In Search of Herbs [Open/DE]

[Skulking Shinzu]

[Enter with Hiraishin]

Bonewood
Rank: "S"
Type: Nearly Impossible, Colossal, Tree
Effect: May be used for various alchemical, medical and crafting purposes.
Special: Preparation: –; Duration: Special
Drawback: ---
Description: Bonewood is a thin tree, with trunk diameters of only 12 to 18 inches, and stands about 50 to 100 feet tall. The tree has a pale white bark and red leaves. Bonewood grows in areas where there are many buried corpses in the ground and can be commonly found in large graveyards, the sites of ancient battles, and mass graves. The bonewood tree is prized for the many items that can be made from the tree. The bonewood tree provides not only wood, but also a bright red sap and spongy, yellowcolored heartwood at the center of the tree often simply referred to as marrow. The many uses of bonewood often bring people into conflict as one group wants to tend the trees and harvest the sap, while another group wants to cut the trees down to get the wood and marrow. Bonewood has many unique properties, a result of its unique ecology. The wood is highly flexible, lightweight, and strong making it an ideal wood for weapons and armor. In addition, the wood has a unique ability to repair damage done to it, just as normal bone heals breaks (Heals 5 Armour Points per Round). The marrow is soft and spongy and is edible, though rather bland. Those that eat of the bonewood marrow slowly transform such that their skin becomes hardened like the bark of a tree. Finally, the red sap can be distilled into several alchemical brews. Hardness: 10; Armour Points/Inch: 30; Armour Class: -2. Bonewood produces 960,000 Ryo worth of material cost for items. Bonewood items cost normal price.
Availability: Year Round; Region: Special; Identification: Easy; Cultivation: Average
Limit: Must know Botany for Special Regions. 3% chance in finding.
Cost: 200,000 Ryo Per Tree; 960,000 Ryo per Tree (Material)

[12% Chance of Finding]

1. Zuruel appeared in the grassy area in a flash of black light while playing a tune with his flute. The scene before him was desolate. Chunks of armour and weaponry remained scattered left and right. A war had clearly been waged in the lands a long time ago. Likely, this meant corpses had been buried here too. Knowing this, Zuruel scanned the area around him with his glowing red eyes. His gaze would be drawn towards any trees with a peculiar-looking colour scheme.

OOC: +5% Chance to find due to Inspire Competence and +4% from 4 points in Luck.

[Skulking Shinzu]

[12% Chance of Finding Bonewood]

2. Zuruel’s eyes continued to scan the horizon very carefully. He took care not to mistake pikes and other long slender objects for tree trunks. What he searched for was a special tree with a pale white bark. A bark that could only be described as belonging to that of a skeleton. As he walked around, his eyes paid careful attention to anything that possessed such a colour. He was lucky that all the bodies in the area had already been buried. Skeletons, after all, could easily capture his gaze by pure chance.

[Skulking Shinzu]

[12% Chance of Finding Bonewood]

3. After some searching, Zuruel ended up near an area clustered with abandoned and rusted suits of armour. He shrugged at the wastage. He could only assume the battle had been so great that the losing side had no time to come back to retrieve the equipment. Luckily for him, the winning side of the massacre likely took pity and buried the corpses of the slain foes. This made it the perfect environment to find Bonewood.

[Skulking Shinzu]

[12% Chance of Finding Bonewood]

4. Zuruel continued shifting through the scene of the battle. Having been abandoned by humanity, nature had clearly begun to take over. The ground was grassy, a good sign as it suggested the soil was dense with nutrients and able to support life. With the area around the battlefield so desolate and lifeless, it suggested that this particular area was so abundant in nutrients due to a mass amount of buried corpses. Again, another useful sign that perhaps Bonewood was growing here.

[Skulking Shinzu]

[12% Chance of Finding Bonewood]

5. After some time had passed, Zuruel caught the sight of several bees fluttering around in the area. They appeared to be returning to a dense forest in the distance. Raising an eyebrow, he headed towards the opposite direction – towards where they had just come from. He hoped to find sources of pollens such as flowers where the plant life in the area seemed to be growing the strongest. Here, he hoped to find a strong Deadwood sample.

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

narutoforumrp.proboards.com/thread/16912/herb-dice-roll?page=86#scrollTo=1075559

Found one. Also you forgot to include scent?

[Skulking Shinzu]

Spotting the tell-tale white bark and blood-red leaves, Zuruel snickered in excitement as he dashed over to the Bonewood tree. Carefully, using his abilities as a Cultivator, Zuruel extracted two doses of Bonewood marrow. Once done, he nodded to himself, securely stored the extracts away in a container that would keep them fresh before vanishing in a flicker of black light. It was time to return to Mo and to put the items to good use.

OOC: Scent only works on stuff I know the scent signature of. Never came across any Bonewood trees before, so Zuruel doesn't know its scent.

[Exit]