Glassteel (spell)

Glassteel, originally Proctiv's steely glass, was a spell that reinforced glass and crystal.

Effects
When cast upon normal, nonmagical glass or crystal, the spell altered their structures into a transparent substance with steel-like strength: a glassteeled material. The maximum weight to be affected by a single casting was typically no more than, though some casters managed a bit more.

Components
Beyond somatic and verbal components, the material component of the spell was small pieces of glass and steel.

History
The spell was developed by Proctiv in and was originally named Proctiv's steely glass.

The spell was largely unknown by, when alchemically synthesized and superior glassteel was more widely utilized in equipment, and hardening techniques with broader application were available.

Variants
The race known as the arcane had developed a variant of the glassteel spell that made an object look metallic from only from one side, and only somewhat transparent from the other, which they knew as tinted glassteel. Building a helmet of light-seeing was as simple as using that material for the visor.