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** Some sort of radioactivity happens to be what makes those swords powerful in the first place.

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** Some sort of radioactivity happens Said radioactive impurities happen to be what makes those swords powerful in the first place.place; By inflicting grievous sicknesses upon striking its target!



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** Some sort of radioactivity happens to be [[ILoveNuclearPower what makes those swords powerful in the first place]].

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** Some sort of radioactivity happens to be [[ILoveNuclearPower what makes those swords powerful in the first place]].place.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???A metal merchant claims his ore is meteoric to get a higher price for it.



** ...Then, in need of a really good weapon, the hero raids the museum and uses one of the priceless weapons anyway.

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** ...Then, in need of a really good weapon, the hero [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece raids the museum and uses one of the priceless weapons weapons]] anyway.
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** The scarcity of meteorite metal made it [[TooAwesomeToUse too valuable to use for mundane or ceremonial pieces,]] so only the very best blacksmiths of the age got to use it, and only for the most dire of purposes. Their skill, rather than the material itself, is the reason the weapon is so effective.
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** It's a setting with a purely fantasy cosmology- meteoric iron has inherently magical, otherworldly properties and is associated with the gods.

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** It's a setting with a purely fantasy cosmology- meteoric iron has inherently magical, otherworldly unearthly properties and is associated with the gods.
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** The setting is essentially Bronze Age, with no knowledge of how to smelt terrestrial iron ores. Any iron-forged weapons are superior to the conventional bronze weapons otherwise in use.
** It's a setting with a purely fantasy cosmology- meteoric iron has inherently magical, otherworldly properties and is associated with the gods.

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* '''Downplayed''': The sword is partly made of meteoric iron.

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The sword is only partly made of meteoric iron.iron.
** The sword is made completely from meteoric iron, but doesn't seem to be that much better than any other sword.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The series is set on a world with no terrestrial metal deposits. All weapons are made of meteoric iron.

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The series is set on a world with no terrestrial metal deposits. All weapons are made of meteoric iron.
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** Weapons made from meteoric metal are ridiculously powerful. Bob manages to conquer an entire city with little effort using his meteoric sword.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The sword is partly made of meteoric iron.

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* '''Justified''': Meteoric iron is better for making swords than terrestrial iron, because [insert [[{{Infodump}} 15-page explanation of metallurgy]]].

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Meteoric iron is better for making swords than terrestrial iron, because [insert [[{{Infodump}} 15-page explanation of metallurgy]]].



* '''Deconstructed''': The scarcity of meteorite metal renders the awesome weapons too valuable to actually use for fear of losing or damaging them, so they're basically just museum pieces.
** Alternatively: Thunderbolt Iron is actually merely magnetic, and it was called magic by a people who didn't know what magnetism was.
** Or, their ignorance of modern chemistry that we take for granted lead them to miss that Thunderbolt Iron also happens to contain some impurities... some radioactive impurities.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...then, in need of a really good weapon, the hero raids the museum and uses one of the priceless weapons anyway.
** Alternatively: The enemies in the series are disoriented or wiped out by sufficiently strong magnetic fields.
** Or, some sort of radioactivity happens to be [[ILoveNuclearPower what makes those swords powerful in the first place]].



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* '''Deconstructed''':
** The scarcity of meteorite metal renders the awesome weapons too valuable to actually use for fear of losing or damaging them, so they're basically just museum pieces.
** Thunderbolt Iron is actually merely magnetic, and it was called magic by a people who didn't know what magnetism was.
** Their ignorance of modern chemistry that we take for granted lead them to miss that Thunderbolt Iron also happens to contain some impurities... some radioactive impurities.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ...Then, in need of a really good weapon, the hero raids the museum and uses one of the priceless weapons anyway.
** The enemies in the series are disoriented or wiped out by sufficiently strong magnetic fields.
** Some sort of radioactivity happens to be [[ILoveNuclearPower what makes those swords powerful in the first place]].



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** somehow the meteoric iron has a higher carbon content, turning it into steel in a setting without any.

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** somehow Somehow the meteoric iron has a higher carbon content, turning it into steel in a setting without any.
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** somehow the meteoric iron has a higher carbon content, turning into steel in a setting without any

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** somehow the meteoric iron has a higher carbon content, turning it into steel in a setting without anyany.
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* '''Invoked''': A weaponsmith makes a weapon with meteoric iron.

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* '''Invoked''': A weaponsmith makes When given a weapon with choice, the hero ventures far and wide in search of meteoric iron.iron for his new sword.



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