Veinstone Metal
TTRPG Fictional · Very Rare · Timeless
Extracted from the mineralized circulatory organs of ancient colossi and titan-grade creatures, veinstone metal forms when iron-rich blood repeatedly crystallizes and re-liquefies over centuries within a living body. The extraction process requires the creature to be alive, since dead colossi yield only ordinary iron.
Identity
- Source
- Original by MGS
- Aliases
- Bloodmetal, Living ore, Vital metal
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Deep blood red with pulsing darker veins visible within, warm to the touch, and slightly yielding: it feels more like very hard muscle than metal
- Luster
- Dull
- Density
- 8.5 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1500 °C
- Boiling point
- 2800 °C
- Lighter
- Darksteel
- Denser
- Bronze
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Medium
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 7
- Tensile strength
- 750 MPa
- Softer
- Vanadium
- Harder
- Tungsten
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- Moderate
- Ductility
- High
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- high
- Reactivity
- low
Lore & Narrative
Weapons made from veinstone metal heal the person holding them, slowly but measurably, pulling vitality from the ambient environment or, in extremis, from nearby living things. A veinstone sword held through a long battle will be draining vegetation within ten feet. In a siege, it drains the garrison.
- Notable uses
- Life-draining weapons, vitality-anchoring armor, medical implements
- Forge uses
- life-draining weapons, vitality armor, medical tools
- Worldbuilding traits
- life-draining, living, giant-origin, vital
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