Sparsewood Timberlands
The pinewood west of Karstock is a forest dreaded by many and travelled by few. Widely regarded as a haunted, abandoned wood with sparse life or other valuable resources, it is largely avoided by the nearby residents of Pale March and Karstock. Only the truly desperate or those on very specific hunting missions venture into the wood, in search of particular quarry, or a hopeless last ditch effort.
Geography
Jagged hills spread across the timberland here, making direct routes through the wood hard to come by. When not navigating through looming cliffsides and over steep hills, the landscape is dotted with tall pines, all identical in appearance, making it difficult to differentiate one part of the wood from another. Water can be hard to come by, as it is only the occasional stream flowing from some snowmelt in the northern mountains that provides for the woods' inhabitants.
Fauna & Flora
Many common flora and fauna may have been found here, if not for a distinct lack of resources. Instead, only small numbers of essential crop-bearing plants and animals survive in the wood. The lone moose, deer, fox, or wandering wolf pack are likely to be the only beasts encountered while travelling through. An aspiring alchemist can find the following ingredients (courtesy of Kingsmill Materia Medica):
- Cobwebs - DC 13 Healing
- Sphagnum Moss - DC 14 Healing/Major wound restorative
- Stone Mint - DC 14 Healing
- Wolfsbane - DC 14 Poison
- Clustered Woodlover - DC 14 Poison (Blinded/Paralysed)
- False Earthstar - DC 15 Healing/Stabilize
- Lachesis Viper - DC 15 Healing (Venom)
- Hooded Shrike - DC 17 Poison (Skin/Feathers)
Alternative Name(s)
The Darkwood, The Haunted Pines
Type
Forest, Boreal (Coniferous)
Location under
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