Obdurium???

[DizzyKungFu]

I've seen this substance called "Obdurium" mentioned several times in Dragon magazine, but they never explain it. Apparently it is harder than adamantine? Can anybody educate me about this material?

 

[Wolf72]

maybe in Magic of Faerun?

 

[James McMurray]

It is in the Stronghold Builder's guidebook. Don't have mine handy though, so I cn't give you the stats on it.

 

[DizzyKungFu]

I HAVE the stats. I'd just like to understand what it's supposed to be. Where does it come from? How would I describe it to my players?

 

[Limper]

Describe it something like orichalcum(sp). I believe in alchemy it was a metal composed of equal parts of each of the metals which represented the four elements (gold=fire, mercury=water, silver=air, and lead=earth).

This Obdurium could be Adamant, mithril, mercury, and arsenic... or something like that.

Just an idea.

 

[Jesse Decker]

Obdurium

It's a new material described in the SBG.

Here's a quick summary:
Obdurium is an incredibly rare and hard metal that represents the pinnacle of nonmagical wall strength. Weapons and armor crafted from obdurium are treated as adamantine, except for the stats such as hardness, hit points, and price, which it sounds like you already have.

 

[D. Armand Paltenan]

I've seen this substance called "Obdurium" mentioned several times in Dragon magazine, but they never explain it. Apparently it is harder than adamantine? Can anybody educate me about this material?

Obdurium is a verry rare material, harder and more durable than adamantine (hardness 30, 60 HP per inch). rougly guessing as adamant gives 1/3 more hp than normal items im guessing items made from this would have 1/2 more hp?

 

[JustKim]

I HAVE the stats. I'd just like to understand what it's supposed to be. Where does it come from? How would I describe it to my players?

Obdurium is adamantine with flame decals on.
It still does not compare to Wuddonium (featuring LED lights).

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Unobtainium decays into Obdurium.

 

[JustKim]

I'm afraid we have been bamboozled. This thread is five years old. Babies who were conceived in the day of this thread are already speaking their minds about having to take naps in preschool. The ugly truth is that nobody cares about obdurium anymore.