Woodland

The temperate forest most settlers recognize, found on worlds chosen because they resembled home. It is broadleaf where rain is steady, conifer where soil is thin, and hard scrub where summer burns the growth off. In an encounter all three work alike: the canopy blocks the sky, the undergrowth slows movement on the ground, and a route surveyed in one season differs in the other.

Regional environment Terrestrial (land)

Temperate Dry Continental

Lowland Highland

Crossing it

Navigate: DC 15
Forage: DC 10
Notice: DC 15

When the trees are in leaf, sightlines close and encounter distance is halved.

In play

Closed canopy

In leaf, encounter distance is halved and ranged attacks beyond Medium range have disadvantage. Bare, neither applies.
Undergrowth

Heavy undergrowth is difficult terrain and gives half cover. In winter it gives neither.
Sound

Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing have disadvantage past 60 feet, because trees redirect sound.

Variations

Broadleaf and mixed

Temperate. Four seasons, with a canopy that closes in summer and drops by winter.
Coniferous

Thin soil, needle litter in place of leaf litter, and cover that stays through winter.
Mediterranean scrub

Dry summer, wet winter. The scrub is low, hard and flammable, and most of it is difficult terrain.

Worlds it occurs on

Sentient A world that is alive as a whole, rare enough that the Federation register lists four and disputes two.
Spore A world the Myrrhiam Bloom has covered end to end, leaving a biosphere that acts under the Bloom's coordination.
Terran (Verdant) A rocky world with liquid water, breathable air and a magnetic field to protect them, rare and the cause of most wars.

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