Vichromium (3.5e Equipment)
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Vichromium[edit]
A material invented by the talented engineer Claire Loraine Watson in an attempt to replicate the the rare vibrolithe. While she failed to replicate the material’s indestructible nature, she instead created a “material of the future”. Vichromium is both very light and strong, making it a godsend in engineering. Any item made of vichromium weight half as much as normal.
If shaped into a weapon, vichromium is relatively nonoptimal, simply being quite lighter. It does excel in making larger weapons more accessible, reducing the penalty for wielding a weapon designed for a larger creature by 2. If a weapon has a Strength requirement, it is lowered by 5. If a heat pistol or other energy-based weapon is made of vichromium it range increases by 50%.
When made into an armor, vichromium shows greater promise. It is light, flexible and quite protective. Armor made of vichromium has its Max Dexterity increased by +1, its armor check penalty decreased by 2 and its grant DR 1/-. Due to being lightweight, vichromium armor does not have any movement speed penalty. Additionally due to being reflective, vichromium armor allows its wearer to apply their armor bonus to touch AC against [Light] effects such as the light laser spell.
The main advantage of vichromium however is its quality as a Future MaterialTM. It can be used for many wonderful new projects such as rails for high speed trains, buildings or even spaceships!
Vichromium has 30 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 18.
| Type of Vichromium Item | Item Cost Modifier |
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| Ammunition | +40 gp |
| Light Armor | +1,500 gp |
| Medium Armor | +5,000 gp |
| Heavy Armor | +11,000 gp |
| Shield | +1,000 gp |
| Weapon | +2,000 gp |
| Energy Weapon | +4,000 gp |
| Building and Fortification | x2.5 of base price |
| Other | +600 gp/lb. |
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