| Level | Iotum | Units Salvaged | Value Per Unit (Io) | Weight (1 unit) | Appearance | Additional Uses and Qualities | Qualities In Craft | D100 (GM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Io | 2d6 | 1 | 1p (450g) | It comes in many forms, but each can easily be held in the palm of the hand - smooth shards of muddy crystal in which a glimmer of gold light gleams, tiny green metallic boxes with etched lines that form strange patterns, cylindrical tubes of a soft but resilient material that sparks with static electricity, and so on. | At a basic level, io provides or stabilizes energy to power crafted objects. | 01-12 | |
| 2 | Responsive synth | 1d6 | 3 | 3p (1.5kg) | It’s durable but not a particularly strong material. It can be worked into nearly any conformation and still retain its durability. | 13-24 | ||
| 3 | Apt clay | 1d6 | 5 | 3p (1.5kg) | This brittle clay has a blue-grey, metallic luster. | Apt clay can also be eaten. It is a difficulty 3 task to choke down 1 whole unit, and it gives the consumer an upset stomach (subtract 1 point from your Speed Pool), but it also restores 1 point to your Intellect Pool. | When used as an additional component in a crafting task, 6 units of apt clay ease one task that the object or structure is built to perform. | 25-32 |
| 4 | Pliable metal | 1d6 | 10 | 9p (4kg) | This material retains the strength and durability of steel but is pliable enough to make bags, boots, or similar objects. But it is lighter than steel. | Can be molded to the shape of whatever is pressed against it, similar to 21st-century memory foam. | When 5 units of Pliable Metal is used as an additional component in a crafting task, the resulting object is treated as 1 level higher for the purposes of resisting attacks and damage. | 33-50 |
| 5 | Mimetic gel | 1d6 | 20 | 9-90p (4-40kg) | In its inactivated state, mimetic gel is colorless, translucent goo in fist-sized, silvery canisters. | If an object of up to level 5 is submerged in 4 units of gel, the object is potentially duplicated
(an Intellect task with a difficulty equal to the level of the object being duplicated). If the
duplication effect fails, the mimetic gel (and anything submerged in it) explodes as a level 5
detonation cypher. Either way, the 4 units of mimetic gel are used up. Can be vaporized to destille glittering points of light - Quantium - which weight is 3 ounces (85g). 3 units in this form can be used to attempt to move the user one round back in time, a difculty 5 Intellect task. On a success, the user can relive the previous round, and even change what action they took. On a failure, the user instead hops forward about a minute. For the user, no time passes, but for everyone else, the user is simply gone for about a minute. Either way, the attempt uses up units. |
When used as an additional component as part of a crafting task, mimetic gel can be substituted for any other required iotum of up to level 5 on a unit per-unit basis. | 51-65 |
| 6 | Amber crystal | 1d6 | 30 | 9-90p (4-40kg) | This component resembles its name, but it is twenty times harder and tougher than steel. Sometimes found in dust form which changes it's qualities. | Cyphers, artifacts, vehicles, installations, or true automatons made with amber crystal can last for
thousands or even millions of years; it tends to cancel out its own weight when energy is applied; When properly joined with a detonation cypher (an Intellect task with difficulty equal to the level of the cypher), the cypher’s effective level is increased by 1 per unit of amber crystal connected when it detonates (destroying the crystal in the process, of course); In dust form 1 unit can be used as part of another action to gain one additional action (for a total of two actions in this the round). However, this burst of quickened time inflicts 3 points of Speed damage (ignores Armor) on the character. It also uses up the unit of amber crystal. |
When used as an additional component as part of a crafting task, every 2 units of amber crystal in dust form reduces the time to craft by half. | 66-75 |
| 7 | Psiranium | 2 | 40 | 4 ounces (100g) | These tiny, glowing blue specks are vortices of concentrated force that can organize themselves and constituent iotum into many different forms. Often found in their basic form - sphere with diameter about 2 inches (5 cm). | Psiranium particles can also be used to perfectly preserve objects, creatures, or areas up to 10
feet (3 m) on a side. The difficulty of applying a unit in this fashion is equal to the level of the
psiranium or the creature or object, whichever is higher. If successful, the affected subject or area
goes into stasis. Stasis lasts for a specifed period or until another kaon dot is used by an
external agency to break it. Utilizing psiranium in this fashion destroys it. With 5 units of Responsive Synth can also be used to reinforce a mundane object or area up to 20 feet (6 m) on a side. If properly applied (a difficulty 4 Intellect task), the tissue rapidly expands over the course of ten hours and increases the ability of the structure to withstand harm or be broken by force by 1 level. On a failure, the object or portion of a structure up to 20 feet (6 m) on a side is destroyed instead. |
When used as an additional component in a crafting task, 2 units of psiranium particles ease the assessed difculty of the task. | 76-89 |
| 8 | Oraculum | 1 | 50 | 4 ounces (100g) | Snow-white and cold, oraculum doesn’t melt in the heat. | Oraculum can be used to invest mundane objects with a hint of consciousness. Successfully applying the material to an object is a difculty 3 task, after which the object can psychically sense its surroundings but can’t interact with anything that doesn’t have some means of telepathic communication. | When 3 units are used as additional components in a crafting task, they inject a limited sentience into any cypher, artifact, vehicle, installation, or true automaton being crafted, even something that normally wouldn’t have it. | 90-95 |
| 9 | Tamed iron | 1 | 70 | 4 ounces (100 g) | Tamed iron wind. Glittering, drit-like substance. | If a unit is tossed into the howling front of an iron-wind storm, the iron wind is potentially quelled for several minutes in an area a short distance across. | When a virtuon particle is used as an additional component in a crafting task, it eases the assessed difculty of the crafting task by two steps. |
96-99 |
| 10 | Cosmic foam | 1 | 200 | 4 ounces (100 g) | When salvaged, cosmic foam is contained in matrices of multicolored hard light bounded by strips of tamed iron to create a complex, many-sided solid about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter. | One unit of cosmic foam can also be used exactly like a level 10 artifact that allows the character to immediately take five turns in an instant. When this happens, time stands still for everything else, but the cosmic foam has a depletion of “automatic.” | 0 |