Like adamantine, dwarven blackrock easily penetrates the hardness of any other material. Weapons gain large bonuses to hit, to damage, as well as increased threat ranges, critical multipliers, and a bonus to critical confirmation rolls. This masterwork material is a mixture of metal and stone,Īllowing it to retain the best properties of both materials, with few of their associated penalties. Dwarven blackrock is found only within the mountains of the dwarven gods (yet another reason for its alternate name of godsteel). The reason why this metal is called fadesteel is due to the fact that in shadowy or dark conditions, the essence of Shadow bound up in the metal fully manifests, granting the ghost touch property to items forged from it.Īnother planar alloy, this rarest of all metals is considered – rightly so – the ultimate metal, surpassing even adamantine for strength and power. This property also makes shadow adamantine weapons function similarly to normal adamantine ones by being able to penetrate material hardness. This phasing effect also results in armors and shields being easier to move in (reflected by the masterwork quality of the armor check penalty reduction) as well as an increase in protection value as this metal tends to make parts of the wearer incorporeal as well. As a result, weapons have a tendency to pass through other metals, resulting in a masterwork bonus to hit and an increased chance of that hit being a critical. Being from the Plane of Shadow, this strange metal is partially incorporeal. This very rare metal is an unusual alloy of low-grade adamantine and the essence of the Plane of Shadow, where it is mined and forged. For this metal, however, all items forged from it are considered to be both chaotic and evil with regard to damage reduction. Like its infernal counterpart of baatorian green steel, tanar'ri red steel is infused with the essence of its plane of origin. The primary reason to find bloodsteel armor is that the metal is tougher than mundane steel, allowing it to stand up to repeated beatings in combat. Its lighter weight provides for a slightly reduced arcane spell failure chance, as well as a masterwork bonus to resist critical hits. For armors and shields, it provides very limited benefit. It grants a masterwork bonus to hit, increased damage, and a higher critical multiplier. Bloodsteel functions best when made into weapons of war. Tanar'ri red steel is also known as bloodsteel - both for being the color of fresh blood as well as the tendency for weapons forged of this metal to cause horrific wounds, especially during critical strikes. In this case, the metal is crafted in the infinite layers of the Abyss and is used primarily by the tanar’ri. This rare metal is another product of the Blood War and the Lower Planes. As such, all items forged of this metal are considered to be both lawful and evil for purposes of damage reduction. Finally, much like celestial mithril, the metal of baatorian green steel is infused with the essence of the plane of its origin. In a similar manner, banesteel armors have a masterwork bonus to resist critical blows, increased protection values, and small bonuses to maximum dexterity, armor check penalty, and arcane spell failure. Baatorian green steel weapons gain a masterwork bonus to hit and damage, as well as bonuses to their threat range and critical confirmation rolls. This metal is also known as banesteel because the material tends to mirror the baatezu's fondness for surgical strikes – weapons made of baatorian green steel inflict far more critical hits than their mundane counterparts. The most common users of baatorian green steel are the baatezu themselves, who use weapons and armors made of this metal in the Blood War (their eternal fight against the tanar’ri). This is because the ore needed to make the metal is only found on the Lower Planes, specifically the Nine Hells of Baator. This sickly green metal is very rarely found outside of the Outer Planes.
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