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2019-04-30, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Protecting my Horde (yes, I mean that kind)
Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
Gold does have a particular luster to it that other metals just don't.
Has other neat properties to that have been known for millennia. Its absurdly ductile. The Vancouver Science Centre once had a billboard with a 24 hour armed guard because it was covered in a single sheet of gold made from exactly 1 ounce of the stuff. A normal sized bill board, covered in gold.
Not even taking into account the monetary value of gold throughout history, there's something about it that people seem to be drawn to more than anything other metal. There's a quality to it that is hard to compare to other things.Last edited by Beleriphon; 2019-04-30 at 09:29 PM.
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2019-05-01, 12:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
Cobalt got its name from an association with kobolds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt"If you want to understand biology don't think about vibrant throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology" -Richard Dawkins
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2019-05-01, 03:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
Again, thanks for all the responses and discussion.
I was curious about branching out (ba dum tsh) to discuss the properties of various types of wood, but I didn't want to sidetrack the discussion here, so I started a new thread for it.
Link: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...asy&p=23881155
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2019-05-01, 04:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
There's also Damascus Steel, which has yet to be fully reverse engineered
"If you want to understand biology don't think about vibrant throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology" -Richard Dawkins
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2019-05-15, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
Cobalt was originally tied to the word Kobold, which we all should know.
The reason is because Cobalt was often visibly mined with Copper, and it's often naturally combined with Arsenic. If the miners tried to smelt the Copper, it'd also break down the Cobalt (which they can see), and the Arsenic with it (which they can't). Arsenic Oxide (which happens after you heat it up) is extremely toxic, and causes major long-term health problems. They blamed their illnesses on goblins and evil spirits.
And so Cobalt is associated with evil spirits.Last edited by Man_Over_Game; 2019-05-29 at 12:16 PM.
5th Edition Homebrewery
Prestige Options, changing primary attributes to open a world of new multiclassing.
Adrenaline Surge, fitting Short Rests into combat to fix bosses/Short Rest Classes.
Pain, using Exhaustion to make tactical martial combatants.
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2019-05-27, 09:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
An explanation of why MitD being any larger than Huge is implausible.
See my extended signature here! May contain wit, candor, and somewhere from 52 to 8127 walruses.
Purple is humorous descriptions made up on the fly
Green is serious talk about hypothetical
Blue is irony and sarcasm
"I think, therefore I am,
I walk, therefore I stand,
I sleep, therefore I dream;
I joke, therefore I meme."
-Squire Doodad
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2019-05-28, 12:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
well yeah...but this is shiny by nature and with little human effort to shape it. and stays shiny.
therefore better than other shiny things that have to be smelted in the eyes of many people.
plus touchstones have been around for long enough that purity testing was easier on gold and thus even more links to gold as "pure" could be made.
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2019-06-01, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
Mentions of Norse myths, the only reference to metals I am aware of is actually Damascus steel in Beowulf (he kills Grendal's mother with it IIRC).
And I am pretty sure the iron bane association with faeries may be because the Gaels came and killed all the bronze wielding Picts with iron weapons.
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2019-06-02, 05:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Various metals in folklore/fantasy? (E.g. silver, cold iron, etc.)
Actually, mithril comes from Norse myth originally, specifically The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek.
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2019-06-02, 12:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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