A low-grade armor and weapon material for a Fantasy setting

[ericthered]

glad to hear the names might be useful.

Originally Posted by Varyon

While I like the name of Serfwood (it initially jumped out to me as the best of the bunch), I'm not certain if serfdom is really a thing in the setting... and if it is it seems odd to name something that for most people (at least the poorer commoners, but that's "most people") are primarily likely to associate with a traveling surface (the wondervine functionally forms roadways) after a class of people who are defined by their lack of mobility. Although I guess if I really wanted to use the name, I could have "serf" actually refer to semi-owned farmers/laborers (wiki notes them also tending to work their lord's mines and the like) who tend to travel a lot when tending to fields rather than living on the land they farm for their lord.

you could have "Serf" be an archaic term that doesn't get used anymore, I suppose. I'll have to see if anything else along those linguistic lines pops into my head in the future.

The wondervine is reliant on being intertwined for strength, and for a point you'd have to limit the tip of the weapon to basically a single straightened vine, which even if it's sufficiently-rigid would still be unlikely to stay intact after a single strike.

Normal wood will work for that, though, right? someone takes a tier 1+ blade, cuts you a pole, and whittles the end sharp. If you want it especially tier 0, just don't make it all that strait.