Special Materials

Some weapons can be crafted using materials that have innate special properties. Only cartridges of ammunition and melee weapons that deal bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage can be made out of special materials. If you make a weapon out of more than one special material, you get the benefit of only the most prevalent material.

Each of the special materials described below has a defined game effect. Some creatures have damage reduction making them resistant to all but a special type of damage (such as that dealt by evil-aligned weapons) or damage from weapons of a particular material (such as cold iron). Characters may choose to carry several different types of weapons, depending on the types of creatures they most commonly encounter.

Each special material has specific properties and effects.

Normally weapons and ammunition without metal parts can’t be made from most of these materials, a weapon that deals only energy damage doesn’t usually benefit from being made of such a material, and any device can only benefit from a single special material. For more information on special materials, see page 191 of the Core Rulebook.

Table 1–14: Special Materials shows the additional costs incurred for making items that incorporate a given special material. The table also includes the price of 1 bulk of starmetals in raw form; these raw materials are trade goods.

Material	Item/Object	Price
Abysium	Ammunition (1 piece)	+70 credits
Abysium	Raw Material (1 bulk)	1,125 credits
Abysium	Weapon	+4,500 credits
Adamantine Alloy	Ammunition (1 piece)	+50 credits per cartridge
Adamantine Alloy	Armor	+2,500 credits
Adamantine Alloy	Raw Material (1 bulk)	625 credits
Adamantine Alloy	Weapon	+2,500 credits
Cold Iron	Ammunition (1 piece)	+9 credits per cartridge
Cold Iron	Raw Material (1 bulk)	115 credits
Cold Iron	Weapon	+450 credits
Djezet	Armor, Item or Weapon	+2,000 credits
Djezet	Raw Material (1 bulk)	500 credits
Horacalcum	Ammunition (1 piece)	+70 credits
Horacalcum	Armor or Weapon	+3,500 credits
Horacalcum	Raw Material (1 bulk)	875 credits
Inubrix	Ammunition (1 piece)	+50 credits
Inubrix	Armor or Weapon	+2,500 credits
Inubrix	Raw Material (1 bulk)	625 credits
Khefak Armor	Khefak	+500 credits
Khefak Armor	Thasteron Khefak	+2,000 credits
Noqual	Ammunition (1 piece)	+40 credits
Noqual	Armor	+2,000 credits
Noqual	Raw Material (1 bulk)	500 credits
Noqual	Weapon (Melee)	+2,000 credits
Siccatite	Armor or Weapon	+2,500 credits
Siccatite	Raw Material (1 bulk)	626 credits
Silver	Ammunition (1 piece)	+6 credits per cartridge
Silver	Raw Material (1 bulk)	75 credits
Silver	Weapon	+300 credits
Voidglass	Ammunition (1 piece)	+70 credits
Voidglass	Armor, shield, or weapon	+4,500 credits
Voidglass	Raw material (1 bulk)	1,125 credits

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