Carbon nanotubes

Madeupium

>>8087186

Sounds a bit to futuristic.

>>8087204

I think my players might catch on to that one

OP pic reminds me of the magic ore from Gothic.

Star Iron always works in fantasy settings.

>>8087224
translate 'made up' into latin. Then do it.

ORICHALCUM.

Carbon nanotubes actually have a few problems - they 'squish' out of shape, mostly. There's loads of research being done into super-tough materials, and some promising experiments - but nothing as of yet. It'll take a little while.

Sounds like you want Fantasy stuff though.

>>8087224
The funny thing is Damascus steel in the 1300's was super-sharp because it had carbon nanotubes as an accidental result of smelting a particular ore.
World's crazy

Star material works best. Material taken from asteroids was always meant to be supertough, according to ancient legend.

Then there's Orichalcum, a legendary copper-gold that may have been based on a real alloy that is now forgotten. It's an analogue to mithril and adamnant in myth.

Yeah sorry i should have clarified. We are in a fantasy setting.

>>8087144Is there anything stronger than Adamantium that could be used to make weapons?

Steal from old school Gammaworld, Duralloy is the most durable metal known to any game. It can take a torc grenade hit dead on and not be disintegrated.

>>8087144
I had a rock like that once.

FAITH IS THE STRONGEST ARMOR! SHIELD YOURSELF!

rolled 6, 2, 4, 6 = 18

Dolamite baby!

>>8087296

Was Adamantium originally Star Metal?

And wasent there like Dendorite or something in the oldschool d&d that was stronger than Adamantium pretty much black iron or something?

Use magic to manipulate obsidian, call it obsidium. Use it for blades, not armour.

"Discover" titanium.

Tip all swords with diamonds for extra thrusting damage.

Unobtanium!

Dragon/Demon bones all the way

Wtf is with all the Chrono trigger shit today. That shit looks like the rainbow metal.

>>8087334

Diamondillium

One I made up long ago.

Liqurium silver.

But then I discovered that githanyki silver swords were basically the same thing, only psionic killers.

meh. the cool thing about it is that it can change forms at will.


Seriously though, just let your party combine every special material in the world into one item if they want to pay all the expenses to do.

there's nothing money cant solve.

Except for you.

OH! I just had an idea!

Medusium: A sort of metal, no stronger than iron, that transform other kinds of metal into stone upon impact, thus crushing straight through the armour!! I R JEENIOUZ!

Another one:
Phonion or Sonicum:
A metal that on impact with other metals basically makes the target (the metal, ot the wearer) sing, as in ZZZING, like a gong, shaking the wearer and possibly causing some whole-body damage and hearing injuries.

>>8087455

Actually, there's a material like the second choice in Marvel comics.

Vibranium, I believe they called it. Royally messes up mechanical devices with moving parts, in addition to being ridiculously strong.

From MERP's Treasures of Middle Earth:
Laen - magic glass, must be forged in below freezing temperatures
Adarcer - White-ish metal harder than steel, but a little more brittle
Ithildin - The metal that glows under starlight. There was a variant that glows under moonlight and the dwarves knew a method to make it so that it only glows under the same phase it was forged under.

There's more, but I lost my books. :(

>>8087536
Aha, but does it make creatures within 2 feet deaf for 2d4 hours?!

>>8087540
Galvorn - Shining black metal that resists magic
Eog - The 'steel' of Galvorn that can hold a mirror-like black finish.

>>8087409
Balderdash! My Diamondium is twice as hard as your Diamondillium!

>>8087144 Is there anything stronger than Adamantium that could be used to make weapons?

And invisible, mythical substance with a ridiculous name that no-one believes exists.

The fabled, gnomish discovered element called "Absentium" (or something).

It's intangible. Objects pass through it, and it through objects. It cannot be seen, felt, heard, or smelt. Seams are only located in completely sealed caverns under the earth.

Gnomes persists that weapons and armor forged from this fabled metal would be the strongest ever.

Heavy Steel: It's made from White Iron (tungsten) that is smelted to form Tungsten Carbide. Traditionally, it's also quenched in some of the wielder's blood to bond the blade...but that's just custom. It will neither bend nor break and is twice as heavy as a normal sword of its size.

>>8087345
I don't know, but in 3.5 there's a mention for green star metal for the prestige class green star adept in complete arcane(which you turn into a statue from eating this crap). Which from the small fluff sounds like magically radioactive adamantine from space.

>>8087588
Well, sure, if everything passes through it, it can't break.
But you will, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WEAR IT.
I sense a troll, either you or the gnomes. Or maybe the trolls themselves...

>>8087671

Dude, that's the point. The Gnomes are either being short sighted and not considering practical applications (the although the weapons and armour would indeed be unbreakable, they would be unusable) - or they are trying to trick PC's into spending money on nothing.

Gnomes

>>8087582

There is only one way to settle this!

>>8087671
Funniest thing is there is that there is stuff in the real world with similar concepts.(i.e. dark matter)

>>8087821

Perfect! Darkmatter weapons and awesome!

>>8087305
Adamantium means "strongest material".

Copper, bronze, iron, steel
Then you get the D&D metals
alchemical silver & cold iron (not really stronger than steel but good for fighting demons or devils, werewolves or fey creatures)

Then mythril and adamantium. I always thought these were fantasy titanium and tungsten.

>>8087830

Meant Dark Matter weapons and Armor.

Rather than going for "stronger" materials, perhaps they should go for more exotic/powerful materials?

In old Rolemaster, there was a list of many different magical/non-magical materials, each of which gave different levels of bonuses, or different types of bonus. Some were the standards like Mithril (RM was descended from MERP, the original Lord of the Rings RPG), black iron, white iron, and such, but also included were things like Lain (I think it was some kind of crystallized magical wood, but it rated higher than mithril), and Eog. I'll see if I can dig up the book it was in and post the listing.

>>8087924
>>8087144

Pretty colors

Dragonforce is the hardest metal known to man.

>>8087937

Thank you. I think that would be exactly what they are looking for.

>>8087945

Fuck dragonforce. Its just one long song split up to make an album. Lamest excuse for a Metal band ever.

>>8087924

BISMUTH!

>>8088025

Holy shit thank you I couldn't remember the name of that mineral for the life of me.

>>8088061

Anon delivers :)

>>8087937
Ok, found the book/page.
It's page 27 of the "Treasure Companion" from Rolemaster Fantasy Roleplaying

>>8088110

Thank you so very much! This will be very handy.

riverine from dnd 3.5, in the stormwrack book.

ok, go to the bottom of a deep sea blackwater trench. encase that high pressure water in PURE FORCE. now make shit out of it. THAT is riverine. it's literally made out of pure force and 15750 psi water.

There is a type of diamond formed in the vacum of space. It is like diamond but has irregular pattern throughout it's interior thus not giving it the weakness of normal diamonds.(regular patterns create shearing points.) We can create these diamonds in labs and they can take preasures that the core of the earth creates and does not shatter. Only problem is... You can only carve it with diamond, lots of diamond. Also you have to make it from one piece.

Legendary materials.

This might look like just iron, but it was taken from the Blood Mines, where a dwarven warparty held off an army of orcs. Their blood ran into the earth, and now iron from there is stronger than adamantium. It's also highly prized by dwarves, so good luck getting some.

You think this is just wood? This is a fell branch from the World Tree, tended by elves in the heart of the oldest forest on the plane. Don't detect magic on it, you'll be blinded.

Etc, etc, etc.

cant believe noone mentioned neutronium yet

>>8088158

Sounds like some WoWaboo shit.

>>8088158
Made from the bones of a titan.

The crusted semen of a demon.

The fang of a dragon

>>8087540
>>8087561
tap tap
Hello, is this thing on?

>>8088177
What has WoW got to do with 'legendary backstory = legendary material'?

Fuck this shit, How about and armor carved with carvings hollows and shapes. Thus amplifying a bards voice 20 fold. It is made from a type of shell found underwater.

>>8088185

See >>8088110

http://www.deathstar.org/~krlipka/ps/sense/3erules/planarmetals35e.pdf

>>8088207
Don't be silly, WoW invented legendary materials and legendary backstories for legendary materials..

somebody archive this

an armor made from the jizz of daemons!
They must bukkake you and then you must let it harden in the heat of fire. It sets jet black. You may never remove it.

OH SHIT MOTHERFUCKER ITS BISMUTH

Yes Please someone archive this!

Continuing the underwater theme... armour made from shells, coral, or pearl. Krakenbone.

Utterdeep metal, a cache of iron that was on a ship, ship sank, cargo went down, down into the depths and was crushed into a denser form, plus the weird radiations of the Deep changed it somewhat. Obtained from aboleths, who know where to find it...

There's also various Planar ores you would handwave into being. The light-but-hard metal Foamsteel of the Elemental Plane of Water's denizens, or Void Iron, forged in the choking cinderstorms if the demiplane of Ash.

A mercury sword. Held together by magic, it is highly toxic, but has very little impact force.

>>8088483

Voidarmor sounds badass. Reminds me of that one cloak in the Epic level handbook the Albino elf chick wore that when draped over a body and a command word was spoken it would consume whatever was under it to a place not even the gods could touch.

Isn't Mithril an analogue to Titanium... being almost white in appearance, lighter than steel but still as strong or stronger?

And isn't Adamantium an analogue to Uranium... which is one of the hardest metals known to man while also being heavy and black... just like Adamantium....

If you want something crazier than Adamantium i'd say make it either from the stars or planes, i'm sure celestial/baator could come up with some kind of good/evil magically infused metal....

HOLY JESUS FUCK IT'S BISMUTH

>>8087540
>>8087937
Have a list of magical materials from Treasures of Middle Earth.

Adamant - A gemstone that is harder than diamond or Laen but can be colored like that later and faceted like the former. Only the Elves know the secret of making it, which they jealously guard.

Laen - It is a crystal that is naturally black or smoky. It's primary feature is that the hotter it gets the harder it gets. It can be reshaped by cooling it colder than cold and sculpting it while soft. It can be cleared or colored by treatments.

Adarcer - An alloy of iron, gloin (true coal), and titanium. It is extremely strong but somewhat rigid and difficult to work. Blades made from it can cleave iron without dulling.

Celebur - A weak uranium ore. Also called burning silver. It is required for making mithrarian.

Cranor - A golden tree resin that once treated and cured is as hard as diamond. It holds static electricity and energy applied to its surface builds as stored electricity, at around 50 volts/strike once it reaches around 1000 volts it discharges if it has not been grounded.

Eog - An alloy of Mithril, titanium, and several unknown materials. The recipe for it is held by the elven House of Eol who jealously guard it from all. It requires both hot and cold forging techniques. It is tremendously hard, harder than Adarcer and is stronger than ithilnaur. It also acts as a damper to magic. It comes in several colors, it can be made black, white, red, blue, or grey.

Galvorn - Meteoric Iron

Ithildin - A soft metal made by the elves for inlays. It is invisible except by the light of the moon, where it shines brilliant silver.

Ithilnaur - An alloy of mithril and other metals. It is favored by the elves for its silvery gleam. It is very hard and is somewhat flexible perfect for blades.

The alloy that's stronger than Adamantium in the Marvel universe, is Vibranium. I believe that's what Captain America's shield is made of.

>>8087144
>need armor and weapons stronger than Adamantine

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FIGHTING?!

>>8088552
Kregora - An extremely ductile metal, so much that it is useless for making weapons. It oxidizes quickly forming a dull yellow patina on the surface. It has utility as a mesh made from it blocks magic. It is often woven into threads of clothes as discreet magical protection.

Mithrarian - An alloy forged from celebur, mithril, and eog. Its singular property is that it defies the pull of gravity. Enchantments could do the same but are subject to counterspells, mithrarian is not.

Mithril - True Silver, it never tarnishes and is very strong.

Ogamur - A dwarven invention that is used for items requiring extreme flexibility or elasticity. Few materials can stretch like this black metal. The dwarves guard their monopoly on this metal jealously.

Tasarang - The dwarves invented this metal commonly called "Willow Iron." It bends easily and is very springy perfect for making bow, though impractical due to its high cost.

I'd go for a nice super powerful material, nice enough, but I'd probably make it radioactive too. Maybe Bohrium or Seaborgium or something, basically a material so powerful that the gods themselves cursed it so that no man could conquer the world in his lifetime.

>>8088565

The gods themselves almost.

>>8088565
Adamantium Golems?

>>8088594
>>8088565

>>8088594

My group has already fought them and melted them down into their current gear. I wanted to bring in the new Adamant dragon from 4e shimmy it into 3rd and have them melt it down for some gear but never was able.

If someone could archive this i would love them forever

well, being that mithril and adamantine/adamantium are already fictitious, orichalcum seems like the next logical step

that, or some kind of solidified magic

Adamantium was invented by X-Men. Fucking hell guys.

Orichalcon is the strongest of them all, go for it.

>>8088652
>Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both adamant and diamond derive from the Greek word αδαμας (adamas), meaning "untameable". Adamantite and adamantium (a metallic name derived from the Neo-Latin ending -ium) are also common variants.

>Adamantine has, throughout ancient history, referred to anything that was made of a very hard material. Virgil describes Tartarus as having a screeching gate protected by columns of solid adamantine (Aeneid book VI). Later, by the Middle Ages, the term came to refer to diamond, as it was the hardest material then known, and remains the hardest non-synthetic material known.

I kind of like vibranium.

>>8088692

Sounds like Xmen to me.

Bilver! It's so rare it doesn't even exist!

Op your pic has the strongest metal already. Rainbow metals. Strongest rarest shit ever. Made from awesome.

Gonna go with another vote for Tungsten Carbide.

I once used a homebrew magical metal which was simply called "Living Steel."

Armor made from this stuff would fit itself to the wearer, and is extra effective against attacks from blunt weapons, as the steel can layer itself and reinforce the spot that's being attacked to soften the blow.
As a slashing or piercing weapon it can penetrate armor more easily, shaping itself in the blink of an eye to fit through seems and cracks. In game terms it gives you a hit bonus.

Nothing is stronger than Fuckmetanium!

>>8088418
TIBERIUM?!

A sword made of Bismuth would be the most awe inspiring and powerful weapon known to man.

You don't hit people with it, they just roll over and die because they are not worthy to look at it.

Just try not to bounce it around to much.

This is OP. Thanks for all the great ideas and help. Appreciate it!

>>8088730
this. give it ome exotic name like "aurora steel" or something.

Then laugh at the mental image of your party decked out in armor and weapons that look like a 60's tie-dye shop vomited on them. Hard to act all tough and badass when you look like the centerpiece of a Gay Pride parade-float.

>>8088752
Unknown to most adventurers, bismuth is actually the result of a Prismatic Wall spell being magically forced into a solid crystalline form.

>>8088955
Hi there, I'm from Incarnum.

FUCK YOU.

>>8088749

One of my players has Tiberium cancer. I find it hilarious.

>>8088985

Whats so bad about Incarnum?

>>8088955

I really wish the gays didn't steal rainbows.

I mean, really, you can't own that shit. You can't own a natural phenomenon. You can't own prisms or spectra.

I don't care how gay you are. I'm freeing rainbows from YOU.

>>8089077

Im with you on this one! Were taking it back!

>>8088990
So how many sessions until he's a Visceroid?

>>8089077

>>8088990

A C&C RPG? Count me in! What system are you using?

OP's pic is of a mineral called chalcopyrite. Because of unique chemical properties, it transforms into its multihued appearance when tarnished. Normally its a dull golden color with little natural lustre.

And considering that, in fiction, evil is often represented by deterioration, tarnish, rust, and other signs of decay, this trait might be used as a form of crude Detect Evil spell.

"Guys, I think the Dark Master's forces are at work here, my sword can sense the bleak taint of his power..."

"You mean your sword just turned gay for evil?"

"...I really wish you'd let that joke die."

I agree with some of the other posters ITT. Making something Harder than Adamantium is just an unecessary powercreep arms race. The Void Iron and Seafoam were cool ideas, because they were different, not just because Omigosh Hardness level >9000

How does one archive? I want to save this awesome!

>>8089216

Well the harder than adamantium would be nice for weapons. But yeah armor doesnt need to be beefed up in that sense the other ideas are wonderful diversions in customization

>>8089340
Ablative armor can be very nice. Although I'm a fan of Reactive/active armor

>>8089190

It was meant as a joke encounter in my 4E game, which my players through their actions turned it into a plot hook.

The players found a tiberium spike. The rogue shot a crystal with his crossbow, it exploded, he got tiberium poisoning, and managed to put it into remission. I found it hilarious, and may have him meet the Messiah when they reach the Plane of Gods.

>>8089399
Is Kane gonna have to choke a bitch?

>>8089430

The Messiah is the elected patron god of the Empire. He may be mildly surprised a non-Brotherhood member survived the Gift. The other gods, like Carl Sagan, Bruce Campbell, or Bahamut, would find it rather curious.

>>8089456

wait

what

>>8089478

Gods were elected by players and myself. The players were also free to worship elemental forces such as Democracy.

Meteorite weapons and armor. Forged in the heat of a dragons breath, quenched in the blood of man. Nothing but WIN!

>>8089456
Why do I see Bruce armwestling Bahamut (and winning) while Carl just fondly regards Creation

A sword forged out of the metal shinbone of Raumilthod, Primordial of Stone, shaped in the embers of his own dying heart and quenched in his blood, a weapon of the ancient Dawn War. A dull grey metal, it resounds with the screams of Raumilthod's imprisoned soul rather than the clear ring of steel. It cleaves stone as if it were water.

>>8090271

sounds pretty awesome to me.

Emperium is the material from which the heavens themselves are wrought, and is probably pretty high on the indestructibility scale.

>>8090343

For da emprah!

Also. SM's use Adamantine armor

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>>8087924
Holy shit! Bismuth returns!

40k has power armor plates made of "Ceramite" and bunkers made of "Plasteel," though the latter likely has plastic, which isn't fantasy.
Starcraft has "Durasteel" in the Battlecruisers. The ubiquitous "minerals" are a staple of industry for all races, and can be used to make metals and grow metal-hard chitinous skin.
Magic had "Darksteel" which started the "indestructable" keyword.