Starmetal
TTRPG Fictional · Very Rare · Timeless
Meteoric iron smelted under precise stellar alignments by priests who chart the heavens. The timing of forging is believed to determine the metal's affinity: iron worked under war-stars becomes martial, and under wisdom-stars arcane.
Identity
- Source
- Tabletop RPG tradition
- Also known as
- Astral iron, Skyfall ore
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Blue-grey silver with tiny points of light visible within the metal grain, like a captured night sky
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 6.5 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1600 °C
- Boiling point
- 3000 °C
- Lighter
- Nitinol
- Denser
- Zinc
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- High
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 8
- Tensile strength
- 700 MPa
- Softer
- Tungsten
- Harder
- Chromium
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Moderate
- Malleability
- Moderate
- Ductility
- Moderate
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- Very High
- Reactivity
- Very Low
Lore & Narrative
Every starmetal item is unique because no two forging sessions share the same sky. Two blades made from the same ingot, forged a week apart, will have entirely different properties. Collectors prize starmetal as much for its story as its power.
- Notable uses
- Divination tools, divine weapons, celestial navigation instruments
- Forge uses
- Weapons, Divination tools, Navigation instruments
- Worldbuilding traits
- Celestial, Divine, Unique, Meteoric
Sources
- Starmetal is one of the magical materials of Exalted (White Wolf), seen only in search excerpts: to be settled against the book.
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