Resources
"What Gaboon does not know won't hurt you" -Goblin proverb
The Skull Coast is a place of lush jungles and exotic landscapes which are the ideal place to grow more exotic crops and spices. Whilst other realms grow food en masse, it is Skull Coast which provides flavour to the blandness of a bread and meat diet.
Islanders, Teefs, Jicho and Chorga are encouraged to harness a resource and prepare it for export! We require resources from the other two factions too! Set up your deals! Negotiate your margins!
It is Good Mog to do so!
Common resources
Exotic / Luxury
Food & Ingredients
Food: Cocoa beans, coffee beans, cashew nuts, sugar beet, potatoes, yams, coconuts and avocados.
Spices: Black pepper, chili, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, paprika, ginger, and nutmeg.
Herbs: Guarana, Cacao, Acai, Camu Camu, Aguaje, Stevia, Sacha Inchi, Aloe vera, Kava Kava.
Citrus fruits: Oranges, pineapples, kiwi fruits, limes, lemons, dragonfruit, passionfruit, mangoes.
Exotic livestock
The Skull Coast biome is abundant in fauna. This has created a flourishing market in animals and animal parts ready to be exported to eager customers.
Capybara fur Pelts, Tapir meat, Elephant Ivory, Parrot Feathers in many vibrant colors, Snake skins, Gator pelts, Shark steaks, Meatbeetles, Seabeetles (lobsters), Songbirds and carved bird skulls (skubs).
Metamorphic rock
The proximity of the volcano and its geothermic pressures yield a bounty of metamorphic rock such as: Marble, Pink Marble, Soapstone, Quartzite, Slate, Shale, Garnet, Serpentine, Talc. Sulphur is an important component in the production of fertilisers, certain medicines and gunpowder. It is becoming an increasingly sought after commodity.
uncommon resources
DRUGS
Troita leaves or “the vine of the soul”, the Amazonian drug is created by brewing leaves and vines from plants that contain hallucinogens, It has been used for centuries by shaman healers. Ingestion is commonly followed by vomiting or diarrhea, which shamans deem to be the purging of negative energies.
Beetle Nut chewing releases a number of addictive alkaloids that cause sensations of mild euphoria, and regular users often have red-stained teeth and lips.
Gorgunweed grows throughout much of the Coast. It is a weedy annual plant with striking white tubular flowers and spiky seed pods. The leaves and seeds contain potent alkaloids (hyoscamine and hyoscine) that cause hallucinations. Used ceremonially by the tribal cadre known as the Jicho.
Coca is a tropical shrub native to certain regions of Skull Coast. Its leaves contain the alkaloid cocaine and are chewed by goblins for pleasure or in order to withstand strenuous working conditions, hunger, and thirst. However, the leaves can also be processed into a potent white crystalline powder that is injected, smoked, or otherwise consumed. When ingested in small amounts, cocaine produces feelings of well-being and euphoria along with decreased appetite, relief from fatigue, and increased mental alertness.
Narcotic Frog Treats are advertised as "100% verified by the tallest goblin tasteologists. Boasting a broad selection of effects from narcotic through hallucinogenic to fatal! 110% premium frog! Frogs you can trust!"
Devils Breath can leave you unconscious for days and if taken in very high doses can also cause death, The plant is so potent even just smelling the little white flowers will cause you to become completely relaxed, truthful, and submissive. Used often by hunters of the slaver trade to capture prey unharmed.
precious stones
Obsidian The more tribal minded inhabitants of Skull Coast continue to use obsidian for cutting tools and weapons, like blades and arrowheads. Well-crafted obsidian blades can be as sharp as surgical steel scalpels. Obsidian is also used as a gem or ornamental stone. Obsidian is always completely black.
Thermochromic Crystal When ground into a powder it can be made into a vivid heat reacting paint, or carved into stones that change colors in varying body heats. Source of Mood signaling fine jewelry crafted by many teefs and infused by jichos with mystical powers.
rare resources
strange ores
These resources are controlled by Bah rank and higher! Consult your Hok for details!
Chorgasm An ore that glows red that emits dangerous levels of magical energy. Direct contact with the ore can cause adverse effects such as burns, illness, and death. This is the most volatile of the three Skull Coast magically sacred ores but also the least dense in magic. It is consider the easiest to work with by unskilled crafters...and also the most likely to explode at any moment.
Teefquoise An ore that glows blue that emits dangerous levels of magical energy. Direct contact with the ore can cause adverse effects such as burns, illness, and death. The sacred ore serves as a middle ground between Chorgasm and Jichonium in terms of volatility and magical denseness.
Jichonium An ore that glows green that emits dangerous levels of magical energy. Direct contact with the ore can cause adverse effects such as burns, illness, and death. The least volatile of the three reactive ores but also the densest in magic. Due to Jichonium being less reactive it is considered the hardest to work with by the impatient but often the best by due to its denseness in magic by the dedicated.
Precursor Tech
Artifacts, Maguffins and Crystals left by the society that existed on Skull Coast prior to the arrival of the Black Tusk explorers.
The 'Strange Ores' and 'Precursor Tech' may be of interest as components and energy supplies for Alchemical, Arcane and Magitech crafters.
We have little understanding of their properties but consider them as sacred to the land of Nascentia as the Dinos, so there is only two ways to seek them, both by arrangement with Skull Coast:
The first is to seek an audience with the Truculent Tyrant and hope to convince him and his ruling class that there would be some benefit to him and his people to allow you to go exploring the deep jungle of Nascentia.
The second method would be to circumvent the court and go into the jungle without guides which may mean you encounter Tusk patrols en route.
In both cases we have a jungle skybox for such adventures and there is always a risk of dinos attacking!
Contact one of our officers if this is of interest to you!