Questions tagged [special-materials]
For questions about materials that do not exist in the real world, or that have special properties in the game world. This includes things like mithril, adamantium, or silver.
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What special materials can be used with a Sugliin?
This massive polearm consists of several sets of sharpened caribou and/or megaloceros antlers affixed to a long wooden shaft.
Ah, the sugliin, such a silly weapon. But so cool-looking. Many special ...
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Cold Iron Handwraps of Mighty Blows
Handwraps of Mighty Blows can have runes, so your unarmed attacks benefit from these:
These handwraps have weapon runes etched into them to give your unarmed attacks the benefits of those runes, ...
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Unbreakable thrown ammunition by RAW?
Is there anything to make or get a thrown ammunition unbreakable? Or does something like this already exist?
I'm talking about weapons like Shurikens, Skiprock etc...
I know there is the Raptor Arrow. ...
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Does Truesilver grant Ghost Touch?
Truesilver comes from Ghostwalk (page 64):
Truesilver: This ability incorporates magically purified and hardened
silver into the weapon. It is treated as a silver weapon for the
purpose of harming ...
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Can you use Fabricate on 13 Adamantine crossbow bolts to make a short sword?
Can you use the Fabricate spell on 13 adamantine crossbow bolts to make a short sword?
The average crossbow bolt is 15-22 inch long and avg. diameter of 0.003 inch – about 0.14 pounds each, coming to ...
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Do adamantine short swords, daggers, rapiers...etc keep their finesse properties?
I remember that in past editions adamantine is a heavy and sturdy metal. It allows the creation of excellent armors and even better weapons. I just want to know that if the finesse property still ...
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Can a Mithral Great Sword be used as a Kensei Monk's Kensei Weapon?
Can a Mithral Great Sword be used as a Kensei Monk's Kensei Weapon?
If Mithral is a light weight material for armor....can it work with weapons? Meaning would a mithral great sword negate the heavy ...
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Do the Thunder Gauntlets and Lightning Launchers of Adamantine Arcane Armor count as Adamantine weapons?
As stated in Xanathar's Guide:
Adamantine is an ultrahard metal found in meteorites and extraordinary mineral veins. In addition to being used to craft adamantine armor, the metal is also used for ...
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What is the cost of making non-combat items out of adamantine?
What does it cost per pound to make non-combat items out of adamantine? I can't find any specific number anywhere. Mithral has a price per pound but adamantine does not.
The closest I've been able to ...
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How can I limit crafting and material-searching without limiting player agency?
I'm a new GM. Several of my PCs really enjoy crafting/potion-making/resource-farming and have builds that are well-suited to it. In the past I wanted to reward their enthusiasm for searching for new ...
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Roll on a D% Table for Special Materials
The magic weapons and magic armor pages have a table that indicates whether the armor or weapon is made of a special material. But going to the special materials page, there's nothing to indicate how ...
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is it possible for the special effects of ores such as admantium be infused scales of a creature
I have a lizardfolk character that just got adamantine plate armour. I wondered whether my adamantine armour could be melted down and infused with my scales due to having naturally scaly and tough ...
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Can an animated sword, made of adamantine, take damage via magical fire?
During our game, the DM claimed that a sword forged of adamantine would not take any damage from a spell's magical fire. In this instance, it was an animated sword that attacked us, and therefore a ...
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What happens when Adamantine strikes Adamantine?
I'm going to cut to the chase, in D&D 5e, if a player wearing adamantine armor gets hit with an adamantine weapon, what happens?
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How much material silver is required to silver a greataxe, if the time and expertise is being provided as a favour?
Suppose I own a greataxe, and a blacksmith owes me a favour. The Smith knows how to craft silvered weapons, and has agreed to do the work as a favour if I provide the raw silver.
The rules on silvered ...
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