Obdurium - Revision history

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	== Sources ==		== 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, or by smelting existing items containing it.		'''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 ==		== Mechanical Effects ==

DM Maiyannah: Some fixup

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	<seo title="Metals - Obdurium" metak="ravenloft,oearth,obdurium,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="Obdurium metal, in Time of Unparalleled Darkness - a NWN1 persistent world set in the Ravenloft Campaign Setting" />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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>		<seo title="Metals - Obdurium" metak="ravenloft,oearth,obdurium,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="Obdurium metal, in Time of Unparalleled Darkness - a NWN1 persistent world set in the Ravenloft Campaign Setting" />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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>

	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 ~~floating~~ 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.		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 ==		== Sources ==
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	== Mechanical Effects ==		== 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%).		* ''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.		* ''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%).		* ''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.		Items which do not carry a significantly metal component such as leather armour, hide armour, or whips, cannot be made of Obdurian.

	== References ==		== References ==

DM Maiyannah: Add Ravenloft context to description.

2024-07-01T03:27:33Z

Add Ravenloft context to description.

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	<seo title="Metals - Obdurium" metak="ravenloft,oearth,obdurium,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="Obdurium metal, in Time of Unparalleled Darkness - a NWN1 persistent world set in the Ravenloft Campaign Setting" />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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>		<seo title="Metals - Obdurium" metak="ravenloft,oearth,obdurium,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="Obdurium metal, in Time of Unparalleled Darkness - a NWN1 persistent world set in the Ravenloft Campaign Setting" />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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>

			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 floating 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 ==		== Sources ==

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Add SEO stuff, and some formatting

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	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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>		__TOC__
			<seo title="Metals - Obdurium" metak="ravenloft,oearth,obdurium,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="Obdurium metal, in Time of Unparalleled Darkness - a NWN1 persistent world set in the Ravenloft Campaign Setting" />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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>

	== Sources ==		== 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, or by smelting existing items containing it.		'''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, or by smelting existing items containing it.

	== Mechanical Effects ==		== 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%).		* ''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. Sling shots carry this ~~bonus~~ due to unwieldly weight, but do 2d4 more damage due to it.		* ''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%).		* ''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.		Items which do not carry a significantly metal component such as leather armour, hide armour, or whips, cannot be made of Obdurian.

	== References ==		== References ==

DM Maiyannah: DM Maiyannah moved page Obdurian to Obdurium: Misspelled title

2024-07-01T03:19:13Z

DM Maiyannah moved page Obdurian to Obdurium: Misspelled title

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DM Maiyannah: Add sources

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	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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>		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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>

			== 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, or by smelting existing items containing it.

	== Mechanical Effects ==		== Mechanical Effects ==

DM Maiyannah: Rename section to References to be consistent with the rest of the Wiki.

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Rename section to References to be consistent with the rest of the Wiki.

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	Items which do not carry a significantly metal component such as leather armour, hide armour, or whips, cannot be made of Obdurian.		Items which do not carry a significantly metal component such as leather armour, hide armour, or whips, cannot be made of Obdurian.

	== ~~Citations~~ ==		== References ==

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	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.<~~cite~~>Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</~~cite~~>		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.<ref name="ruins_greyhawk">Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</ref>

	== Mechanical Effects ==		== Mechanical Effects ==

DM Maiyannah: Basic information page for Obdurium

2024-07-01T03:15:17Z

Basic information page for Obdurium

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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.<cite>Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk by Jason Bulmahn, James Jacobs and Erik Mona.</cite>

== 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. Sling shots carry this bonus 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.

== Citations ==