Magic herb compendium
A detailed list of plants needed to make potions.
Price: 25 GP/gourd, x 2,5 per extra year of age --> 2 potions
Appearance description: The Weeping maiden grows underground and can be recognized by the large, red leaves with black stalks poking out of the ground.
The gourd itself vaguely looks like a person kneeling and crying into their hands. A mature gourd has a black peel with red, melon-like stripes. Its meat on the inside is bright red with yellow seeds.
Locations: This strange gourd grows on buried corpses of animals, humanoïds, and monsters that are at least small in size and have hemoglobin.
How to prepare: Weeping maiden on its own tastes like corpse water and iron. As such, its refinement process is geared towards getting rid of this horrible taste.
For maximum effect one needs to extract as much liquid from the gourd as one can. Many alchemists choose to boil the peels, meat, and occasionally seeds to extract even more magic nutrients. This water is then added to the liquid and distilled to its purest form.
Notes: Weeping maidens and Moon leaves can not appear in the same place. Graveyards often have a small shop on the side selling these.
A weeping maiden needs to be at least one year old to have a decent effect. The longer the gourd has grown the stronger its effect.
Price: 10 GP/kilo-->5 antitoxin potions
Appearance description: Moon leaf is a creeping vine with a silvery-green color similar to lavender leaves. Its leaves are shaped like a crescent moon, hence its name
Locations: This plant grows on holy grounds where it has access to the direct moon and sunlight. Examples of such places are temple gardens or graveyards
How to prepare: Moon leaves lose efficacy fairly quickly and need to be processed as soon as possible. The simplest way to preserve its ability is by either pickling the leaves quickly or putting them in strong alcohol.
For light nausea and food poisoning 3 grams of dried Moon leaves work well enough.
Notes: Moon leaves and Weeping maidens can not appear in the same place. Graveyards and temples often have a small shop on the side selling these.
Price: 20 GP/ 100 grams unprocessed, 35 GP/ 100 grams processed--> 50 grams/ potion
Appearance description: Forest pearls look like open oysters growing on top of thin green stalks. The white berry grows at its center and is only 5mm in diameter. These plants never carry more than 2 'oysters'.
Locations: Forest pearls grow among the roots of 100-year-old trees in large patches. Although some people with green thumbs have succeeded in growing these in their backyards under old trees, these are never as plentiful as they are in the depths of a dark forest.
How to prepare: The useful component of these plants are the berries. These are, however, extremely poisonous and can cause serious damage to the skin and nervous system when touched carelessly.
The berries are left to soak in a mixture of wine, vinegar, sugar, and water for at least 24 hours. The skin can then be peeled off and discarded. The peeled berries will be wrapped up in a damp cloth and dried in the ashes of a fireplace.
Notes: This plant isn't difficult to find in the right forest but a hassle to process.
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Weeping maiden
Use: Goblin healing potion (+1d4 hp, unstable), healing potion, greater healing potion, superior healing potion, supreme healing potion.Price: 25 GP/gourd, x 2,5 per extra year of age --> 2 potions
Appearance description: The Weeping maiden grows underground and can be recognized by the large, red leaves with black stalks poking out of the ground.
The gourd itself vaguely looks like a person kneeling and crying into their hands. A mature gourd has a black peel with red, melon-like stripes. Its meat on the inside is bright red with yellow seeds.
Locations: This strange gourd grows on buried corpses of animals, humanoïds, and monsters that are at least small in size and have hemoglobin.
How to prepare: Weeping maiden on its own tastes like corpse water and iron. As such, its refinement process is geared towards getting rid of this horrible taste.
For maximum effect one needs to extract as much liquid from the gourd as one can. Many alchemists choose to boil the peels, meat, and occasionally seeds to extract even more magic nutrients. This water is then added to the liquid and distilled to its purest form.
Notes: Weeping maidens and Moon leaves can not appear in the same place. Graveyards often have a small shop on the side selling these.
A weeping maiden needs to be at least one year old to have a decent effect. The longer the gourd has grown the stronger its effect.
Moon leaves
Use: Antitoxin, Holy water, basic stomach medicine, basic insomnia medicine, +1 temp hp if eaten directly after harvesting.Price: 10 GP/kilo-->5 antitoxin potions
Appearance description: Moon leaf is a creeping vine with a silvery-green color similar to lavender leaves. Its leaves are shaped like a crescent moon, hence its name
Locations: This plant grows on holy grounds where it has access to the direct moon and sunlight. Examples of such places are temple gardens or graveyards
How to prepare: Moon leaves lose efficacy fairly quickly and need to be processed as soon as possible. The simplest way to preserve its ability is by either pickling the leaves quickly or putting them in strong alcohol.
For light nausea and food poisoning 3 grams of dried Moon leaves work well enough.
Notes: Moon leaves and Weeping maidens can not appear in the same place. Graveyards and temples often have a small shop on the side selling these.
Forest pearl
Use: potion stabiliser, 1d6 poisonPrice: 20 GP/ 100 grams unprocessed, 35 GP/ 100 grams processed--> 50 grams/ potion
Appearance description: Forest pearls look like open oysters growing on top of thin green stalks. The white berry grows at its center and is only 5mm in diameter. These plants never carry more than 2 'oysters'.
Locations: Forest pearls grow among the roots of 100-year-old trees in large patches. Although some people with green thumbs have succeeded in growing these in their backyards under old trees, these are never as plentiful as they are in the depths of a dark forest.
How to prepare: The useful component of these plants are the berries. These are, however, extremely poisonous and can cause serious damage to the skin and nervous system when touched carelessly.
The berries are left to soak in a mixture of wine, vinegar, sugar, and water for at least 24 hours. The skin can then be peeled off and discarded. The peeled berries will be wrapped up in a damp cloth and dried in the ashes of a fireplace.
Notes: This plant isn't difficult to find in the right forest but a hassle to process.
Forest pearl
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Unstable: An unstable potion will go bad over a short period of time (1d6 days) and lose its effect.
Goblin potions: The goblin version of a potion is often less effective and unstable. depending on the ingredients used it may have strange side effects as well.
Goblin potions: The goblin version of a potion is often less effective and unstable. depending on the ingredients used it may have strange side effects as well.
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