Object Materials

In GnollHack, certain weapons, tools, and pieces of armor can be generated with a material different from its normal material.

Armor

Most typical special materials give the following effects:

• Dragonhide:
  • -2 AC and +1 MC for body armors
  • -1 AC and +1 MC for other armor types
• Steel:
  • -1 AC for all armor types
• Silver:
  • No effect, but special material against demons etc.
• Crystal:
  • Reflection for body armors
  • 4/3 added enchantability
  • 25% spell casting penalty reduction for body armors and 5% for other armor types
• Gemstone:
  • -4 AC for body armors
  • -3 AC for other armor types
  • 4/3 added enchantability
• Bronze:
  • +1 AC and +3 MC for body armors only
  • 4/3 added enchantability
• Orichalcum:
  • +7 MC for body armors
  • +2 MC for other armor types
  • Magic resistance for body armors
  • 75% of normal weight
  • Half normal enchantability
• Mithril:
  • -3 AC and +2 MC for body armors
  • -2 AC and +1 MC for other armor types
  • Bisection resistance for body armors
  • 5% spell casting penalty reduction for body armors
  • Half normal weight
  • 4/3 added enchantability
• Adamantium:
  • -5 AC for body armors
  • -4 AC for other armor types
  • Disintegration resistance for body armors and shields
  • Bisection resistance for body armors
  • 5/4 added enchantability

Weapons

Most typical special materials give the following effects:

• Steel:
  • Damage to small creatures: +1 to die size
  • Damage to large creatures: +1 to die size
• Silver:
  • Special material against demons etc. (1d20 silver damage)
• Crystal:
  • Damage to small creatures: +3 to die size
  • Damage to large creatures: +2 to die size
  • +5 digging effort
• Gemstone:
  • Damage to small creatures: +2 to damage and +2 to die size
  • Damage to large creatures: +2 to damage and +2 to die size
  • 4/3 added enchantability
  • +10 digging effort
• Mithril:
  • Damage to small creatures: +3 to die size
  • Damage to large creatures: +3 to die size
  • Half normal weight
  • 4/3 added enchantability
  • +15 digging effort
• Adamantium:
  • Damage to small creatures: +6 to die size
  • Damage to large creatures: +6 to die size
  • 5/4 added enchantability
  • +20 digging effort