Ironwood - Activated Ironwood

Ironwood is an incredibly dense and durable organic material that is found from Ironwood Trees, which are incredibly slow-growing and massive trees native to areas that have deep and rich druidic influence. Used and cultivated by many druids, a Ironwood Tree can grow up to 45 feet tall with a 20 foot wide trunk, however it takes centuries for an Ironwood Tree to fully reach its potential and have strong enough bark to be used as Ironwood.

History & Usage

History

Ironwood is an incredibly dense and durable organic material that is found from Ironwood Trees, which are incredibly slow-growing and massive trees native to areas that have deep and rich druidic influence. Used and cultivated by many druids, a Ironwood Tree can grow up to45 feet tall with a 20 foot wide trunk, however it takes centuries for an Ironwood Tree to fully reach its potential and have strong enough bark to be used as Ironwood.

Everyday use

Ironwood itself has a rich wenge and walnut coloration, and its bark is known to be naturally separated into plates that are very difficult to break or contort. These plates, with time, eventually shed from the Ironwood Tree as it continues to grow and they can be used in weapons and armors as a substitute for metal for druidic armors and ranger weaponry. Any weapon or armor that uses metal in its creation can have the metal be substituted for Ironwood with an additional cost equal to 50% of the item’s base value.
However Ironwood becomes most interesting when it is imbued with druidic practices and 'activated.' Activated Ironwood is used by specialty druids and rangers due to its innate druidic properties, where it continues to live and thrive akin to a plant as well as work as a functional piece of equipment.
Activated Ironwood Armor typically costs an additional 2,500 gp and has the following properties;

• You gain a +1 bonus to your AC while wearing this armor
• While wearing this armor, the armor counts as a druidic focus for the purposes of casting spells
• If you wear this armor in direct sunlight for 1 uninterrupted hour, you gain 10 temporary hit points

Activated Ironwood Shields typically cost an additional 500 gp and have the following properties;

• You gain a +1 bonus to your AC while wielding this shield
• If you plant this shield into soil or earth as an action, after 1 minute, all normal Plants in a 50-foot radius centered on the shield become thick and overgrown. A creature moving through the area must spend 3 feet of movement for every 1 foot it moves

Activated Ironwood Weaponry costs an additional 350gp and has the following properties;

• You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this weapon
• If your spellcasting ability is Wisdom, you are holding this weapon, and you can cast the spell Shillelagh, you can target this weapon, even if it is not a quarterstaff or club, and you can opt to keep the original damage die of the weapon as opposed to replacing it with a d8.

Type

Organic

Value

150 gp per plate

Rarity

Uncommon

Color

Wenge-walnut

Related Locations

• Solaris Plains

Related Professions

• Druid
• Ranger