Talk:Odessan Yew

How does Odessan Yew compare/contrast with Darkwood? Yew is traditionally springy, and what made yew from certain areas better than others were climatic conditions that made it free of knots, to draw a real-world model. Perhaps they can be made into mighty bows more cheaply, or perhaps they have a range increment increase (which has to be balanced carefully--although it only really makes a difference at long ranges, every half of a range increment added is an effective +1 to attack power per range increment in a shot).-Slitherrr 23:21, 18 September 2009 (EDT)

Of the two, I prefer the idea of a small range boost coupled with some increase in price. 10 feet, maybe? The idea that it only pays of at really long range means it would be far more of a military instrument than a skirmish one, which I think fits nicely in a longbow-centric force. The balance would have to come from the cost, and for that I'm somewhat at a loss at first blush. -gm

Well, figure that it's in quite short supply, since the Odessan military is probably gobbling it all up and trees don't grow very fast (at least, they don't when you need very good wood from them). I would imagine that you couldn't even get it at less than masterwork quality, and with a Str bonus of less than +1. A normal wood bow like that would be 500 gp, so it'd probably be quite reasonable to double that, even though game balance-wise it probably doesn't deserve that kind of price. -- Slitherrr 00:57, 20 September 2009 (EDT)