Tougher than adamantine

[irdeggman]

Diamond may also be a similar substance, for I believe I've read that, though they are the "hardest" substance on earth, they can still quite easily be crushed with a hammer. Again, though, I may be mistaken about this.

Yes and no. It depends on how the diamond is hit. Being crystalline it has what is referred to as flaw lines. These are the areas where it can be crushed or cut per the trade.

For another example of a strong material think of bamboo. It has great strength in one direction, but in the other it really isn't near as strong.

So conceivably a double door of some type would increase the strength in one direction.

Another possiblity is to simply put the door where it doesn't lead to anything and then have a 'hidden' door nearby. How many player's can resist trying to open a door that is just there. Now once they discover it doesn't lead anywhere they will do one of tow things - look for another door or (as the Knights of the Dinner Table strip had) keep on looking "This tunnel must lead somewhere I know it. No it is just for color. No, the DM must be hiding something we'll keep on digging."

So put the real door in another room.

 

[Darklone]

Isn't that darklone's motto?

Well, I can't be around more than 15 hours a day

Speaking as a material scientist: Get a normal hammer and hit the next diamond you encounter as a random encounter and there's a HUGE chance that it will shatter.

Diamond changing into graphite: Yeah well. It will. Given time as mentioned above. Just don't burn it (you'll need high temperatures though)

 

[Scharlata]

[...] Get a normal hammer and hit the next diamond you encounter as a random encounter and there's a HUGE chance that it will shatter. [...]

Hammer OR diamond?

 

[Darklone]

Hammer OR diamond?

Try, you'll see

 

[Lord Pendragon]

How many player's can resist trying to open a door that is just there. Now once they discover it doesn't lead anywhere they will do one of tow things - look for another door or (as the Knights of the Dinner Table strip had) keep on looking "This tunnel must lead somewhere I know it. No it is just for color. No, the DM must be hiding something we'll keep on digging."

Oh jeez. In my last campaign, I had the PCs exploring an ancient fortress which was buried beneath the city. Eventually, they found the huge double-doors that were originally the fortress's main entrance when it was above-ground. Being too low-level for spells such as Passwall and Stone to Mud, they spent hours trying to figure out a way through these doors. Eventually, I simply told them, "guys, the place has been buried for thousands of years. There's nothing on the other side of those doors but solid rock."

 

[Taren Seeker]

FYI, the Hardening spell is also in Magic of Faerun. Not sure if it made it into the Player's Guide or not.

 

[Scharlata]

FYI, the Hardening spell is also in Magic of Faerun. Not sure if it made it into the Player's Guide or not.

page 99

Special thanx and kind regards

Note to myself: Do not need to get Eberron! Just look into your old books!

 

[Calico_Jack73]

Do the time warp/dimensional portal thing and use either Titanium or Depleted Uranium.

 

[Scharlata]

Ahem, just for the record....

I'd just like to add that I've found something in the DMG, page 59, Walls, Special Walls, Magically Treated Walls. Even if the entry does not mention metal it does not exclude metal. Magical treatment seems to be an effective and affordable way to double hardness and hit points and adding a saving throw to an unattended item.

Kind regards

 

[Sully]

Im a gemologiest by hobby. Diamond has a hardness of 9.8 out of 10. The problem with hardness is the harder the object the less flexibility and the more brittle. Diamond can not be cut by any means other then by anouther diamond or a partical cannon (and these are expensive). But it can be broken or shattered VERY easaly.
Just light a fire next to it and after you get it real hot cast Cone of Cold. Bye bye diamond door.
Then you pick up the pieces and you are RICH!!