Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-2001:8003:A899:800:D8B0:AA05:126A:40FE-20180409075649/@comment-26149161-20180409113306

For starters the myth of Numenorean gunpowder is from a very early conception of the story. They did not have gunpowder in the later conceptions.

Secondly, Numenorean gear should certainly not be craftable, seeing as their smithcraft was entirely lost. I'm not opposed to Numenorean equipment, but it isn't something the player has the skill to replicate.

FInally, there's no reason to have an equivalent to the mythic metal of Atlantis (though I see where you're coming from). However, a Black Steel might be an interesting idea--we know it was used in the Citadel Guard armor and the sheaths of the Barrow-blades.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë)