Siltgold
TTRPG Fictional · Uncommon · Timeless
Gold that has rested in stagnant swamp water for centuries absorbs the tannins, the decomposed organic matter, and the spiritual residue of the marsh. The result is chemically still gold, and it assays as pure, but it feels wrong. Heavier than it should be, duller than it should be, with a persistent smell of wet earth.
Identity
- Source
- Original by MGS
- Aliases
- Bog gold, Swamp metal, Mudden ore
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Dull murky gold, heavy and grainy looking, with dark mineral inclusions that give it a muddy appearance. Everything gold is, but tired and sad
- Luster
- Dull
- Density
- 17.5 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1060 °C
- Boiling point
- 2850 °C
- Lighter
- Ayar
- Denser
- Tungsten
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- High
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 2.5
- Tensile strength
- 110 MPa
- Softer
- Tin
- Harder
- Brass
- Workability
- Easy
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- Very High
- Ductility
- High
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- high
- Reactivity
- low
Lore & Narrative
Siltgold is accepted everywhere as currency because it tests as pure gold, and merchants have no grounds to refuse it. But it accumulates in the vaults of the unlucky. Buildings funded with siltgold seem to attract misfortune. Families who inherit it lose it within a generation. It spends perfectly and brings nothing good.
- Notable uses
- Cursed currency, bog-witch ritual objects, ill-favored dowries
- Forge uses
- currency, cursed ritual objects
- Worldbuilding traits
- cursed, swamp, deceptive, unlucky
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