Fell iron is a dark metal with properties similar to adamantine and dark iron. Adamantine is extremely strong and favored by weapon and armor smiths alike for its ability to cut through solid barriers with ease and endure heavy blows. Manual addition of this category to any item article is not recommended, as a properly filled infobox will automatically categorize it. Legendary olympian metal for which adamantium was named, used in hercules golden mace and the gates of pluto.
They are usually found sequestered across the battlefield. Such minerals are transparent or translucent, and have a high refractive index of 1. Adamantite and adamantium a metallic name derived from the neolatin ending ium are also common variants. An adamantine golems slam attacks threaten a critical hit on a 19 or 20. All monsters, from all editions of the game, on the wiki. Also i personally think that a fix would be to make the critical range 1920. It was found only in veins of ore near earth nodes and areas of faerzress in the underdark. Adamantine is a synthesis material elements which can be collected throughout the darksiders universe as you travel the broken earth. Adamant was extremely rare throughout the realms, materializing in spherical clusters within solidified volcanic flows. Both adamant and diamond derive from the greek word, adamas, adamantos, meaning untameable.
The adamantine dragon appears in monster manual 2 4e 2009, p. Adamantine explained that he was the vendor and the. Described as the metal of the gods, adamantine is golden in color and has several mystical properties such as preventing both psychic and magical influences, as well as deflecting massive blasts of concussive energy. Community content is available under ccbysa unless otherwise noted. The adamantine version of a melee weapon or of ten pieces of ammunition costs 500 gp more than the normal version, whether the weapon or ammunition is made of the metal or coated with it. It is sometimes loosely known as numerian steel, after the land where the largest known deposits are found but see glaucite below for a more accurate use of that term. Adamant was a pure, jetblack metal ore that was found on toril. Adamantine is the most common of the incredibly rare skymetals, and is known for its incredible hardness, strength, and ability to hold an edge. While youre wearing it, any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit. This suit of armor is reinforced with adamantine, one of the hardest substances in existence. This resistance means that either a magical weapon or an adamantine weapon deals normal damage, it does not need to be both. The adamantine taint is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Adamantine dictionary definition adamantine defined. Ac description adamantine 5000 gp ferrous 23 an alloy of adamant a strong but brittle metal, silver and electrum. Also known as cave dragons, or occasionally underdark dragons, adamantine dragons are little known on the surface world. This monster manual is definitely my favorite 5e book so far.
Metal weight per cubic foot weapon or armor weight adamantine 400 lb. Occasionally, small meteorites consisting of some adamantine would fall to abeirtoril as well. Contentsshow lairs and terrain adamantine dragons treat their territories as their. When thing sat down a mechanism lowered him into their secret base. Adamantine is so costly that weapons and armor made from it are always of masterwork quality. Game content and materials are trademarks and s of their respective publisher and its licensors. The core rulebook tells us the weight of certain adamantine objects, for example the adamantine breastplate whose weight is the same as the conventional steel breastplate as listed under medium armor. Adamantine is described as a super strong metal and glitters translucent white, sort of like a cross of silver and diamonds. Adamantine wafers are worth 15000 each curiously, less than the strands they are smelted from. Adamantine minerals possess a superlative lustre, which is most notably seen in diamond. Adamantine definition of adamantine by merriamwebster. This suit of magically animated plate armor clamors as it moves, banging and grinding like the vengeful spirit of a fallen knight.
This ultrahard metal adds to the quality of a weapon or suit of armor. Despite its extreme hardness, adamant was so brittle that a weapon or shield forged. Bouilles sword glittering in his hand, adamantine resolution clouding his brows. Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Although not the most intelligent of dragons, adamantine dragons are far smarter than their brutish, short. Adamantine is a celluloid veneer, glued to the wood case. It also has similar materials ranging from adamant of antiquity to marvel comics adamantium and its almost universally really, really hard and really, really rare.
The cost per pound of adamantine doesnt matter much for armor because it is only reinforced with it. Such equipment turns to dust when exposed to sunlight. The tsr logo and monstrous manual are trademarks owned by tsr, inc. Adamantine strands may also be woven into cloth using the weave metal cloth task in a loom. This includes official material tsr, wotc, reproductions dndtools, and dubious pdfs. Usually black in color, adamantine had a green sheen when viewed by candlelight or a purplewhite sheen when viewed by magical light. A black dragon casts spells and uses its magical abilities at 5th level. The per pound price of mithral doesnt matter much, because it is so light. The adamantine taint has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Seth thomas is well known for their adamantine black mantel clocks, which were made starting in 1882. Through its acquisition and turn over to ulthane, he will smelt it down and use it to augment furys arsenal. Adamantine definition, utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion. The dm selects 3 sets of armor left from a beholders victims. The weight of adamantine is fairly simple to deduce.
Adamantine items is a category for collecting items made of adamantine. Weapons fashioned from adamantine have a natural ability to bypass hardness when sundering weapons or attacking objects, ignoring hardness less than 20. Adamantine is an old word which appears in various works of. The direnni tower, also known as the adamantine tower, adamantia, or urtower, is believed to be the oldest building in tamriel, if not the entirety of nirn. History of seth thomas adamantine antique mantel clocks. Dec 06, 2016 weights of materials wow we got this great new thing. Most of the following information is from volos guide to all things magical. It was among the hardest, lightest, and most brittle ores on the planet, being used in the creation of the alloy adamantine. Its up to your dm how this works, but it should be a viable strategy against a tough armored opponent. Adamantine armor and weapons appear in the dungeon masters guide 5e 2014, as does the daerns instant fortress. It is ferromagnetic like steel, and vulnerable to a rust monsters grasp. The structure became known as direnni tower in honor of the direnni clan, and is located on the isle of balfiera. Adamantine dragon dungeons and dragons wiki fandom.
Armor made from adamantine grants its wearer damage reduction of 1 if its light armor, 2 if its medium armor, and 3 if its heavy armor. Notable adamantine weapons perseuss sickle half adamantine, halfimperial gold, hermess sword half adamantine, halfimperial gold. Mar 18, 2019 provided to youtube by epidemic sound adamantine jon bjork gather and go. Adamantine wafers are treated much like bars of other metal, and can be forged into a variety of useful items. Abominable yeti allowak variant explorers guide to wildemount.
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