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Special materials are metals, woods, stone, or other types of building material that isn't magical but has what could be considered magical properties.

This is a list of most of the special materials in the offical d20 books

Special Material - Effect

Abyssal Bloodiron - Cold Iron, +4 Critical Confirm
Adamantine - DR, improved sundering
Alchemical Silver - maintains weapon, and bane to lycanthropes
Arandur- silver-blue with green shine; gnome material; mixed with blood of red or blue dragon
Astral Driftmetal - 25% chance of working against incorporeal creatures
Aururum - Pieces meld back together and repair themselves, if broken.
Baatorian Steel - +1 to damage on slashing and piercing
Baatorian Green Steel - Green; Counts as Wounding if magically enchanted; Mined in the Nine Hells
Blended Quartz - -20% arcane failure rate
Blood glass - volcanic crimson-hinted obsidian
Blue Ice - +1 damage slashing weapons, Mythrial type armor but cold as ice
Bronzewood - wood that can be made into plate armor and weighs 10% less
Byeshk - purple sheen; overcomes DR of daelkyr
Calomel - pale gray condensating metal, hard white ore; overcomes DR of fire subtypes
Chitin - plate armor made from insect exoskeletons
Cold Iron - 2x heavy has bane to magical creatures; deep-forged iron that harms chaotic creatures
Crysteel - psionic superhard crystal-steel blend, surprise
Darkleaf - special worked Darkwood made into light plate armor
Darkwood - ½ normal weight of wood
Deep Coral - ???
Deep Crystal - ???
Dendritic - armor made of growing crystal
Densewood - ???
Dlarun - bone-white ivory with green sheen; halfling material
Dragonhide - can make metal armors that count as hide
Duskwood - ???
Elukian Clay - type of clay associated with the Elemental Plane of Water; removes weight penalty for swim checks
Entropium - +2 max dex -10% arcane failure, +2 AC penalty and added weight.
Fever Iron - reddish, deals fire damage
Firebrass - gold-bronze metal with mithral stats
Flametouched Iron - speckled rusty dark red ore, refined to shimmering silver
Fyrite (Dragon 347) - metallic substance immune to heat, but takes double damage from cold
Frystalline - Good aligned
Gehennan Morghuth Iron - -1 attack, but poisons opponent
Githsilver - what Githyanki swords are made of. AKA ferroplasm
Green Starmetal - Mined from meteorites; Adamantine that deals 1d6 extra damage to outsiders.
Hizagkuur - white magic reflecting metal
Ironbark - ???
Livewood - magical green hardwood that does not die when cut down, may contain dryads
Mithral - Makes armors that weigh ½ as much, and count as a lighter type; silver-white; traditional elf material
Mudane Crystal - ???
Orichalcum - red copper-gold
Pandemonic Silver - causes scream that makes others cower in strong winds
Pearl Steel - functions better underwater than normal weapons
Purple Mournlode - blighted purply ore, silver metal with purple streaks; overcomes DR of undead
Rimfire Ice - Glows like torch, +1 cold damage, explodes 1d6 cold damage
Riverine - ½ AC becomes deflection bonus; water enclosed inside a thin force wall; provides force affect
Serren - Branch wood that has ghost touch
Soarwood - lightweight wood used for building airships
Solanian Truesteel - silvery iron; mined on Mt. Celestia
Starmetal - See Green Starmetal
Stygian ice - O SHI STYGIAN PITS; Deals wisdom rather than consitution damage
Targath - Soft metal that when carried helps the bearer resist disease
Thinaun - traps soul of those slain by it
Truesteel - +1 on roll to confirm critical hits
Urdukar - +2 DC on scry attempts per 5 lbs carried

References

Abyssal Bloodiron - Planar Handbook
Adamantine - Dungeon Master's Guide
Alchemical Silver - Dungeon Master's Guide
Arandur - Forgotten Realms setting
Astral Driftmetal - Planar Handbook
Aurorum - Book of Exalted Deeds
Baatorian Steel - ??? - Reference Needed
Baatorian Green Steel - Arms & Equipment Guide
Blended Quartz - Arms & Equipment Guide
Blood Glass - Secrets of Xen'drik
Blue Ice - Frostburn
Bronzewood - Eberron Campaign Setting
Byeshk - Eberron Campaign Setting
Calomel - Magic of Eberron
Chitin - Races of the Dragon
Cold Iron - ??? - Dungeon Master's Guide
Crysteel - Eberron Campaign Setting
Darkleaf - Dungeon Master's Guide
Darkwood - Dungeon Master's Guide
Deep Coral - Stormwracked
Deep Crystal - Expanded Psionics Handbook
Dendritic - Arms and Equipment Guide
Densewood - Eberron Campaign Setting
Dlarun - Magic of Faerun
Dragonhide - ??? - Dungeon Master's Guide
Duskwood - Forgotten Realms setting
Elukian Clay - Arms & Equipment
Entropium - ??? - Reference Needed
Fever Iron - Forgotten Realms setting
Firebrass - Secrets of Xen'drik
Flametouched Iron - Eberron Campaign Setting
Fyrite - Dragon Magazine #347
Frystalline - Book of Exalted Deeds
Gehennan Morghuth Iron - Arms & Equipment Guide
Githsilver - ??? - Reference Needed
Green Starmetal - Complete Arcane
Hizagkuur - Forgotten Realms setting
Ironbark - ??? - Reference Needed
Livewood - Eberron Campaign Setting
Mithril - Dungeon Master's Guide
Mudane Crystal - Expanded Psionics Handbook
Orichalcum - ??? - Reference Needed
Pandemonic Silver - ??? - Complete Warrior
Pearl Steel - ??? - Reference Needed
Purple Mournlode - Magic of Eberron
Rimefire Ice - Frostburn
Riverine - Stormwrack
Serran - Book of Exalted Deeds
Soarwood - Eberron Campaign Setting
Solanian Truesteel - Arms & Equipment Guide
Stygian Ice - Frostburn
Targath - Eberron Campaign Setting
Thinaun - ??? - Complete Warrior
Truesteel - Forgotten Realms - Nether Trilogy Book One
Urdukar - Arms and Equipment Guide - Reference Needed

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 Special materials are metals, woods, stone, or other types of building material that isn't magical but has what could be considered magical properties.
 This is a list of most of the special materials in the offical d20 books
 Special Material - Effect
+*Abyssal Bloodiron - Cold Iron, +4 Critical Confirm
-*[[Adamantine]] - [[DR]], improved [[sunder]]ing
-*[[Darkwood]] - ½ normal weight of [[wood]]
+*[[Adamantine]] - [[Damage Reduction|DR]], improved [[sunder]]ing
+*[[SRD:Alchemical Silver|Alchemical Silver]] - maintains weapon, and bane to lycanthropes
-*[[Dragonhide]] - can make metal armors that count as hide
+*Arandur- silver-blue with green shine; gnome material; mixed with blood of red or blue dragon
-*[[Cold Iron]] - 2x heavy has bane to magical creatures
-*[[Mithral]] - Makes armors that weigh ½ as much, and count as a lighter type
-*[[Alchemical Silver]] - maintains weapon, and bane to lycanthropes
-*Pandemonic Silver - causes scream that makes others cower in strong winds
-*Thinaun - traps soul of those slain by it
-*Baatorian Steel - +1 to damage on slashing and piercing
-*Baatorian Greensteel - Counts as Wounding if magically enchanted
-*Morghuth Iron - -1 attack, but poisons opponent
-*Truesteel - +1 on roll to confirm critical hits
-*Dendritic - armor made of growing crystal
 *Astral Driftmetal - 25% chance of working against incorporeal creatures
+*Aururum - Pieces meld back together and repair themselves, if broken.
+*Baatorian Steel - +1 to damage on slashing and piercing
+*Baatorian Green Steel - Green; Counts as Wounding if magically enchanted; Mined in the Nine Hells
 *Blended Quartz - -20% arcane failure rate
+*Blood glass - volcanic crimson-hinted obsidian
+*Blue Ice - +1 damage slashing weapons, Mythrial type armor but cold as ice
 *Bronzewood - wood that can be made into plate armor and weighs 10% less
+*Byeshk - purple sheen; overcomes DR of daelkyr
-*Chitin	- plate armor made from insect exoskeletons
+*Calomel - pale gray condensating metal, hard white ore; overcomes DR of fire subtypes
+*Chitin - plate armor made from insect exoskeletons
+*[[SRD:Cold Iron|Cold Iron]] - 2x heavy has bane to magical creatures; deep-forged iron that harms chaotic creatures
+*Crysteel - psionic superhard crystal-steel blend, surprise
 *Darkleaf - special worked Darkwood made into light plate armor
+*[[SRD:Darkwood|Darkwood]] - ½ normal weight of wood
-*Elukian Clay -	removes weight penalty for swim checks
+*Deep Coral - ???
+*Deep Crystal - ???
+*Dendritic - armor made of growing crystal
+*Densewood - ???
+*Dlarun - bone-white ivory with green sheen; halfling material
+*[[SRD:Dragonhide|Dragonhide]] - can make metal armors that count as hide
+*Duskwood - ???
+*Elukian Clay - type of clay associated with the Elemental Plane of Water; removes weight penalty for swim checks
 *Entropium - +2 max dex -10% arcane failure, +2 AC penalty and added weight.
+*Fever Iron - reddish, deals fire damage
-*Urdukar - +2 DC on scry attempts per 5 lbs carried
+*Firebrass - gold-bronze metal with mithral stats
-*Aururum - Pieces meld back together if broken
+*Flametouched Iron - speckled rusty dark red ore, refined to shimmering silver
+*Fyrite (Dragon 347) - metallic substance immune to heat, but takes double damage from cold
 *Frystalline - Good aligned
+*Gehennan Morghuth Iron - -1 attack, but poisons opponent
-*Serren	- Branch wood that has ghost touch
+*Githsilver - what Githyanki swords are made of. AKA ferroplasm
-*Green Starmetal - Adamantine that deals 1d6 extra damage to outsiders.
+*Green Starmetal - Mined from meteorites; Adamantine that deals 1d6 extra damage to outsiders.
-*Blue Ice - +1 damage slashing weapons, Mythrial type armor but cold as ice
+*Hizagkuur - white magic reflecting metal
-*Rimfire Ice - Glows like torch, +1 cold damage, explodes 1d6 cold damage
+*Ironbark - ???
-*Stygian Ice - deals wisdom than consitution damage
+*Livewood - magical green hardwood that does not die when cut down, may contain dryads
+*[[SRD:Mithral|Mithral]] - Makes armors that weigh ½ as much, and count as a lighter type; silver-white; traditional elf material
+*Mudane Crystal - ???
+*Orichalcum - red copper-gold
+*Pandemonic Silver - causes scream that makes others cower in strong winds
 *Pearl Steel - functions better underwater than normal weapons
+*Purple Mournlode - blighted purply ore, silver metal with purple streaks; overcomes DR of undead
-*Riverine - ½ AC becomes deflection bonus, provides force affect
+*Rimfire Ice - Glows like torch, +1 cold damage, explodes 1d6 cold damage
-*Abyssal Bloodiron - Cold Iron, +4 Critical Confirm
+*Riverine - ½ AC becomes deflection bonus; water enclosed inside a thin force wall; provides force affect
+*Serren - Branch wood that has ghost touch
+*Soarwood - lightweight wood used for building airships
+*Solanian Truesteel - silvery iron; mined on Mt. Celestia
+*Starmetal - See Green Starmetal
+*Stygian ice - O SHI STYGIAN PITS; Deals wisdom rather than consitution damage
+*Targath - Soft metal that when carried helps the bearer resist disease
+*Thinaun - traps soul of those slain by it
+*Truesteel - +1 on roll to confirm critical hits
+*Urdukar - +2 DC on scry attempts per 5 lbs carried
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
+* Abyssal Bloodiron - Planar Handbook
+* [[Adamantine]] - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* [[SRD:Alchemical Silver|Alchemical Silver]] - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* Arandur - Forgotten Realms setting
+* Astral Driftmetal - Planar Handbook
+* Aurorum - Book of Exalted Deeds
+* Baatorian Steel  - ??? - Reference Needed
+* Baatorian Green Steel - Arms & Equipment Guide
+* Blended Quartz - Arms & Equipment Guide
+* Blood Glass - Secrets of Xen'drik
+* Blue Ice - Frostburn
+* Bronzewood - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Byeshk - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Calomel - Magic of Eberron
+* Chitin - Races of the Dragon
+* Cold Iron - ??? - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* Crysteel - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Darkleaf - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* Darkwood - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* Deep Coral - Stormwracked
+* Deep Crystal - Expanded Psionics Handbook
+* Dendritic - Arms and Equipment Guide
+* Densewood - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Dlarun - Magic of Faerun
+* [[SRD:Dragonhide|Dragonhide]] - ??? - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* Duskwood - Forgotten Realms setting
+* Elukian Clay - Arms & Equipment
+* Entropium - ??? - Reference Needed
+* Fever Iron - Forgotten Realms setting
+* Firebrass - Secrets of Xen'drik
+* Flametouched Iron - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Fyrite - Dragon Magazine #347
+* Frystalline - Book of Exalted Deeds
+* Gehennan Morghuth Iron - Arms & Equipment Guide
+* Githsilver - ??? - Reference Needed
+* Green Starmetal - Complete Arcane
+* Hizagkuur - Forgotten Realms setting
+* Ironbark - ??? - Reference Needed
+* Livewood - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Mithril - Dungeon Master's Guide
+* Mudane Crystal - Expanded Psionics Handbook
+* Orichalcum - ??? - Reference Needed
+* Pandemonic Silver - ??? - Complete Warrior
+* Pearl Steel - ??? - Reference Needed
+* Purple Mournlode - Magic of Eberron
+* Rimefire Ice - Frostburn
+* Riverine - Stormwrack
+* Serran - Book of Exalted Deeds
+* Soarwood - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Solanian Truesteel - Arms & Equipment Guide
+* Stygian Ice - Frostburn
+* Targath - Eberron Campaign Setting
+* Thinaun - ??? - Complete Warrior
+* Truesteel - Forgotten Realms - Nether Trilogy Book One
+* Urdukar - Arms and Equipment Guide - Reference Needed
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