Post by tehm on Feb 23, 2014 5:46:25 GMT
 | tehm HP: 100% MP: 100% | +Battle Perception -[BLIND] -[SOBER] |
Continuing with his canvas of the forests surrounding London, tehm had spent nearly two weeks now searching for a tree comparable to the one he had found in the copse north east of London which had been too high level for his initial attempt. Unfortunately, his search had so far proven to be in vain. He wasn't exactly sure when, but at some point the quest had ceased to be about creating the perfect staff, and become more about the quest for exploration.
Although tehm had no way of comparing his map to that of others, he suspected that he had now explored more of the land around London than any other person since coming to this new land. He had even become better at identifying some of the types of tree which surrounded the land. Since his initial try he had begun taking numbered samples of woods that he thought could be promising and memorizing the features of the parent tree before placing them into his bag of holding. When he returned to town he would then go to the woodworking shop to have the samples identified thus allowing him to identify some of the characteristics of those trees when exploring in the field. Using this method, tehm had identified the type of tree that he had tried for his first real attempt at a staff as "Yew"; a quality wood long used for the creation of staves and bows.
As he was finishing the mapping of section N13 on his player map, Tehm discovered the most promising tree that he had seen in over a week. it was not perfectly straight, and the sapling a bit too old, but with enough work it just might be servicable. Perhaps the best quality of this tree, however, was that it was one that he knew quite well, it was an Eastern Maple.
Although Maple is a hard wood, it is one of the softest of hardwoods, and extremely supple. Of all of the woods he had tested, Maple was one of the best at reducing the shock transferred to the hands upon striking an object, and the grain was extremely consistent; giving the wood an excellent "hand-feel" upon proper sanding.
Although tehm had no way of comparing his map to that of others, he suspected that he had now explored more of the land around London than any other person since coming to this new land. He had even become better at identifying some of the types of tree which surrounded the land. Since his initial try he had begun taking numbered samples of woods that he thought could be promising and memorizing the features of the parent tree before placing them into his bag of holding. When he returned to town he would then go to the woodworking shop to have the samples identified thus allowing him to identify some of the characteristics of those trees when exploring in the field. Using this method, tehm had identified the type of tree that he had tried for his first real attempt at a staff as "Yew"; a quality wood long used for the creation of staves and bows.
As he was finishing the mapping of section N13 on his player map, Tehm discovered the most promising tree that he had seen in over a week. it was not perfectly straight, and the sapling a bit too old, but with enough work it just might be servicable. Perhaps the best quality of this tree, however, was that it was one that he knew quite well, it was an Eastern Maple.
Although Maple is a hard wood, it is one of the softest of hardwoods, and extremely supple. Of all of the woods he had tested, Maple was one of the best at reducing the shock transferred to the hands upon striking an object, and the grain was extremely consistent; giving the wood an excellent "hand-feel" upon proper sanding.
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