Dullmetal

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

Dullmetal is a dark grey, waxy substance that is usually sold in cakes about four or five inches across. It comes wrapped in cheesecloth, not to protect the dullmetal cake, but to keep it from getting on everything around it. Dullmetal is used by rubbing it on metal, like a wax or metal polish. However, instead of polishing metal and bringing out its natural shine, dullmetal imparts its dark grey colour to the metal, making it look old, worn and unpolished.

Dullmetal was originally intended as an aid to rogues, allowing them to wear metal armour and hide in shadows without the fear of an unexpected glint of shiny steel giving away their position. However, it was soon discovered to have another, unanticipated quality, which has since become the dominant reason for its use. Metal treated with dullmetal is effectively coated with a thin layer of the alchemical stuff, protecting it from rust and decay. An effective treating of dullmetal even renders metal objects immune to the terrible touch of the rust monster. The coating left by dullmetal lasts for about a week of normal wear, though the discolouration remains for a full month. A cake of dullmetal is enough to treat two suits of full plate, or an equivalent amount of metal.

Dullmetal (one cake): 45 gp; 1 lb.