Cold iron vs Shadows

[Sorrow The Man Bear]

I haven't been able to find any literature on it, and it may be a stupid question, but does a cold iron weapon have any effect on Shadows? I remember something about cold iron affecting undead, but I'm not sure if it works against incorporeal creatures. Any thoughts?

 

[SS]

This is from the D20 SRD.

Iron, Cold

This iron, mined deep underground, known for its effectiveness against fey creatures, is forged at a lower temperature to preserve its delicate properties. Weapons made of cold iron cost twice as much to make as their normal counterparts. Also, any magical enhancements cost an additional 2,000 gp.

Items without metal parts cannot be made from cold iron. An arrow could be made of cold iron, but a quarterstaff could not.

A double weapon that has only half of it made of cold iron increases its cost by 50%.

Cold iron has 30 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 10.

 

[Sorrow The Man Bear]

I've read that. So... no?

 

[Dracomeander]

A shadow does not have any type of DR. It is merely incorporeal. I doesn't matter what the weapon used is made of to affect a shadow. It merely requires some form of magical enhancement. If there is no magical enhancement upon the weapon, it cannot harm the shadow no matter how much damage would normally be inflicted.

Also, if the enhancement doesn't include a Ghost Touch ability, the incorporeality of the shadow still allows it to ignore the damage 50% of the time.

 

[SS]

No I'm sorry. Cold Iron offers no benefit while attacking undead. It only harms Fey.

 

[MarkB]

No I'm sorry. Cold Iron offers no benefit while attacking undead. It only harms Fey.

And is also useful versus the damage reduction of certain demons.

 

[Shayuri]

Yeah, but magically enhanced cold iron would still have the normal 50% hit chance that ANY magic weapon would have.