Duskwood

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This tree species grows widely all over Faerfin, and the trees get their name from the dark, eerie appearance of the closely clustered stands they grow in. Duskwoods grow arrow- straight and can reach up to 60 feet in height. They have smooth, bare, nontapering trunks, a crown of tiny, lacy branches at the top, and black bark, which turns silvery-gray when newly broken or peeled. The wood beneath the bark is always smoky gray and as hard as iron. Their wood's strength helps them survive the axes of woodcutters who come seeking firewood. Most mast spars and building roof beams in Faerfin are made of duskwood spars. Duskwood is also very resistant to fire, smoldering rather than blaz¬ing, and because of this, duskwood trees tend to survive forest fires. Duskwood is suitable for use in the making of staves and rods, but should be avoided in the fashioning of items, where it forces the caster of every eternal flame spell involved to make a saving throw vs. spell at -2 or have the spell fail, destroying any previous enchantments successfully cast on or into the item. Its use should also be avoided in the casting of spells that involve fire, where it adds a 20% chance of total spell failure, applied after casting, wherein all material components except the duskwood are con¬sumed. The sole exception to this caveat is items and spells of fire resistance; duskwood augments these by increasing their protec¬tion by 1 point per die of fiery damage they are forced to ward (operate) against.