Canon:Special Materials

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Special materials are metals, woods, stone, or other types of building material that isn't magical but has what could be considered magical properties.

This is a list of most of the special materials in the offical d20 books

Special Material - Effect

  • Abyssal Bloodiron - cold iron, +4 critical confirm[1]
  • Adamantine - DR, improved sundering[2]
  • Alchemical Silver - maintains weapon, and bane to lycanthropes[2]
  • Arandur- silver-blue with green shine; gnome material; mixed with blood of red or blue dragon[3]
  • Astral Driftmetal - 25% chance of working against incorporeal creatures[1]
  • Aurorum - pieces meld back together and repair themselves, if broken[4]
  • Baatorian Green Steel - green; counts as Wounding if magically enchanted; mined in the Nine Hells[5]
  • Blended Quartz - -20% arcane failure rate, doubles weight[5]
  • Blood glass - volcanic crimson-hinted obsidian[6]
  • Blue Ice - +1 damage slashing weapons, Mythrial type armor but cold as ice[7]
  • Bronzewood - wood that can be made into plate armor and weighs 10% less[8]
  • Byeshk - purple sheen; overcomes DR of daelkyr[8]
  • Calomel - pale gray condensating metal, hard white ore; overcomes DR of fire subtypes[9]
  • Chitin - plate armor made from insect exoskeletons[10]
  • Cold Iron - 2x heavy has bane to magical creatures; deep-forged iron that harms chaotic creatures[2]
  • Crysteel - psionic superhard crystal-steel blend, surprise[8]
  • Darkleaf - special worked Darkwood made into light plate armor[2]
  • Darkwood - ½ normal weight of wood[2]
  • Deep Coral[11]
  • Deep Crystal - Bonus to Psionics.[12]
  • Densewood[8]
  • Dlarun - bone-white ivory with green sheen; halfling material[13]
  • Dragonhide - can make metal armors that count as hide[2]
  • Duskwood[13]
  • Elukian Clay - type of clay associated with the Elemental Plane of Water; removes weight penalty for swim checks[5]
  • Entropium - +2 max dex, -10% arcane failure (min 5%), +2 armor check penalty and added weight[5]
  • Fever Iron - reddish, deals fire damage[3]
  • Firebrass - gold-bronze metal with mithral stats[6]
  • Flametouched Iron - speckled rusty dark red ore, refined to shimmering silver[8]
  • Fyrite - metallic substance immune to heat, but takes double damage from cold[14]
  • Frystalline - good aligned[4]
  • Gehennan Morghuth Iron - -1 attack, but poisons opponent[5]
  • Green Starmetal - Mined from meteorites; Adamantine that deals 1d6 extra damage to outsiders.[15]
  • Hizagkuur - white magic reflecting metal[3]
  • Kheferu - bright red, a weapon made from it bypasses the damage reduction of any creature of the earth subtype[16]
  • Livewood - magical green hardwood that does not die when cut down, may contain dryads[8]
  • Mithral - Makes armors that weigh ½ as much, and count as a lighter type; silver-white; traditional elf material[2]
  • Mundane Crystal[12]
  • Obdurium - very hard non-magical metal[17]
  • Pandemonic Silver - causes scream that makes others cower in strong winds[18]
  • Pearlsteel[11]
  • Purple Mournlode - blighted purply ore, silver metal with purple streaks; overcomes DR of undead[9]
  • Rimfire Ice - glows like torch, +1 cold damage, explodes 1d6 cold damage[7]
  • Riverine - ½ AC becomes deflection bonus; water enclosed inside a thin force wall; provides force affect[11]
  • Serren[4]
  • Soarwood - lightweight wood used for building airships[8]
  • Solanian Truesteel - silvery iron; mined on Mt. Celestia; +1 on roll to confirm critical hits[5]
  • Starmetal - See: Green Starmetal
  • Stygian ice - Deals wisdom rather than consitution damage[7]
  • Targath - Soft metal that when carried helps the bearer resist disease[8]
  • Thinaun - traps soul of those slain by it[18]
  • Urdukar - +2 DC on scry attempts per 5 lbs carried (3rd Edition only)[5]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (July 2004). Planar Handbook. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3429-8.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet (2003). Dungeon Master's Guide. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2889-ö1.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ed Greenwood, Sean K Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. (3e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 James Wyatt, Christopher Perkins, Darrin Drader (October 2003). Book of Exalted Deeds. (Dungeons and Dragons 3.0e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3136-1.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Jeff Quick, Rich Redman, James Wyatt (March 2003). Arms and Equipment Guide. (3e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2649-X.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Keith Baker, Jason A. Bulmahn, Amber Scott (2006). Secrets of Xen'drik. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786939168.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Wolfgang Baur, James Jacobs, George Strayton (September 2004). Frostburn. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2896-4.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Keith Baker, Bill Slavicsek, James Wyatt (June 2004). Eberron Campaign Setting. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3276-7.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bruce R. Cordell, Stephen Schubert, Chris Thomasson (2005). Magic of Eberron. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786936967.
  10. ↑ Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jennifer Wilkes, Kolja Liquette (January 2006). Races of the Dragon. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3913-3.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Richard Baker, Joseph D. Carriker Jr., Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (2005). Stormwrack. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786936894.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bruce Cordell (April 2004). Expanded Psionics Handbook. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3301-1.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sean K Reynolds, Duane Maxwell, Angel McCoy (August 2001). Magic of Faerûn. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1964-7.
  14. ↑ Dragon #347. Paizo Publishing, 2006.
  15. ↑ Richard Baker (November 2004). Complete Arcane. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3435-2.
  16. ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes, JD Wiker (March 2005). Sandstorm. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3655-X. p. 136.
  17. ↑ Matt Forbeck, David Noonan (2002). Stronghold Builder's Guidebook. (3e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786926554.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Andy Collins, David Noonan, Ed Stark (November 2003). Complete Warrior. (3.5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-2880-8.

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