I have to agree with Muse here, I haven't seen anywhere that drow make elven chain or any armor specifically for surface expeditions, I seem to recall in Homeland, that all of the drow must leave their armor and cloaks in a cave at night to raid some moonelves in a glade. So, even moonlight can be damaging to drow equipment.<br/><br/>So, being crafted in an underdark city only means that it's degrade on the surface. As you specifically requested "non-melting" stuff, that won't work.<br/><br/>Now, if you had said that your character had saved the princess of some elven kingdom from kidnapping, rape and potential death at great personal risk and carried her back to her people, inspite of your skin color and after many months of confinement while the king decided if you were a threat before the princess declaired that you were a great and wonderful woman who deserved your respect... and they gave you a suit of elven chain in thanks and apology to your imprisonment... that might of gotten you the chain. ;0) Unfortunately, that exact idea has now been lost because I'm using it for my next game. ;)