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I'm trying to compile a list of the unique or special materials in the Palladium megaverse, but they're devilishly hard to track down. Any help with names, in-game effect, & book it can be found in would be much appreciated.

The first two I can think of are gantrium, and xanthine (sp?), a metal & gemstone respectively. Both are part of the Rings of Elder from Siege on Tolkeen, and both seem to have the same effect - halving PPE costs & doubling spell-range.

Stardust, a powder from Dimension Book 6 - Three Galaxies, has basically the same effect as the pair above.

Killaryte - an explosive crystal found almost entirely within the Thundercloud Galaxy (Phase World setting)

Kisthintie: it's a special metal that transmits magical energy uninhibited while amplyfing it.

Kisentite - Aliens Unlimited - super dense metal capable of even parrying energy blasts

Darkmetal, a metal in Nightbane that gathers magical energy into itself, making it capable of doing damage as a magic weapon withoput being enchanted.

Steeltree Wood (both forged and unforged).

That Amberlike material on Wormwood they use to make weapons...I forget what it is called.

AlanGunhouse wrote:That Amberlike material on Wormwood they use to make weapons...I forget what it is called.

Resin

Thanks for the replies so far everyone!

Couple more I've found:

Psylite - a crystal that can store ISP, used by the Noro in Phase World to make psionic technology

Strata Crystal - similar to psylite, it can store and even discharge energy, as well as holding a really sharp edge; weapons made of it don't show up on weapons scanners.

Saliva from Xiticix to do arms, walls, etc. (don't remember the name).

I think the Xiticix saliva is a form of resin as well.

From Palladium Dragons & Gods there's also dragon bone weapons, and the materials that can be made from the blood/scales of the dragon-gods. The black metal that Styphon's blood becomes can make double-damage weapons or armour invulnerable to anything but magic; the red metal from Zandragal's blood can make a suit of armour with triple SDC; the crystal from Kym-nark-mar's blood can make weapons that cut through anything, or a super crystal ball.

I mainly GM Rifts - how would you adapt the dragon-god blood materials for use in Rifts? A sword that would bypass MDC armour would be a little unbalancing, for instance.

Considering this is a singular god-like being, unique and potent effects are not unreasonable.

Talavar wrote:I think the Xiticix saliva is a form of resin as well.

From Palladium Dragons & Gods there's also dragon bone weapons, and the materials that can be made from the blood/scales of the dragon-gods. The black metal that Styphon's blood becomes can make double-damage weapons or armour invulnerable to anything but magic; the red metal from Zandragal's blood can make a suit of armour with triple SDC; the crystal from Kym-nark-mar's blood can make weapons that cut through anything, or a super crystal ball.

I mainly GM Rifts - how would you adapt the dragon-god blood materials for use in Rifts? A sword that would bypass MDC armour would be a little unbalancing, for instance.

It's not really all that unbalancing ...considering what the person probably had to do to get it!

You also have to remember that once word gets out about the weapon its owner is going to be in for a near endless stream of baddies that want to get their hands on it.

9voltkilowatt wrote:

Talavar wrote:I think the Xiticix saliva is a form of resin as well.

From Palladium Dragons & Gods there's also dragon bone weapons, and the materials that can be made from the blood/scales of the dragon-gods. The black metal that Styphon's blood becomes can make double-damage weapons or armour invulnerable to anything but magic; the red metal from Zandragal's blood can make a suit of armour with triple SDC; the crystal from Kym-nark-mar's blood can make weapons that cut through anything, or a super crystal ball.

I mainly GM Rifts - how would you adapt the dragon-god blood materials for use in Rifts? A sword that would bypass MDC armour would be a little unbalancing, for instance.

It's not really all that unbalancing ...considering what the person probably had to do to get it!

You also have to remember that once word gets out about the weapon its owner is going to be in for a near endless stream of baddies that want to get their hands on it.

right. because word travels soooo well in a post-apocalyptic world about minor things like magic swords

Humph. If Gunslingers can have a Reputation, so can people with magic swords.

AlanGunhouse wrote:Humph. If Gunslingers can have a Reputation, so can people with magic swords.

Unless you also give them a Horror factor, it's hardly equivocal

I was talking about a response to the previous statement about news not travelling in Rifts. If news does not travel, how can some classes get a reputation was my question.

AlanGunhouse wrote:I was talking about a response to the previous statement about news not travelling in Rifts. If news does not travel, how can some classes get a reputation was my question.

Beats the hell out of me. I always thought the problem lay in the reputation.

I mean, technically as the rule stands, you could fall into a Rift, land in some forest with monkey men that don't have a language and still be able to frighten them

So just make the SWORD have an effective class with a reputation.

AlanGunhouse wrote:So just make the SWORD have an effective class with a reputation.

Which is silly. it's better to assume the more logical response: 99.9999% of people will have no clue your walking around with a rune weapon.

Nekira Sudacne wrote:

AlanGunhouse wrote:So just make the SWORD have an effective class with a reputation.

Which is silly. it's better to assume the more logical response: 99.9999% of people will have no clue your walking around with a rune weapon.

I assure you that should I ever meet a pale man waving a black runed sword, the HF/Reputation rule would apply to me.

mobuttu wrote:

Nekira Sudacne wrote:

AlanGunhouse wrote:So just make the SWORD have an effective class with a reputation.

Which is silly. it's better to assume the more logical response: 99.9999% of people will have no clue your walking around with a rune weapon.

I assure you that should I ever meet a pale man waving a black runed sword, the HF/Reputation rule would apply to me.

Only if you know who said pale man is.I always thought the HF should just be for the supernatural and monsters.

Well actually, if anyone was trying to hit me with a real sword...black and runed or not, I would probably be running away.

Kinda back to the original topic. Can we count organic material such as resin? I was under the impression that the thread originator wanted stuff like metal and gems.

The Beast wrote:Kinda back to the original topic. Can we count organic material such as resin? I was under the impression that the thread originator wanted stuff like metal and gems.

I think we're making suggestions that OP can use or discard.

As the OP, I've got nothing against organic materials like resin, etc. If items in PB games can get made out of it, I want to know about it.

Talavar wrote:I think the Xiticix saliva is a form of resin as well.

It's a very different form of resin if you like

Talavar wrote:I mainly GM Rifts - how would you adapt the dragon-god blood materials for use in Rifts? A sword that would bypass MDC armour would be a little unbalancing, for instance.

Weren't there Juicers Dragon Slayer which could use dragon bones as armor and their blood to power themselves? I think there was something like this in Juicer Uprising, I'll have to check it out...

Yes, there is a dragon Juicer who gets powers from Dragon Blood, but he was referring to the specific properties of the blood of the Gods of Dragonrite. Dragon God's Blood, not just Dragon's Blood

Archangel23 wrote:CeraSteel:Rifts Made by the Arkhon aliens of south America to block their Tri-Beam weapons.

Dragon Hide Armor: Rifts. Used by Dragon Juicers. made from Dragons (Duh!)

And If the Material that a Glitter Boy is made out of has a name that too;

Dragon hide armor can actually be made of any kind of mega-damage hide, though real dragon hide has more MDC than most others.

Glitter Boys are made out of enhanced molecularly bonded Chromium.

Adamantium-<Phase World> The Kreegor use it for some of their power armors forearm Mono-blades instead of Vibro-Blades.

No MDC listing fer them... How about we call them "CLASS 1000" Material strength

Do the kreehgor seriously have adamantium blades? That seems like it's skirting close to the no-conversion rule, so I'll leave that alone.

The Naruni thermo-kinetic material could work - is it a tech process something's treated with, or an actual material? I mean, could you make other things out of it, or add it to a pre-existing object?

Talavar wrote:Do the kreehgor seriously have adamantium blades? That seems like it's skirting close to the no-conversion rule, so I'll leave that alone.

The Naruni thermo-kinetic material could work - is it a tech process something's treated with, or an actual material? I mean, could you make other things out of it, or add it to a pre-existing object?

The Naruni specialize in using ammo that becomes plasma when used. Some of their TK material was a way to do that better with more punch.
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