Help Index :: Objects :: Metals METALS OF THE REALM Copper A soft, abundant, easily mined metal, copper is cheapest coin of the realm. Silver Soft and gleaming, silver is rarer and more valuable than copper. One piece of silver is worth ten pieces of copper. Gold Most of the gold of the realm comes from the mines of the industrious Dwarves of Kha-Da. Gold is a rare, extremely heavy metal. One piece of gold equal ten pieces of silver. Platinum Earlier finders of platinum condemned it as "false silver" and threw it into the ocean. They came to learn the value of the hard, light metal, however. Platinum is silver-white, is very rare, and quite expensive. One platinum piece equals ten pieces of gold. Bronze Soft, malleable, and plentiful, bronze was the first metal used by mortals for making weapons and armor. The practice of using bronze has not gone out of style, however, because bronze is inexpensive and easily replaceable. Bronze is usually impure, thus bronze weapons and armor are inordinately heavy. Also, because the metal is so soft, it tends to blunt easily. Bronze tends to be easy to enchant. Iron A heavy, hard metal, iron is the most prominent material used in weapon making. It can be forged by even apprentice blacksmiths, and is abundant enough to be relatively cheap. Found deep in the earth, iron tends to be impure, and is therefore heavy. It does not blunt readily as bronze, however, so consqeuently is ideal for armor and edged weapons. Iron is fairly easy to enchant. Steel Steel is iron which has been super-heated to boil out impurities. Extremely hard, steel is surprisingly light-weight. Steel weapons will keep their edges, and steel armor will not dent easily. Because only experienced blacksmiths can work with steel, it is quite expensive. The Dwarves generally claim to have discovered steel, as only their mighty forges could have produced enough heat to draw steel from iron. Steel is very disruptive to mage spells, and it tends to resist enchantment. Electrum A rare alloy consisting of gold, silver and copper, electrum is silver-gold in color, is lighter than gold, and is quite soft. Therefore, it tends not to last when forged into weapons and armor. However, ancient mages discovered that electrum is extremely receptive to magic, so much so that it does not hinder a mage's spell-casting ability. Purified electrum, suitable for spellcasters, often has a faint blue glow to it - this is often amplified by enchantments that are weaved through it. Mithril The process of creating mithril is one of the most guarded secrets of the elves, whose ancients were said to have worn suits of enchanted mithril chainmail. However, though no outsiders know how to create mithril, many know how to forge it. Several master blacksmiths claim to have learned the secret of shaping the incredibly hard, lighweight metal. Mithril is a bright, almost white, glimmering silver color. Among metals, it is second only to adamantite in hardness. Unlike adamantite, however, mithril is easier to enchant, although it does hinder a mage's spell casting ability. Krynite Rumors abound concerning the origins of the strange, dark purple metal. The most popular of these rumors is that the metal came from an ancient race of godlings, whose weapons of krynite sank into the ground of the battlefield where they destroyed themselves in a terrifying war. Whatever its origins, krynite is undoubtedly magic in nature. All krynite exudes a soft, pallid glow, which fades as the metal gets fatigued. However, because every pore of the metal is infused with magic, it will always resist infusions of further energy, such as enchantment. Krynite will not interfere with a mage's spell casting ability. The metal is incredibly expensive, and so difficult to work with that only a genius could ever hope to forge it. Adamantite Almost nothing is known about this rare, dull-gray metal. It is said that those who discovered and could forge the metal have all died. Another rumor holds that adamantite is so hard that it can be forged only with the combination of a giant's strength and archmage's magic. Adamantite is second only to diamond in hardness. A warrior's metal, adamantite makes incalculably valuable weapons and armor. It is extremely difficult to enchant, and is, for mages, the most disruptive material known. Titanium Little is known about this lustrous gray metal, only tales from elder master weaponsmiths and armorers who praise its unrivaled strength and durability. They claim that when the gods themselves were in mortal form, they wielded weapons and armor crafted out of this powerful metal. Legend has it that only a few people truly know the secret to harnessing titanium into a usable form, however there is virtually no information on who these people are.