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Herbs, Herbal Remedies and Herbal Concoctions
This section lists all the creations that may be purchased from an herbalist or attempted using the Herbalism skill. Herbal creations are broken into two groups. Common herbals are those that are made from ingredients local to the Jorvikburg area, although they may still be rare. Exotic herbal concoctions are made from ingredients that are found elsewhere on earth and brought to the new world. Each of these herbal creations are priced and purchased in doses. One dose will be enough to deliver the effect to one individual PC one time.
Common Herbals
The following herbs, herbal remedies, and concoctions can be commonly purchased from herbalist shops and can also be sought and prepared by characters by making a Herbalism skill check. It takes 1 day and a successful Herbalism check to find and prepare one dose of any of the following items listed at 10gp or less, but 2 days if 11gp or more. If you have an established Herb garden (25gp to start, functions during 2nd April after planting), checks are made at advantage. However, if it is December through March (garden or not), the check is made at disadvantage. All herbals weigh 0.05 of a load (20 per load).
| Type | Price | Supply | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Hemp | 15gp | 2 | smoked or eaten, advantage to morale and fear checks for 1 hour, but disadvantage to DEX and WIS checks. |
| Belladona | 10gp | 2 | If ingested after a lycanthrope bite, make a Con save: either die in one turn or be cured of lycanthropy. |
| Birthwort | 10gp | 2 | Applied as a poultice, gives 25% chance to re-roll failed poison save |
| Chaulmoogra Oil | 10gp | 2 | If poured on a dangerous slime infestation, 50% chance to wash off all the slime. |
| Comfrey | 10gp | 2 | Once per day per patient, heals 1d4 points of damage after battle. |
| Felwort | 10gp | 2 | If a tincture is splashed on the face, allows a second saving throw vs. paralysis. |
| Fly Agaric Mushroom | 25gp | 3 | mixed with alcohol and rubbed on skin, increases STR, CON and Fear Resistance by 1d4 each for 1 hour, fall unconscious for 10 minutes afterward |
| Garlic | 5gp | 1 | Causes a vampire to cringe for 1d4 rounds |
| Goat's Rue | 10gp | 2 | Inhaled as a smoke, allows victim a Con save to escape dangerous parasites |
| Goldenrod | 10gp | 2 | If taken within a day of infection, 25% chance to avoid a disease |
| Healing Salve | 25gp | 3 | smeared on injury and bandaged, causes 1 hour of sleep and cures 1d6 hp, 1 application at a time |
| Pipe Weed | 1sp | 1 | If made into a cigar or smoked in a pipe has a 10% chance to drive all the ladies from the room. |
| Tamarind | 10gp | 2 | If applied as a poultice within an hour of being hit, has a 25% chance of curing any rotting illness |
| Vermifuge | 10gp | 2 | Smoke from burning it kills all bookworms within 10' |
| White byrony | 10gp | 2 | If burnt and breathed, 25% to allow second save vs. mold or other dangerous spores. Handkerchief coated with it and held over nose gives +4 save vs. spores. |
| Wolfsbane | 10gp | 2 | If character strikes a lycanthrope with a sprig, it must save vs poison or flee as if turned. |
| Woundwart | 5gp | 1 | Applied to wounds, 1 dose per day, adds 1 extra hit point healed. |
Exotic Herbals
The following herbs, concoctions and remedies must be imported from distant lands like Egypt or India. They can be bought an an herbalist (25% chance that 1D4 doses available each month you check). All herbals weigh 0.05 of a load (20 per Load).
| Type | Price | Supply | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Lotus | 250gp | 10 | Smoked or chewed, Con check, if passed regain ability to cast a spell level lost due to spell failure after trance of 10-40 minutes, also heals 1d4 points of INT damage. If failed, fall into deep trance for 2d6 hours. On a roll of “1” fall trance lasts 2d6 days. |
| White Lotus | 100gp | 7 | Swallowing the flower gives an immediate re-roll of a failed poison save at +4 on the roll and heals 1d4 WIS damage. |
| Mandrake | 100gp | 7 | ingesting a dose causes Con save or sickness for 1d6 hours, success gives visions, showing you nearby magic, spirits and holy objects. If mixed in a potion, doubles duration |
| Moly | 250gp | 9 | when eaten, all magic attacks both targeting the eater and cast by the eater are at disadvantage for 1 hour |