Obdurium
From the foreign realm known as Oearth, Obdurium is a fantastically rare metal that is even harder than adamantine. Pale violet in colour, obdurium is the pinnacle of nonmagical metal strength. It is also nearly prohibitively expensive, building with it costs ten times as much as carving stone walls and sixty times what a normal wooden wall would cost to build.[1]
This particularly-resilient metal has become something of a legend amongst the Dwarven-folk of Barovia, whom often hoard what scraps of the metal can be found drifting as if planar floatsam onto the Demiplane of Dread. It is extremely rare, extremely valuable, and extremely sought-after. To bear arms or armour of Obdurium becomes a status symbol as much as it is used for practical purpose.
Sources
Obdurium is not naturally-occuring in the Demiplane of Dread. It can only be found in rare ingots traded by the Vistani, certain dungeon drops, within the Mists, or by smelting existing items containing it.
Mechanical Effects
- Suits of armour made of Obdurium offer Damage Reduction 5/- to light armour, 7/- to medium armour, and 10/- to heavy armour, and are corrosion-resistant, at the cost of being substantially heavier (150%).
- Weapons made of Obdurium offer the keen property and are corrosion-resistant, at the cost of being substantially heavier (150%). Obdurium is too heavy to make effective arrows or bolts, and such projectiles suffer a -1 attack bonus for no benefit. Sling shots and bullets carry this malus due to unwieldly weight, but do 2d4 more damage due to it.
- Shields made of Obdurium have additional hitpoints and grant a +10 circumstance bonus against Disarm checks, at the cost of being substantially heavier (150%).
Items which do not carry a significantly metal component such as leather armour, hide armour, or whips, cannot be made of Obdurian.
References
- ↑ Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.
