Sunmetal
TTRPG Fictional · Very Rare · Timeless
Drawn from sacred volcanic cores where the earth's heat approaches that of the sun itself. Sunmetal carries solar radiance within its structure: it glows faintly at all times and blazes in the presence of undead, who find its light agonizing.
Identity
- Source
- Tabletop RPG tradition
- Also known as
- Solarium, Dawnsteel
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Brilliant gold-white that emits a warm glow in darkness; blinding in direct sunlight
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 5.5 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 2200 °C
- Lighter
- Titanium
- Denser
- Deepcoral Metal
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Very High
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 7
- Tensile strength
- 650 MPa
- Softer
- Vanadium
- Harder
- Tungsten
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Moderate
- Malleability
- Moderate
- Ductility
- Moderate
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- Very High
- Reactivity
- Very Low
Lore & Narrative
A sunmetal blade left in a tomb will slowly purify it: undead within cannot rest, and eventually dissolve. This makes sunmetal both a weapon and a tool of consecration. Temples of solar faiths guard their sunmetal reserves more closely than their gold.
- Notable uses
- Anti-undead weapons, holy relics, temple lighting, consecration tools
- Forge uses
- Weapons, Holy relics, Ritual tools
- Worldbuilding traits
- Solar, Holy, Anti-undead, Radiant
Sources
- Sunmetal appears in Warhammer Age of Sigmar (the Lumineth), seen only in search excerpts: to be settled against the battletome.
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