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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 3262059" data-attributes="member: 3051">MATERIALSI'll give the low-end metals first, since those are the ones most people will use.Iron(also includes crude steel, or anything tougher than bronze that doesn't require much skill to work with)Class: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 1 gp/lbDC: +0Hardness: 10General Bonuses: 150% HP (30 HP per inch of thickness, and +50% to item HP in general)Cost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: NoneFine SteelClass: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 10 gp/lbDC: +3Hardness: 10General Bonuses: 150% HP (30 HP per inch of thickness, and +50% to item HP in general)Cost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack), Armor (+1 Armor Check Penalty)SilverClass: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 40 gp/lbDC: +4Hardness: 8General Bonuses: 75% HP (12 HP per inch of thickness, and -25% to item HP in general)Cost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, bypass DR(silver)), Armor (+1 ACP, Immune to Lycanthropy)Cold IronClass: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 50 gp/lbDC: +4Hardness: 10General Bonuses: 150% HP (30 HP per inch of thickness, and +50% to item HP in general)Cost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, bypass DR(cold iron)), Armor (+1 ACP, Immune to Vampires' "Create Spawn" ability)Cinnabryl, aka Mystaran "Red Steel"Class: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 80 gp/lbDC: +5Hardness: 10General Bonuses: 50% weightCost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, +(multiplier-1) damage on critical hits), Armor (+1 ACP, +2 to Fortitude saves)Arandur, aka "Dragon Steel"Class: HardType: MetalSource: AlchemicCost: 90 gp/lbDC: +6Hardness: 12General Bonuses: NoneCost Reductions: Blooded (custom enchantment in my campaign for both weapons and armor)Material Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, +2 to confirm threats), Armor (+1 ACP, +1 Max DEX, reduces all sources of Force damage by 1)MithralClass: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 120 gp/lbDC: +7Hardness: 15General Bonuses: 60% weightCost Reductions: Lesser Mobility (custom Armor enchantment- for a +2 cost, it improves Max DEX by 2, ACP by 1, -5% Arcane Failure, weight by 10%, requires CL 6 and haste or freedom of movement)Material Bonuses: Weapon (+2 attack), Armor (+1 ACP, +1 Max DEX, -5% Arcane Failure, reduces armor's weight class one step)Adamantium (not to be confused with the much stronger Adamantine)Class: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 100 gp/lbDC: +9Hardness: 20General Bonuses: NoneCost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, +1 damage, bypass DR(adamantium), ignore half of hardness of struck objects), Armor (+1 ACP, +1 Max DEX)The armor benefits might sound weak, but the metal has a 20 hardness, which mean medium armors and heavy shields give DR 2/adamantium, and heavy armors are 4/adamantium.  That's nothing to sneeze at.StarmetalClass: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 80 gp/lbDC: +10Hardness: 20General Bonuses: 150% weight, 150% HPCost Reductions: NoneMaterial Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, +1 damage, bypass DR(magic)), Armor (+1 ACP, DR 1/-)Gartine (inspired by Sagiro's Story Hour)Class: HardType: MetalSource: MundaneCost: 150 gp/lbDC: +11Hardness: 15General Bonuses: 70% weightCost Reductions: Weapon (Keen), Armor (Fortification)Material Bonuses: Weapon (+1 attack, bypass DR(slashing or piercing)), Armor (+1 ACP, +1 Max DEX)Effectively, Keen is free.I'm going to stop here, because I have to catch a plane, but beyond this it's all gems, dragon stuff, and really really rare planar metals.</blockquote>

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