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