it to other stuff but it is complicated...) and it is not like you had 4 of those. my only disappointment was that they choose my least favorite armors.
I can't decide if having a +1 to AC is better than inflicting -1 to the enemy but I guess it also helps other party members that might be targeted ?
The adamantine gear felt underwhelming considering what you can buy at vendors. The only positive was the scale AC 17 for STR builds.
(now that I wrote my answer, I understand that it's what you meant)
