Wyrwood

Wyrwood
Use	Ranged
Bonus	+24
ST/DU	10/30
Rarity	Extraordinarily Rare
Weight Modifier	Unknown
Primary Color	Unknown
Dyeable	Yes

Obtaining the precious wood of the great wyrwood is a dangerous proposition. According to stories told by the men and elves of the mysterious Wyrdeep Forest, these rare, solitary trees are said to entangle and hang woodsmen and hunters with grisly results. Thought to be a cousin of the willow, the wyrwood is a large tree with 1 or more straight and usually leaning trunks, upright branches, and narrow or irregular crown. Its leaves are narrow and lance-shaped, often slightly curved to one side, and they grow densely upon the tree's boughs. While these trees have been known to grow within the forest, they are most commonly found not too far distant from streams. They are known to have an exceptionally deep taproot, which probably accounts for their ability to live a distance from a water source, having tapped instead into underground springs. It is also thought that the taproot is the source for their superior magical qualities. Wyrwood is usually only used to produce bows; any contact of the wood with metal soon produces corrosion of the ore, with the result that the studs and banding common with shields and staves is unsatisfactory.

Wyrwood is considered a rarer material. Because of this, it requires fodder when used in alterations. See alter fodder for more information.

Purified Wyrwood

A more pure and powerful form of wyrwood is called purified wyrwood . It has been made available via Duskruin starting with its August 2026 run through the material purification service.

Purified Wyrwood will flare crushing damage that roots the target. It also has a 25% chance to have a second cycle on that target which will garrote them, doing more crushing damage targeted at the neck and silence them (if they survive).

Purified Combat Example

 You fire a wooden arrow at an Ithzir janissary!
  AS: +416 vs DS: +348 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +57 = +150
   ... and hit for 30 points of damage!
   Strike pierces forearm!
 
 Woody tendrils shoot up around an Ithzir janissary and snap taut, quickly cinching down! 
   ... 20 points of damage!
   Left kneecap smashed into pulp.
   It is knocked to the ground!
 An Ithzir janissary is rooted in place!
 The arrow breaks into tiny fragments.
 Roundtime: 4 sec.
  
 
 >fire jan
 You nock a wooden arrow in your wyrwood long bow.
 You fire a wooden arrow at an Ithzir janissary!
  AS: +416 vs DS: +348 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +20 = +113
   ... and hit for 10 points of damage!
   Well aimed shot almost removes an eye!
 
 Woody tendrils shoot up around an Ithzir janissary and snap taut, quickly cinching down! 
   ... 20 points of damage!
   Stomach ripped open by mighty blow!
 An Ithzir janissary is rooted in place!
 
 A single runner whips upward and draws itself closed about an Ithzir janissary's throat! 
   ... 35 points of damage!
   Vertebrae in neck disintegrate from impact!
  Neck sinks into shoulders.
 The Ithzir janissary falls to the ground in a crumpled heap.
 The arrow breaks into tiny fragments.
 Roundtime: 4 sec.