Adamantine

Adamantine is a jet-black metal with a green sheen when viewed by bright light. It is found only in veins of ore near earth nodes and areas close to the openings to The Below. These are rare on Erathes. Occasionally, small meteorites consisting of some adamantine will fall, as well. Naturally occurring adamantine is mostly found in meteorites and rare mineral veins.
Adamantine is extremely difficult to produce, requiring high forging temperatures and a very delicate procedure. Most smiths who specialize in producing adamantine are Dwarves.
Adamantine, when smelted, is ultra-hard, but brittle, and this is a costly procedure. Adamantine weapons are useful for damaging the weapons and armor of opponents. A set of adamantine armor or a shield is nearly impenetrable to normal weapons, except for bludgeoning ones.
ADAMANTINE: Adamantine adds + 1 AP to any melee or ranged weapon ammunition made of its metal. This stacks with the bonus from masterwork items. Adamantine weapons cost an additional 3,000 gp.
Adamantine armor is harder to pierce than that made from other materials. It ignores up to 2 points of AP. Armor made from this material costs an extra 3,000 gp per point of armor bonus. Adamantine items increase Hardness by four and cost an extra 3,000 gp.
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