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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vaxalon" data-source="post: 768332" data-attributes="member: 789">Until something canon comes out, here's how I'll handle "Cold Iron"...Creating a weapon of cold iron requires three things: Great strength, unusual tools, and a very high grade of ore.The finest grade of iron ore must be procured.  Not one mine in a hundred produces this ore, and from those mines that produce it, not one pound in a hundred is fine enough.The refining process must be done without the use of magic or fire.  The ore is placed in a press, and squeezed the way one would squeeze cider from apples or wine from grapes.  The pressure forces out the impurities, which appear on the surface as a crust of yellow and gray particles.  These must be cut or abraded away to reveal the pure iron.The resulting iron is hammered into shape without the use of a forge.  Successfully doing this requires superhuman strength.  The smith's strength must be 24+1 per pound of weight.  This means that most cold iron is worked by giants, or by exceptionally strong humans backed up by powerful magic.</blockquote>