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= Dark Iron =

<span style="display:none">[[Summary::Iron from the depths of the world, forged by the [[SRD:Duergar|duergar]] in their war against the surface.]]</span>

Dark iron is an illustrious dark-grey metal of roughly the same weight as tempered steel. It only exists deep underground in areas with volcanic activity, where the formation of the metal is made possible by a combination of extreme pressure and heat. Dark iron is mined and industrialized by the denizens of the deep. [[SRD:Duergar|Duergar]] were the first to discover the method of smelting and manipulating the metal, and guard its secrets closely. While possessing most of the properties attributed to ordinary iron, dark iron has the added property of rebuking heat and magical energies, preventing such effects from passing through it. 

Armors and shields fashioned from dark iron can rebuke fire and heat and diffuse incoming spell energy, granting [[SRD:Resistance to Energy|resistance]] to [[SRD:Fire Effect|fire]] as per the table below, and bestowing half their combined [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]] bonus (rounded down) as a bonus to touch [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]] against [[SRD:Spells|spells]] and [[SRD:Spell-Like Ability|spell-like]] effects. These effects do not include added bonuses to AC from magical [[SRD:Enhancement Bonus|enhancement]]. Only armors and shields normally made of metal can be made from dark iron.

{|class="zebra d20" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
|+ style="text-align: right;" |<div style="float: left;">{{Anchor|Table: Fire Resistance}}</div>
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! class="left" rowspan="2" |[[SRD:Shields|Shield]]
! colspan="4" |[[SRD:Armor|Armor]]
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! None !! [[SRD:Light Armor|Light]] !! [[SRD:Medium Armor|Medium]] !! [[SRD:Heavy Armor|Heavy]]
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|class="left" |No || &mdash; || 5 || 10 || 20 
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|class="left" |Yes* || 5 || 10 || 20 || 30 
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|class="foot" colspan=5 |
#[[SRD:Buckler|Bucklers]] do not count as shields for the purpose of this table.
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The wearer of dark iron armor does not take extra damage from exposure to extreme heat that wearing metal armor would normally cause, such as from natural heat hazards or heat-based effects like the ''[[SRD:Heat Metal|heat metal]]'' spell.

Weapons fashioned from dark iron can likewise repel and sunder magic. Attacks made with a dark iron weapon are always considered magical, bypassing [[SRD:Damage Reduction|DR/magic]], even if the weapon is effectively mundane. Furthermore, if one were to make an attack as a [[SRD:Standard Action|standard action]], a dark iron forged weapon triggers a targeted [[SRD:Dispel Magic|dispelling]] upon the target, sundering a single ongoing magical effect currently active on its being. The dispel check uses either the wearer's [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] or his [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|base attack bonus]], whichever is higher. Only weapons made partially or completely of metal can be made of dark iron.

Dark iron weapons are especially effective against creatures and objects made purely of magic, such as ''living spells'' ([[Monster Manual III|MM3]]). If a living spell or another creature of pure magic is hit by a dark iron weapon it must make a [[SRD:Fortitude|Fortitude]] save (DC 10 + ½ [[SRD:Base Attack Bonus|bab]] + enhancement bonus) or be immediately dispersed and killed. This saving throw may only be provoked a maximum of once per [[SRD:Round|round]]. 

Dark iron armor has double the cost of a [[SRD:Masterwork Armor|masterwork]] armor of its kind, plus 1,000 gp per point of [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]] bonus it has, excluding any magical [[SRD:Enhancement Bonus|enhancement bonus]]. Dark iron weapons have the cost of a [[SRD:Masterwork Armor|masterwork]] weapon +4,000 gp. 

Dark iron has 30 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 12.


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Author	Sulacu +
Identifier	3.5e Equipment +
Rating	Unrated +
Summary	Iron from the depths of the world, forged by the duergar in their war against the surface. +
Title	Dark Iron +