Artifact Material - Beskar

[lanugo1984]

Beskar


"Beskar is a uniquely resistant iron that develops a wide range of properties—and colors—in the hands of skilled metalsmiths. Depending on the alloy, it can take any form from plate, laminate, and wire to foam, mesh, micronized particles, and even a transparent film. Mandalorians jealously guard their beskar-working skills and refuse to sell the formulas for any price; attempts to reproduce finished beskar elsewhere have been disappointing. The ore is found solely on Mandalore, and only Mandalorians know how to work it to maximize its extraordinary properties." 

―Pilas Manaitis's Strategic Resources of the Spheres

    Mandalorian iron, also known by its Mando'a name of beskar,is an extremely durable iron ore whose only known source is the Outer Rim sphere of Mandalore and its moon, Concordia. The Mandalorian warrior culture that inhabited Mandalore mined their planet for beskar, using it in the creation of weapons, armor, and starships, occasionally even selling the rare and valuable metal on the galactic market. The introduction of certain additives during the smelting process served to increase the strength of the natural ore, and Mandalorian metalsmiths guarded the secrets of forging beskar from outsiders, passing along the techniques from one generation of metallurgists to the next, strictly within the Mandalorian community. A versatile metal, Mandalorian iron can be melded into multiple alloys and forged into various configurations.

Beskar Weapons, Armor, and Bionics

• Beskar Melee Weapons: Weapons made of Beskar gain the momentum property due to their high density and weight.
• Beskar Ranged Weapons: A Beskar ranged weapon gains reliable and proven (3).
• Beskar Ammunition: Beskar ammunition gains the halting property.
• Beskar Armor: Beskar armor is highly resistant to damage, especially from energy weapons. +1 AP, and treat your resilience as 2 higher against (E) weapons when hit in a location protected by Beskar armor.
• Bionic Arm: Ignore the effects of critical damage to the arm unless they would kill or destroy the arm, in which case it is severed. Gain +2k0 to grappling tests.
• Bionic Locomotion: Beskar legs are incredibly stable and heavy. Ignore the effects of critical damage to the legs unless they would kill or destroy the leg, in which case the leg is only severed. Gain +2k0 to athletics tests.
• Bionic Heart: Immune to fear effects. Ignore the effects of critical damage to the gizzards unless they would kill.

Promethean Material Asset:

Beskar:
You may ignore the power field quality with your brawling attacks. In addition, you increase your resilience by 2 when taking damage from (E) weapons. Triple your weight. 

[Traskus]

Hail fellow well met! Welcome to the forums. Don't track in mud, stay out of the attic, and try not to take things too harshly.

Let's take a look-see.

Beskar Melee Weapons: ... never destroyed when parrying or being parried by a weapon with the power field property

Artifact items have this as standard. Nothing short of a special ritual can destroy them.

Beskar Ammunition: Beskar ammunition gains the halting property.

Please link to the post containing homebrew properties. Surprised (and glad) you didn't go for disintegration.

Beskar Armor: +1 AP, and increase your resilience by 2 when hit in a location protected by beskar armor

I assume by the flavor text you mean when hit by an E attack, which is fine as long as you point that out. Though I ask you reword the sentence that it on applies to the attack in question.

Bionic Arm: Beskar arms can be used to parry weapons with the power field quality without being destroyed (and vice versa)...

Body parts and bionics aren't subject to the power field property.

Bionic Locomotion: The owner cannot be moved by effects (bullrushes, etc) unless they want to be, and they are immune to critical damage from (E) weapons to the legs.

This is straight-up better than darksteel at the thing darksteel does.

Mandalorian Iron:

See melee weapons and armor. Also the stupidest nitpicky thing but warrants bringing up: referring to the same thing by different names in the crunch section muddles things.

A proposed wording: "treat your resilience as 2 higher when taking damage from (E) weapons."


Overall, I can dig it. It's pretty close to darksteel but the angle of resistance to e damage gives it a niche if you lean into it right.

[lanugo1984]

Hi! Thanks for the welcome. I just found this game not long ago, but I'm really into it and am trying to get a game going.

I made some changes after your feedback, which I really appreciate, by the way!

Changed the arms and legs to be more in line with darksteel, fixed the promethan asset, fixed the wording.

[Traskus]

Yeah, sadly this game is not that popular. Good to see new faces, though. Happy to help.

I think you should move away from darksteel a little more on the arm and locomotion, but I don't know what you'd replace it with.

[Divergent Reality]

Instead of an artifact material make a mundane material like gold, mercury, or lead. It offers a bonus without the artifact rating. Then your initial designs might work with it better.