Duskwood

This species of tree grows widely all over

Faerûn, and is named for the eerie appearance of its

tightly growing groves. Smooth, with small branches at

the top of 60-foot trunks, duskwood trees have black bark

and smoky gray wood that is as tough as iron.

Any steel or mostly steel weapon (such as a sword or a

mace) made from duskwood is considered a masterwork

item and weighs only half as much as a normal steel item

of that type. Weapons not normally made of steel or only

partially of steel (such as a club or a battleaxe) either

cannot be made from duskwood or do not gain any special

benefit or penalty from being made of duskwood.

Duskwood doesn’t work well as armor; it can’t be

shaped into rings like steel, and overlapping plates don’t

flex well. (Even the wood shape spell can’t create the

level of detail needed.) However, duskwood breastplates

are possible, with the following statistics: armor bonus

+5, maximum Dex bonus +4, armor check penalty –2,

arcane spell failure 20%. A duskwood breastplate is

treated as light armor for the purposes of movement and

other limitations.

Duskwood weighs half as much as steel, has hardness

10, and has 30 hit points per inch of thickness.

+3,000 gp.