http://193.122.143.38/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:44:56 +0000 MyBB http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=39 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:14:32 +0000 __denby]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=39 Scerpian Vine

“Oh Snail! Climb Mount Fuji; but slowly, slowly.” - Kobayashi Issa

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Summary:
A vine of immense strength, the Scerpian Vine acquires its name by the nature in which it seems to writhe and cling to the ground, in addition to its hard scale-like bark which covers the entirety of the mature vine, from root to flowering upper canopy. It has developed over time to be one of the hardiest and most difficult plants to rid oneself of, despite its relatively slow growth. Possessing a very dense barklike outer layer, it is flexible and resistant to chopping or slicing; while the interior of the vine is a tightly-woven network of stringy fibers that bind and often resist the blade of a saw with intense resolve. Anything short of a high-strength steel tool is unlikely to cut the vines without sustaining significant damage to themselves.

Basic Description:
Growing to incredible lengths through interconnected root networks, the Scerpian Vine is a menace, clambering across whatever lies in its path as though it were a mere assistance towards its eternal goal of acquiring more sunlight and soft soil. Possessing broad clover-like leaves that adorn the upper portions of the heavy vines, it is the nature of the vines to creep and spill wherever they may in order to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Vines closer to the ground tend to be heavier, thicker and of a stronger wood-like texture. When growing in clusters large enough, the vines nearest the center of the cluster tend to adopt a tree-like structure, often sinking a primary root ball, the vines at the core being more akin to branches than looser vines. At times, the Scerpian Vine forms nigh-impassable walls within their habitats, choking out other flora and fauna to such a degree that in some cases, the largest Scerpian clusters are essentially forbidding wastelands.

Rarity: Rare

Location:
Scerpian Vines tend to be found in low-lying areas, where moisture and humidity collect in large volumes, such as the floors of jungle canopies, wet coniferous forests and swampy lowlands. It is not found often, but where it is, it is growing in enormous clusters, typically consuming whatever structures, trees and rocks as it proceeds ever-onwards as a veritable force of nature.

Properties:
The Scerpian Vine grows slowly, but plods ever-onwards as a force of nature. It takes quite a lot of work to rid an area of the menace.
Possessing dense, flexible, wood-like bark, the plant is difficult to burn, and equally difficult to cut with anything but a hardened steel saw.
The interior of the Scerpian Vine is a dense and fibrous material, resisting to-and-fro cutting actions, typically having to be grasped by both ends and chopped through. The fibers can be equated to the strength of tightly-woven silk.

Special Properties:
Barring the relative strength of the Scerpian Vine, it possesses no known medicinal or alchemical properties.
The interior fibers of the vine are highly conducive to capillary flow.]]> Scerpian Vine

“Oh Snail! Climb Mount Fuji; but slowly, slowly.” - Kobayashi Issa

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Summary:
A vine of immense strength, the Scerpian Vine acquires its name by the nature in which it seems to writhe and cling to the ground, in addition to its hard scale-like bark which covers the entirety of the mature vine, from root to flowering upper canopy. It has developed over time to be one of the hardiest and most difficult plants to rid oneself of, despite its relatively slow growth. Possessing a very dense barklike outer layer, it is flexible and resistant to chopping or slicing; while the interior of the vine is a tightly-woven network of stringy fibers that bind and often resist the blade of a saw with intense resolve. Anything short of a high-strength steel tool is unlikely to cut the vines without sustaining significant damage to themselves.

Basic Description:
Growing to incredible lengths through interconnected root networks, the Scerpian Vine is a menace, clambering across whatever lies in its path as though it were a mere assistance towards its eternal goal of acquiring more sunlight and soft soil. Possessing broad clover-like leaves that adorn the upper portions of the heavy vines, it is the nature of the vines to creep and spill wherever they may in order to absorb as much sunlight as possible. Vines closer to the ground tend to be heavier, thicker and of a stronger wood-like texture. When growing in clusters large enough, the vines nearest the center of the cluster tend to adopt a tree-like structure, often sinking a primary root ball, the vines at the core being more akin to branches than looser vines. At times, the Scerpian Vine forms nigh-impassable walls within their habitats, choking out other flora and fauna to such a degree that in some cases, the largest Scerpian clusters are essentially forbidding wastelands.

Rarity: Rare

Location:
Scerpian Vines tend to be found in low-lying areas, where moisture and humidity collect in large volumes, such as the floors of jungle canopies, wet coniferous forests and swampy lowlands. It is not found often, but where it is, it is growing in enormous clusters, typically consuming whatever structures, trees and rocks as it proceeds ever-onwards as a veritable force of nature.

Properties:
The Scerpian Vine grows slowly, but plods ever-onwards as a force of nature. It takes quite a lot of work to rid an area of the menace.
Possessing dense, flexible, wood-like bark, the plant is difficult to burn, and equally difficult to cut with anything but a hardened steel saw.
The interior of the Scerpian Vine is a dense and fibrous material, resisting to-and-fro cutting actions, typically having to be grasped by both ends and chopped through. The fibers can be equated to the strength of tightly-woven silk.

Special Properties:
Barring the relative strength of the Scerpian Vine, it possesses no known medicinal or alchemical properties.
The interior fibers of the vine are highly conducive to capillary flow.]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=38 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:09:10 +0000 __denby]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=38 Alabaster Moss

“The dog that trots about, finds a bone.” - Golda Meir

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Summary:
Marring the landscape as a cruel bone-white scar, Alabaster Moss evokes a sense of otherworldly eeriness, a veritable tombstone to what was lost in the ancient past. Most often seen on ancient battlefields, the moss clings close to the ground, sprawling across the earth in a spider-like fashion; small and bulbous clumps of the growth standing no higher than six inches. Narrow reddish floral bodies poke sparsely from within the moss, giving it the faintest fleck of color amidst an otherwise blank sea of off-white.

As legend tells, the Alabaster Moss came about as a representation of the divine’s sorrow towards mortalkind; wars and conflicts spilling the blood of men and beast, piecemeal demolishing nature for the furtherment of the engines of war. This despair led to the birth of a marker, a tombstone provided by no man, and only set upon the realm by the extension of life herself. An alabaster color, prostrated eternally upon the ground where countless men fell, the moss serves as a gravemarker, to last till the very earth forgets the presence of those who died, and their bodies are all but a faded memory. It only grows in places of great loss, where the bodies of man and horse had piled high, and the ground was stained crimson by the ever-full coffers of war.

Basic Description:
Alabaster Moss is a low-lying ground shrub which takes the appearance of a lichen-like substance, possessing many spindly and bulbous branches that trail from the central stalk. Being an eerie bonelike color and harboring many small internal pockets, the best approximation to the Alabaster Moss is a surface-dwelling coral. Much akin to coral, the plant grows and branches in varied directions, lacking entirely in leaves, and instead being covered in thin, hairlike protuberances.


Rarity: Rare

Location:
Alabaster Moss is only known to grow in locations where battles, mass graves, and other horrific events have occurred. This is naturally due to the high concentration of calcium, iron and other nutrients that have found their way into the earth due to the volume of decomposites. It would be possible to grow the plant elsewhere, so long as the environment possesses an exceedingly high concentration of such elements.


Properties:
Spiny and lacking entirely in leaves, the plant is most similar to a coral.
It possesses very little in terms of nutrients, and animals tend to not eat it.
Alabaster Moss grows only in locations rich in decomposites, such as mass graves and battlefields.


Special Properties:
The hollows and pockets within the stalks of the Alabaster Moss contain relatively high concentrations of elemental oxygen and sodium, and is quite flammable.]]> Alabaster Moss

“The dog that trots about, finds a bone.” - Golda Meir

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Summary:
Marring the landscape as a cruel bone-white scar, Alabaster Moss evokes a sense of otherworldly eeriness, a veritable tombstone to what was lost in the ancient past. Most often seen on ancient battlefields, the moss clings close to the ground, sprawling across the earth in a spider-like fashion; small and bulbous clumps of the growth standing no higher than six inches. Narrow reddish floral bodies poke sparsely from within the moss, giving it the faintest fleck of color amidst an otherwise blank sea of off-white.

As legend tells, the Alabaster Moss came about as a representation of the divine’s sorrow towards mortalkind; wars and conflicts spilling the blood of men and beast, piecemeal demolishing nature for the furtherment of the engines of war. This despair led to the birth of a marker, a tombstone provided by no man, and only set upon the realm by the extension of life herself. An alabaster color, prostrated eternally upon the ground where countless men fell, the moss serves as a gravemarker, to last till the very earth forgets the presence of those who died, and their bodies are all but a faded memory. It only grows in places of great loss, where the bodies of man and horse had piled high, and the ground was stained crimson by the ever-full coffers of war.

Basic Description:
Alabaster Moss is a low-lying ground shrub which takes the appearance of a lichen-like substance, possessing many spindly and bulbous branches that trail from the central stalk. Being an eerie bonelike color and harboring many small internal pockets, the best approximation to the Alabaster Moss is a surface-dwelling coral. Much akin to coral, the plant grows and branches in varied directions, lacking entirely in leaves, and instead being covered in thin, hairlike protuberances.


Rarity: Rare

Location:
Alabaster Moss is only known to grow in locations where battles, mass graves, and other horrific events have occurred. This is naturally due to the high concentration of calcium, iron and other nutrients that have found their way into the earth due to the volume of decomposites. It would be possible to grow the plant elsewhere, so long as the environment possesses an exceedingly high concentration of such elements.


Properties:
Spiny and lacking entirely in leaves, the plant is most similar to a coral.
It possesses very little in terms of nutrients, and animals tend to not eat it.
Alabaster Moss grows only in locations rich in decomposites, such as mass graves and battlefields.


Special Properties:
The hollows and pockets within the stalks of the Alabaster Moss contain relatively high concentrations of elemental oxygen and sodium, and is quite flammable.]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=37 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:04:05 +0000 __denby]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=37 Creamgrass

“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” - Orson Welles

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Summary:
A rapidly-growing and rather hardy plant, Creamgrass mirrors most attributes of dense field grasses, bearing lengthy seed bundles atop the rather dense brush-growth below. Formed of a very fibrous and hollow reed-like stalk, Creamgrass retains a very viscous sap-like liquid within the hollow stalks during the wetter months of the savannah and grasslands in which it grows. This liquid moves very slowly and possesses a rather sweet and honey-like odor, being roughly the appearance of a heavy cream; such is the origin of the plant’s name.

Basic Description:
A hardy and tall plant, Creamgrass grows in large clumps that cluster around a central root bundle, typically reaching heights up to five feet at the end of the whitish-yellow seed bundles. Widely spread leaves and sprouts grow horizontally from the base of the plant, giving it a rather bushlike appearance before the development of the flowering buds. Often seen being munched upon by large ruminants and other herbivores of varied grasslands, the plant is a common sight amongst grazing fields. Most shepherds and roaming cultures see the Creamgrass plant as a boon beyond any other due to the high nutritional content for themselves, and their animals.

Rarity: Common

Location:
Creamgrass is found in generally any location with soft, damp soil that has not been tilled actively by farms and civilization. Most often seen in clusters across open savannahs and grasslands, the Creamgrass can essentially grow anywhere the seeds are carried.

Properties:
A hardy plant with tubular reed-like stalks.
It possesses a creamlike sap within the stalks.
It grows nearly anywhere that grasslands exist in plenty.


Special Properties:
The cream-like substance within the plant’s tubular stalks is incredibly high in calories from fats and carbohydrates.
High in vitamins and minerals, it is a full-spectrum food; albeit not necessarily filling.]]> Creamgrass

“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.” - Orson Welles

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Summary:
A rapidly-growing and rather hardy plant, Creamgrass mirrors most attributes of dense field grasses, bearing lengthy seed bundles atop the rather dense brush-growth below. Formed of a very fibrous and hollow reed-like stalk, Creamgrass retains a very viscous sap-like liquid within the hollow stalks during the wetter months of the savannah and grasslands in which it grows. This liquid moves very slowly and possesses a rather sweet and honey-like odor, being roughly the appearance of a heavy cream; such is the origin of the plant’s name.

Basic Description:
A hardy and tall plant, Creamgrass grows in large clumps that cluster around a central root bundle, typically reaching heights up to five feet at the end of the whitish-yellow seed bundles. Widely spread leaves and sprouts grow horizontally from the base of the plant, giving it a rather bushlike appearance before the development of the flowering buds. Often seen being munched upon by large ruminants and other herbivores of varied grasslands, the plant is a common sight amongst grazing fields. Most shepherds and roaming cultures see the Creamgrass plant as a boon beyond any other due to the high nutritional content for themselves, and their animals.

Rarity: Common

Location:
Creamgrass is found in generally any location with soft, damp soil that has not been tilled actively by farms and civilization. Most often seen in clusters across open savannahs and grasslands, the Creamgrass can essentially grow anywhere the seeds are carried.

Properties:
A hardy plant with tubular reed-like stalks.
It possesses a creamlike sap within the stalks.
It grows nearly anywhere that grasslands exist in plenty.


Special Properties:
The cream-like substance within the plant’s tubular stalks is incredibly high in calories from fats and carbohydrates.
High in vitamins and minerals, it is a full-spectrum food; albeit not necessarily filling.]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=36 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:01:01 +0000 __denby]]> http://193.122.143.38/showthread.php?tid=36 Snailberry Bush

“There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.” - Kristen Cashore

Summary:
The Snailberry Bush acquired such a strange name due to the odd properties of the juices of the berry. Being inedible in its entirety and possessing rather sharp thorns, the berries are rather high in tannin and stranger juices that lead to rather curious changes to the scabbing action of wounds. Allegedly discovered by accident when a sad sod cut himself upon the thorns of the Snailberry Bush by falling off of his horse and into a clutch of them, a strange story made the rounds at his local alehouse.  The poor man claimed that he emerged from the bushes covered in lacerations yet not profusely bleeding as one would expect. Of course, the cuts still hurt like the dickens! Beyond this obvious rumor, believed only by practitioners of witchy brews, not even goats will eat the plant due to the semi-toxic nature of the berries.

Basic Description:
Rather unappealing in nature, the Snailberry Bush is a sprawling and thorny shrub that possesses broad, green, oak-shaped leaves. Scattered throughout the bush are clusters of small and squishy red berries, often likened to the color of freshly-let blood, though the berries tend to associate rather nearby the lengthy thorns that grow throughout the plant as a defense mechanism. Snailberry bushes possess sharp and rigid thorns made of a hardened, wood-like material that range from one inch to three inches in length which easily penetrate the skin of an unguarded hand, or the very body of a man who falls into the bush, as the rumor suggests. It also possesses a very iron-rich, almost acrid smell that comes from the berries, typically scaring away any birds that might want a snack.

Rarity: Rare

Location:
The Snailberry Bush is by no means a common appearance, it’s rarity caused mostly by the proficient use of natural defense mechanisms causing the plant itself to have a very poor distribution of seeds and generally being a nuisance. Farmers burn it, animals refuse to eat it, birds refuse to make their nests in it, and the broad leaves and thick sprawling nature of the plant causes the seeds from dried berries to not be carried far by the wind. All of these situations combined have pushed the Snailberry Bush to near extinction, making it a rare sight. A hardy specimen, surely, but so hardy that it has stifled its own ability to procreate across the land. When it can be found, it is typically growing in rich, loamy soil, and at times springs up in and around abandoned farmland or freshly graveled roadways due to the presence of horse manure and the ilk. Acquiring seeds from dried berries and planting them elsewhere is not difficult, as the plant is quite capable of growing almost anywhere rich soil may be found.

Properties:
An incredibly hardy plant, the Snailberry Bush is heavily thorned and sprawling.
The bushes' thorns are between one inch to three inches in length and very hard.
The berries are mildly toxic and possess a strong acrid odor, typically warding off birds and small animals.
The berries are small and squishy, having the coloration of freshly-let blood.
It possesses broad, heavy leaves which tend to guard the wind from passing through the plant at any quick speed.
The Snailberry bush is rare due to having been pushed to near extinction by farmers, and the prohibitive nature of its defense mechanisms. It is not actually that difficult to grow, but takes some time to reach maturity.

Special Properties:
The berries are high in tannin, giving the juices natural astringent and cleansing properties, as well as the capability to tan leathers.
The berries also possess a strange clotting agent which promotes the growth of lymph scabbing, sealing small and medium wounds quickly with a flexible and rigid scab, generally textured much like a snail’s shell; hence the name.
Eating the berries causes intense abdominal pain due to the tannin content, and if consumed in large enough volumes, can cause liver damage.]]> Snailberry Bush

“There will be no yelling at people who are bleeding themselves to unconsciousness.” - Kristen Cashore

Summary:
The Snailberry Bush acquired such a strange name due to the odd properties of the juices of the berry. Being inedible in its entirety and possessing rather sharp thorns, the berries are rather high in tannin and stranger juices that lead to rather curious changes to the scabbing action of wounds. Allegedly discovered by accident when a sad sod cut himself upon the thorns of the Snailberry Bush by falling off of his horse and into a clutch of them, a strange story made the rounds at his local alehouse.  The poor man claimed that he emerged from the bushes covered in lacerations yet not profusely bleeding as one would expect. Of course, the cuts still hurt like the dickens! Beyond this obvious rumor, believed only by practitioners of witchy brews, not even goats will eat the plant due to the semi-toxic nature of the berries.

Basic Description:
Rather unappealing in nature, the Snailberry Bush is a sprawling and thorny shrub that possesses broad, green, oak-shaped leaves. Scattered throughout the bush are clusters of small and squishy red berries, often likened to the color of freshly-let blood, though the berries tend to associate rather nearby the lengthy thorns that grow throughout the plant as a defense mechanism. Snailberry bushes possess sharp and rigid thorns made of a hardened, wood-like material that range from one inch to three inches in length which easily penetrate the skin of an unguarded hand, or the very body of a man who falls into the bush, as the rumor suggests. It also possesses a very iron-rich, almost acrid smell that comes from the berries, typically scaring away any birds that might want a snack.

Rarity: Rare

Location:
The Snailberry Bush is by no means a common appearance, it’s rarity caused mostly by the proficient use of natural defense mechanisms causing the plant itself to have a very poor distribution of seeds and generally being a nuisance. Farmers burn it, animals refuse to eat it, birds refuse to make their nests in it, and the broad leaves and thick sprawling nature of the plant causes the seeds from dried berries to not be carried far by the wind. All of these situations combined have pushed the Snailberry Bush to near extinction, making it a rare sight. A hardy specimen, surely, but so hardy that it has stifled its own ability to procreate across the land. When it can be found, it is typically growing in rich, loamy soil, and at times springs up in and around abandoned farmland or freshly graveled roadways due to the presence of horse manure and the ilk. Acquiring seeds from dried berries and planting them elsewhere is not difficult, as the plant is quite capable of growing almost anywhere rich soil may be found.

Properties:
An incredibly hardy plant, the Snailberry Bush is heavily thorned and sprawling.
The bushes' thorns are between one inch to three inches in length and very hard.
The berries are mildly toxic and possess a strong acrid odor, typically warding off birds and small animals.
The berries are small and squishy, having the coloration of freshly-let blood.
It possesses broad, heavy leaves which tend to guard the wind from passing through the plant at any quick speed.
The Snailberry bush is rare due to having been pushed to near extinction by farmers, and the prohibitive nature of its defense mechanisms. It is not actually that difficult to grow, but takes some time to reach maturity.

Special Properties:
The berries are high in tannin, giving the juices natural astringent and cleansing properties, as well as the capability to tan leathers.
The berries also possess a strange clotting agent which promotes the growth of lymph scabbing, sealing small and medium wounds quickly with a flexible and rigid scab, generally textured much like a snail’s shell; hence the name.
Eating the berries causes intense abdominal pain due to the tannin content, and if consumed in large enough volumes, can cause liver damage.]]>