Glassteel was a material that was as strong as steel and as transparent as glass.[1]
Properties[]
Glassteel lacked the normal greenish tint of glass,[1] instead gleaming a dullish and almost translucent gray.[2] It was stronger than iron but only half as heavy. Furthermore, it was fully translucent.[1]
Fabrication[]
It was made with a complex metallurgical and alchemical process that also required extensive knowledge of glass-blowing. This technique was discovered by the sun elves and avariel.[1][3]
Glassteel cost ~100 gp per 1 pound (450 grams).[1]
Application[]
It was mostly used as a construction material in fantastic castles,[1] but also found use in the windows of armored spelljammers, such as hammerships.[4] Some also used it to create weapons and armor, though for most, the cost of doing this was prohibitively expensive, especially when crafting armor. Glassteel armor was much lighter than others of its kind, enabling greater ease of movement.[1]
Notable Crafts[]
- Cracker and Whacker, twin morning stars of the dwarf Athrogate. They were made of gray glassteel with spiked metal heads attached to the ends of adamantine chains.[5]
- Rods of frost were glassteel rods bound with iron bands, allowing the wielder to fire rays of freezing cold.[6]
- Storm armor was a specialty full plate from the Knights of the Flying Hunt in Halruaa, created by the Nimbral Lords.[7]
- Orbbcress, a shield that belonged to Tiago Baenre, spotted with diamonds.[8][9]
- Vidrinath, a sword that belonged to Tiago Baenre, imbued with diamonds.[8].[10]
- Aerie of the Snow Eagles, the great temple of Aerdrie Faenya, was made of great sheets of glassteel.[11]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- Theurglass, a type of arcane glass that had some of the same properties as glassteel.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Thomas M. Reid, Sean K. Reynolds (Nov. 2005). Champions of Valor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 65. ISBN 0-7869-3697-5.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2006). Promise of the Witch-King. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8, p. 143. ISBN 0-7869-4073-5.
- ↑ Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 158. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1989). “Lorebook of the Void”. Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space (TSR, Inc.), p. 38. ISBN 0-88038-762-9.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (October 2006). Road of the Patriarch (Hardcover). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 1, pp. 17–23. ISBN 978-0786940752.
- ↑ Andy Collins, Eytan Bernstein, Frank Brunner, Owen K. C. Stephens, John Snead (March 2007). Magic Item Compendium. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7869-4345-6.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid, Sean K. Reynolds (Nov. 2005). Champions of Valor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 69. ISBN 0-7869-3697-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 R.A. Salvatore (March 2014). Night of the Hunter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 131. ISBN 0-7869-6511-8.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (September 2014). Rise of the King. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 51. ISBN 0-7869-6515-0.
- ↑ R.A. Salvatore (August 2012). Charon's Claw. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 296, 299. ISBN 0-7869-6223-2.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 116. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.