4. / 5. Strengthen Metal (Keragund version)/ Strengthen Metal (standard version)

Ranian Cycle

BTS: 62 / 66% (Wp) - Magic Items only

ULT: 32 / 40 hours

Materials: a piece of steel or mithril of at least 20 wt pts

Actions: touch Materials to Target Metal, or point them at it if Cast at a Range

Effect of Throw:

1 to 13 / 14 No Effect

³ 14 / 15 Strengthen 10(T-14)/P (for L4 Spell) or 10(T-14)/P (for L5 Spell) wt pts of Target Metal by Plus - if Target Metal weighs more, it is Strengthened by Plus * (wt pts given by T) / (wt pts of Target Metal), FRD

Plus: P    -P2+1

Range: 4d ft -(4+d(d+1)/2) If Cast by touching Target Metal, there is no Range minus. Otherwise Range is at least 0 ft, so there will be a Range minus of at least -4.

Notes:

  1. Strengthens a single piece of Target Metal.  Armour may be Strengthened as suits of the same kind of mail or in separate whole pieces (by HitLoc Area).
  2. The Spell effect is permanent.  Target Metal is not Magically enchanted (so does not Detect as Magical or count as Magical vs Undead, Demons or Monsters which are only vulnerable to Magical attacks).  It is just made stronger.
  3. Plus is amount added to ADS of Strengthened armour.  However Plus is instead subtracted from original ADS for the purpose of calculating Shattering risks.  E.g. Platemail Strengthened to Plus 2 will ADS between 4 and 7 Dam, but will shatter on taking a blow of ≥18 Dam.
  4. Strengthened shields get Plus to ADS and take -1 to their ADS for every 2 Dam they take over their current ADS as normal.  However, Plus is instead subtracted from current ADS for the purpose of calculating Shattering risks.  E.g. a Standard Shield Strengthened to Plus 1 has ADS of 7, so a blow of 10 Dam will reduce its ADS to 6, or a blow of ≥ 15 Dam will destroy it in one go.
  5. Strengthened weapons get Plus to normal max DAM for calculating ADS of a Parry by them, e.g. a Taper Axe has DAM of 2d4+1, so normally ADS's 18 when Parrying.  If Strengthened to Plus 3, it can ADS 24 when Parrying.  However Plus is instead subtracted from normal max DAM for the purpose of calculating Shattering risks. E.g our example Taper Axe will shatter on Parrying a blow of ≥24 Dam.
  6. Strengthened weapons do not do additional Dam as such.  A skilled armourer may be able to sharpen a strengthened edged weapon so that it does additional Dam, but the increased brittleness makes this difficult.
  7. There is no system effect to strengthening thrown weapons, arrows or quarrels.
  8. Subsequent Casts of Strengthen Metal are not cumulative: e.g. to Strengthen +1 Metal to +2, a successful Cast at a Plus of 2 is required.
  9. Mithril counts as already Strengthened to +1, or possibly more, dependent on the skill of the Dwarven armourer who has forged it, but without the brittleness effects.