Orichalcum Smithing

Making items of Orichalcum is a difficult, but rewarding process. Acquiring the proficiency is very difficult, one must have a +5 or better skill check in Craft (Armorer) or Craft (Goldsmith) skills, have collected 1 Load of Orichalcum metal, and have a working smithy (note the Orichalcum itself is not consumed in the learning process). One must devote oneself to the craft exclusively for quite some time. Each month of solid practice allows a Craft check. If one makes 3 successes before making 3 failures, one gains the Proficiency in Orichalcum smithing, if one does not, he gives up the process.

Someone with the proficiency can always detect whether metal is Orichalcum or some ordinary brass. He can also make some extraordinary, but not magical items. The required Orichalcum for making the object is equal to its Load value. It takes 1 week for each 1000gp of retail cost of the item to construct it.

ItemPriceLoadDurabilityFunction
Orichalcum Arrow1000gp0.15Ignores the AC value of non-magical mail or shield, reuseable
Orichalcum Spear or Lance20,000gp25Ignores the AC value of non-magical mail or shield
Orichalchum Dagger10,00gp15Ignores the AC value of non-magical mail or shield
Orichalchum Flask5000gp0.55Impervious to all acids or other corrosive substances, can contain anything, even spirits if they can be somehow gotten in there

Other Special Metals

While Orichalcum is the most common magical metal, there are other materials that may be forged into weapons, armor, and tools for specific purposes: