Writing up metallurgy for a campaign - Page 2

Fnugus · 04-23-2014, 01:22 AM

I've decided to undertake the humongous task of making a (somewhat) detailed writeup of the available metals (and related materials) in this fantasy world I'm working on. I've hunted the various books and supplements I own without much luck to guide me, and my Google Fu is abysmal (probably I have Incompetence: Google Fu).

Anyway, what I'm looking to do is making a plausible (or at least semi-plausible) stat block for each of the materials, which would include Density, Hardness/HP per inch, cost (this world conveniently has a natural center of trade that could be used to define standard/benchmark prices), and other properties (such as breakage odds, electrical properties, magical properties, availability, refining processes, skills or skill levels required to be able to work with it (if applicable)).

I get from the Basic Set that steel has a hardness of 50-70 DR/inch. Without much else than that to extrapolate from, it's very difficult to go further while still keeping it in touch (and balanced) with already published content.

So, it comes down to this: I seek guidance, either in the form of books and/or supplements that I might find useful, or in the form of helpful advice (or actual help) here. Or links to other useful stuff.

04-23-2014, 01:22 AM	#1
Fnugus Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Odense, Denmark (Northern Europe)	Writing up metallurgy for a campaign I've decided to undertake the humongous task of making a (somewhat) detailed writeup of the available metals (and related materials) in this fantasy world I'm working on. I've hunted the various books and supplements I own without much luck to guide me, and my Google Fu is abysmal (probably I have Incompetence: Google Fu). Anyway, what I'm looking to do is making a plausible (or at least semi-plausible) stat block for each of the materials, which would include Density, Hardness/HP per inch, cost (this world conveniently has a natural center of trade that could be used to define standard/benchmark prices), and other properties (such as breakage odds, electrical properties, magical properties, availability, refining processes, skills or skill levels required to be able to work with it (if applicable)). I get from the Basic Set that steel has a hardness of 50-70 DR/inch. Without much else than that to extrapolate from, it's very difficult to go further while still keeping it in touch (and balanced) with already published content. So, it comes down to this: I seek guidance, either in the form of books and/or supplements that I might find useful, or in the form of helpful advice (or actual help) here. Or links to other useful stuff. __________________ Fnugus