Lucanite (3.5e Equipment)
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Lucanite[edit]
A very strange material indeed, Lucanite is a metal of extremely dark brown or dark grey color. It is extremely sturdy, always retain it edge and is apparently immune to age and rust. The hardness of Lucanite cannot be lowered by any mortal means. These properties are extremely useful, but make it extremely hard to refine. This lead to many making weapons out of the ore rather than refined material.
Lucanite Ore can be best described as very stone-like in texture and appearance, but also possess very reflective surface granting it a shiny but brutal look. A weapon made of Lucanite Ore has it weight quadrupled and it handedness increase by one step. If the weapon was already a two-handed weapon the user take a -4 penalty when attacking with it unless she possess a Strength score of 21 (or 4 point higher if the weapon already possessed a strength requirement, whichever is higher). A lucanite ore weapon only deal bludgeoning damage even if the weapon is was made into normally deal piercing or slashing damage. The main advantage of Lucanite Ore weapon is that it always deal maximum weapon damage, however it cannot score critical hit. A lucanite ore weapon bypass all damage reduction and hardness adamantine can.
Lucanite Ore cannot be made into armor, but may be made into shield. A shield has the same property as a weapon but also possess the ability to make free Bull Rush after a successful shield bash, if you succeed you do not move alongside your target. A lucanite ore shield also double it armor check penalty but increase the shield bonus it grant by 1, if it had a max dexterity bonus it is halved.
Refine Lucanite is a very lightweight material, items made out of it only weight 25% of it initial weight. The handedness of a weapon made of refined lucanite is lowered by one, to a minimum of a light weapon whenever doing so would be advantageous. Because of is reduced weight a refined lucanite weapons deal damage as if they were one size category smaller, however much like the ore version is always deal maximum damage. Unlike the ore, a refined lucanite weapon can score critical hit as normal. If a light or one-handed weapon is made of refined lucanite (before the effect of lucanite lower it handedness), you may make an additional attack with it on a full attack at a -5 penalty or no penalty if light. A refined lucanite weapon bypass all damage reduction and hardness adamantine can.
A refined lucanite armor or shields possess the same characteristics as a Mithral armor or shield, however the max dexterity is increase by a further 2, the armor check penalty is reduced by a further 3 and the arcane spell failure chances are reduced by a further 15%. Additionally a Refined Lucanite Armor extreme lightweight allow the wielder to move as if she was wearing no armor. In fact classes which normally cannot use their class feature in armor may still use them while wearing a refined lucanite light armor (base armor).
Lucanite Ore has 80 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 30. It hardness cannot be bypassed or lowered by any mortal means.
| Type of Lucanite Ore Item | Item Cost Modifier |
|---|---|
| Ammunition | +300 gp |
| Bucklers | +10,000 gp |
| Light and Heavy Shields | +20,000 gp |
| Tower Shields | +30,000 gp |
| Weapon | +15,000 gp |
| Type of Refined Lucanite Item | Item Cost Modifier |
|---|---|
| Ammunition | +360 gp |
| Light Armor and Shield | +9,000 gp |
| Medium Armor and Heavy Shield | +20,000 gp |
| Heavy Armor and Tower Shield | +40,000 gp |
| Weapon | +18,000 gp |
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| Summary | A very strange material indeed, Lucanite i … A very strange material indeed, Lucanite is a metal of extremely dark brown or dark grey color. It is extremely sturdy, always retain it edge and is apparently immune to age and rust. The hardness of Lucanite cannot be lowered by any mortal means. These properties are extremely useful, but make it extremely hard to refine. This lead to many making weapons out of the ore rather than refined material. t of the ore rather than refined material. + |
| Title | Lucanite + |
