New Material: Azlanti Steel


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Based off Damascus Steel.

Long ago, the powerful, Lawful Azlanti Empire ruled over the world. Constantly battling demons, elves and sleuths of arcane enemies, the mighty empire found itself with a new weapon, a way to make cold iron stronger. Using a secret process they created Azlanti Steel, allowing an Azlanti swordsman to never have to switch blades in battle again!

Azlanti Steel is wave-covered cold iron that has been heated in such a way it created microtubes within that strengthened on the whole. Any weapon made with this material is automatically masterwork, and bypasses DR as both Cold Iron and Adamantine.

Azlanti Steel forging cannot be learned by any but the most powerful of crafters, and even they must search for years to uncover the process. Due to this, under normal circumstances, an Azlanti steel weapon cannot be commissioned, bought or crafted, it must be found. Despite this, any unenchanted Azlanti Steel weapon may be enchanted as a common masterwork weapon of its kind.

What do you guys guys think? Broken? Pointless? Any Suggestions on changes?


Not really broken if you make it cost around as much as adamantine and/or keep the enhancement cost booster, but fluffwise, cold iron works the way it does because it's cold. It's never been heated or forged.

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Not exactly true. It's been forged at low temperatures. It's a little different now then in PF.

Cold iron originally just meant 'steel', any iron worked on the fey, it was a sign of civilization and science.

You could probably conflate Azlanti steel as being alchemically treated adamantium that ALSO counts as cold iron...which would fit the anti-magic vibe of adamantium, as well.

Since Mithral counts as silver, makes thematic sense, too.

==Aelryinth


Aelryinth wrote:

Not exactly true. It's been forged at low temperatures. It's a little different now then in PF.

Cold iron originally just meant 'steel', any iron worked on the fey, it was a sign of civilization and science.

You could probably conflate Azlanti steel as being alchemically treated adamantium that ALSO counts as cold iron...which would fit the anti-magic vibe of adamantium, as well.

Since Mithral counts as silver, makes thematic sense, too.

==Aelryinth

This, man.

Maybe forged in a lost form of alchemical "cold fire" that made it more plyable without heating it into steel. Figure out how to make a cold fusion fire and you can craft it yourself.

RPG Superstar 2012 Top 16

I gotta admit, I love the idea that 'cold iron' comes from steel forged in cold fusion.
They even have a cold fusion flame in the Numeria AP.

==Aelryinth

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