Adamantine
TTRPG Fictional · Legendary · Timeless
The hardest substance known to exist, extracted from meteoric ore found only in the deepest reaches of the earth. Adamantine cannot be worked by ordinary means. Only master smiths with specialized tools and prolonged heat can shape it at all.
Identity
- Source
- Tabletop RPG tradition
- Aliases
- Adamantite, Worldstone
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Absolute black with faint blue-violet veining, almost absorbs light entirely
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 12 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 5500 °C
- Lighter
- Lead
- Denser
- Palladium
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Low
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 12
- Softer
- Uru
- Workability
- Impossible
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- Very Low
- Ductility
- Very Low
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- absolute
- Reactivity
- none
Lore & Narrative
Weapons of adamantine are said to cleave through lesser materials as if they were not there. Armor of the same metal stops blows that would shatter anything else. Its rarity means most adamantine items are ancient, and newly forged pieces are almost unheard of.
- Notable uses
- Siege weapons, impenetrable armor, vault doors, unbreakable chains
- Forge uses
- armor, weapons, siege equipment, containment
- Worldbuilding traits
- indestructible, meteoric, Ancient, rare
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