Adamantine

Key Stats

• Source: Core Rulebook
• Base Item: enhancement bonus on attack rolls
• Enhancement Bonus: +1

Additional Stats

Description

Tables

<table><thead><tr><th>Type of Adamantine Item</th><th>Item Cost Modifier</th></tr></thead><tr class="odd"><td>Ammunition</td><td>+60 gp per missile</td></tr><tr class="even"><td>Light armor</td><td>+5,000 gp</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Medium armor</td><td>+10,000 gp</td></tr><tr class="even"><td>Heavy armor</td><td>+15,000 gp</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>Weapon</td><td>+3,000 gp</td></tr></table>

Raw Data

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  "body": "<p id=\"adamantine\">Mined from rocks that fell from the heavens, this ultrahard metal adds to the quality of a weapon or suit of armor. Weapons fashioned from adamantine have a natural ability to bypass hardness when sundering weapons or attacking objects, ignoring hardness less than 20 (see Additional Rules). Armor made from adamantine grants its wearer damage reduction of 1/&mdash; if it's light armor, 2/&mdash; if it's medium armor, and 3/&mdash; if it's heavy armor. Adamantine is so costly that weapons and armor made from it are always of masterwork quality; the masterwork cost is included in the prices given below. Thus, adamantine weapons and ammunition have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls, and the armor check penalty of adamantine armor is lessened by 1 compared to ordinary armor of its type. Items without metal parts cannot be made from adamantine. An arrow could be made of adamantine, but a quarterstaff could not.</p><p>Weapons and armor normally made of steel that are made of adamantine have one-third more hit points than normal. Adamantine has 40 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 20.</p>",
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  "description": "<p id=\"adamantine\">Mined from rocks that fell from the heavens, this ultrahard metal adds to the quality of a weapon or suit of armor. Weapons fashioned from adamantine have a natural ability to bypass hardness when sundering weapons or attacking objects, ignoring hardness less than 20 (see Additional Rules). Armor made from adamantine grants its wearer damage reduction of 1/&mdash; if it's light armor, 2/&mdash; if it's medium armor, and 3/&mdash; if it's heavy armor. Adamantine is so costly that weapons and armor made from it are always of masterwork quality; the masterwork cost is included in the prices given below. Thus, adamantine weapons and ammunition have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls, and the armor check penalty of adamantine armor is lessened by 1 compared to ordinary armor of its type. Items without metal parts cannot be made from adamantine. An arrow could be made of adamantine, but a quarterstaff could not.</p><p>Weapons and armor normally made of steel that are made of adamantine have one-third more hit points than normal. Adamantine has 40 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 20.</p>",
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