special materials

[rye0006]

what are all the different special materials in dnd 3.5 and what are their benefits, problems and costs? list i can think of so far:

mithril
cold iron
adamantine
darkwood

[Sacrieur]

blended quartz
heartwire

...

There's a lot, check out the arms & equipment guide.

[Keld Denar]

DMGII has a bunch more, and I think that the FRCS and ECS each have a couple more. XPH has Deep Crystal. CWarrior has Starmetal, Thinaun, and Pandamonium Truesilver.

[Seth62]

check frostburn and stormwrack for a few more

[herrhauptmann]

Eberron has an easy half dozen. One or two in the main book, and more in the supplementaries. Best bet might be finding a copy of the old crystal keep pdfs. But they had to shut down that part of their site due to WotC lawyes.

[McSmack]

There are many of them. If memory serves most of them were unimpressive IMO.

[Sacrieur]

Arms and Equipment:

Astral Driftmetal: metal that is effective vs. the incorporeal.
Blended Quartz: extremely heavy metal, good at channeling spells.
Bronzewood: wood that can be used to make equipment that is traditionally metal.
Chitin: Incredibly light, insect exoskeleton material.
Darkleaf: specially treated darkwood.
Entropium: Heavier than iron, chaotic properties make it flexible.
Leafweave: specially treated leaves.
Urdrukar: Heavier metal that is resistant to scrying.
Heartwire: Thin, flexible metal that is weaved into existing metals for added strength.
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Green Steel: Metal that is extremely good at holding an edge.
Morghuth Iron: Toxic, but poor for crafting.
Truesteel: A kind of iron, bonus to critical hits.


SRD (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialMaterials.htm)


Frostburn:

Blue Ice: Appears to be blue ice, properties as iron.
Rimefire Ice: Basically an ice torch, also used to make wooden weapons.
Stygian Ice: Fragile and evil material, very cold.

[The Cat Goddess]

Green Star Metal - More expensive than Adamantine, but adds damage vs. outsiders on weapons.

Oerthblood - Greyhawk - Actually a material that is mixed with another metal to give that metal the properties of Adamantine and a (small) Luck Bonus to Saves. Costs a bit more than Adamantine, but can be added to Mithril!

[Thurbane]

Special Materials Index (http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19569550/Special_Materials_Index)

Therran Special Materials List (http://www.devinlc.com/specialmaterials.htm)