Cold Iron

With patience, the right chemicals, and a back you don't mind breaking, it is possible to form iron into weapons and armor without it ever touching the heat of the forge. Physically speaking, this is pointless, but it is not the physics that matters...it is the magic.

Cold iron has power over magic--specifically, it absorbs and deflects it. Cold iron weapons can ignore and dispel magical protections, while cold iron armor protects its wearer against magic more aptly than ordinary steel.

• Rank: 1
• Effect on weapons: A weapon forged of cold iron gains 25% Spell Penetration, and gains 25% bonus damage against any creature composed primarily of magic, such as all fey, elementals, and summoned creatures.
• Effect on armor: Cold iron armor grants 20% resistance to all damage caused by spells.
• Effect on shields: A cold iron shield gains +10 Block Rating against spells and magical effects.
• Market Value:
  • Light weapon: 1 gp
  • Medium weapon: 1.5 gp
  • Heavy weapon: 2 gp
  • Mail armor: 2 gp
  • Plate armor: 5 gp
  • Buckler: 1 gp
  • Light shield: 1.5 gp
  • Heavy shield: 2 gp
  • Tower shield: 3 gp