Post by slippy on Feb 28, 2022 21:49:46 GMT
This is a generalized guide upon the myriad of the herbs native to the province of Stucia, their effects on handling without protection, ingestion, and uses in alchemy. While the exact recipes for potions are not provided, it is instead the ingredients required for an alchemist to concoct said potion. This guide is meant to provide easier identification on the effects of herbs outside of alchemy, and their effects in alchemy as well as providing appearances of each herb in their potent and non potent forms, followed by the locations in the region of Stucia in which they are found most commonly.
Credits are provided to all parties who aided in this study.
Nara Aldene, who oversaw a dangerous phase in the study and helped recovery
Marion Locke, who provided use to his alchemy table and gathered ingredients
Vukota Kavka, who aided in the majority of the experiments, spending a great deal of time enduring the rigorous application tests
Allynna Omana, who came to provide healing aid when a test went horribly wrong
Mogul Mor'gold, who provided ingredients crucial to the continuation of the study
Octis Kemp, who came first to help when the tests went horribly wrong
May Atyx impart his infinite grace upon these brave and helpful souls who aided in the expansion of knowledge
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Stucian Herbs and Alchemy
Viridi
It is highly advised to excercise caution when harvesting this herb, do not touch it without protection and under no circumstances ingest this plant no matter how desperate. Do not scratch yourself after making contact, immediately find water and rinse thoroughly.
Flora Description: A green plant that is a lighter shade of green than most shrubbery, it is easily discerned from other nettle plants due to the lighter colored veins along its leaves and stalks, as well as its leaf stems alternating on the branch and never being directly opposite to one another. This plant is lightly fuzzy to the touch due to the nettles, which can be seen upon the leaf and stalks. The short appearance of the nettles offsets it from other poisonous nettle plants. Saw shaped leaves indicate its dangerous nature alongside its stinging nettles.
Locations Found: This low to the ground plant is commonly found across many regions, however in Stucia it is found most commonly within the Alby Outskirts, and more rarely near to the Great Alderleaf when not grown domestically.
Ingestion Results: Vomiting, abdominal pain, itchy throat, dry throat, nausea
Skin Application Results: Itching, swelling of the skin, reddening of the skin, necrosis
Alchemical Applications: Poisons listed below
Potent Viridi
What could be considered budding Viridi, the plant is most toxic when its white flowers are in budding form, with the unique half formed flower containing a more powerful poison formed in the nettles, while also being more concentrated.
Ingestion Results: Extreme vomiting, extreme nausea, inability to focus, choking, internal bleeding, muscle spasms, sudden onset unconsciousness
Skin Application Results: Itching, swelling of the skin, reddening of the skin, necrosis, muscle cramping, muscle pain
Potions
Forest Firewater Extract
X4 Potent Virdi
Firewater Extract
X4 Virdi
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Lapisnare
This specialised herb is used for creating mana potions as it draws its stored mana from the very ground itself, and is generally safe to touch.
Flora Description: A deep blue plant that appears similar to broad leafed plants and trees, this particular herb is waxy in feeling and appearance. The plant grows bunched up typically and is generally large in size due to the minor mana it contains within itself. The leaves are oval shaped and contain no nettles, their waxy appearance gives them a glossy shine that is easy to spot in the afternoon sun.
Locations Found: Lapisnare can be found being domestically grown or in the Alby Outskirts most commonly due to the hospitable conditions for plantlife present there.
Ingestion Results: Electric feeling in throat and stomach, no noticeable effects
Skin Application Results: Minor electric sensation
Alchemical Applications: Mana potions listed below
Potent Lapisnare
This form of Lapisnare is found most commonly in its roots, with the plants main mana source being the ground, its light blue roots are engorged and empowered with the absorbed mana from the ground.
Ingestion Results: Minor mana restoration, invigorment, tingling on the fingertips and toes
Skin Application Results: Minor mana restoration, invigorment
Potions
Superior Orgone Decoction
X4 Potent Lapisnare
Orgone Decoction
X4 Lapisnare
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Fortune Flower
This unassuming purple plant is told to bring great fortune to those who imbide concoctions with it, hence the name. In reality though the flower increases ones keen awareness of their environment and generally gives them better luck in exploiting it. This plant is generally safe to touch.
Flora Description: A purple plant that has no real alchemical value until its flowers are produced, which bud and flower very quickly compared to other plants. The flowers of this plant are a more magenta color than the purple plants majority, and smell sweet. The plant itself grows low to the ground however stalks taller than its leaves typically tower above the plant itself to flower higher up the plant below.
Locations Found: Fortune Flower can be found domestically grown or in the Alby Outskirts.
Ingestion Results: Bitter taste, no other effects
Skin Application Results: Soothing feeling, may cause sneezing
Alchemical Applications: Potions that make one more keen to inflict critical damage onto a foe
Potent Fortune Flower
The potent Fortune Flower is not a flower at all but the flower bulb, similar to Viridi, the most potent form of the herb is found in its bulb which is difficult to find upon the plant thanks to their quick flowering processes.
Ingestion Results: Extremely bitter, irritates allergies
Application Results: Irritates allergies, no other effects
Potions
Poor Bogman’s Brew
X4 Potent Fortune Flower
Bogman’s Brew
X4 Fortune Flower
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Farseers Sprout
This intriguing orange plant looks more fitting for habitation in Tao than other places thanks to its generally small and delicate demeanor as a sprout, yet do not be fooled by the diminutive demeanor of this unassuming plant, for its potions are highly prized for their ability to decrease the severity of wounds afflicted to a person. This plant is generally safe to touch.
Flora Description: A low to the ground bundle of sprouts connected all with a single root system, these orange plants generally contain two leafs per sprout and do not go much higher from the ground than ones ankle, making them sometimes difficult to see if ones eyes aren't directed to the ground. These plants are normal in all other aspects aside from their coloration.
Locations Found: Farseers Sprout can be found domestically grown or in the Alby Outskirts
Ingestion Results: Extremely tart, fizzles on the tongue, no other effects
Application Results: Muscle cramps, muscle aches
Alchemical Applications: Potions that make someone able to reduce oncoming damage by a certain percent thanks to a mixture of numbing and slower bloodflow
Potent Farseers Sprout
While the plant itself is small, and its leaves are the most common harvest for alchemy, sometimes some stalks grow high enough to be enough for a proper harvest and can be used for their larger concentration of alchemical worth compared to leaves.
Ingestion Results: Stalk tasted sweet, minor discomfort in throat
Application Results: Muscle cramps, muscle aches
Potions
Golden Oriole
X4 Potent Farseer’s Sprout
Oriole
X4 Farseer’s Sprout
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Ghostroot
An exotic sight for a plant, this strange shrub is unique in its translucent nature, with the stalks, flowers, and roots being marginally see through similar to a ghost. Hence the name, this strange shrub is prized for its ability to cure poisons and help resist afflictions. It is generally safe to handle.
Flora Description: A see through shrub, this off white plant looks truly unremarkable bar for its unique translucency found through the entire plant.
Locations Found: Ghostroot is most commonly found near the Great Alderleaf, primarily surrounding the pond at the base of the tree, and more rarely they are found in the Alby Outskirts. It also can be found domestically grown.
Ingestion Results: No remarkable taste, no other results
Application Results: Slight soothing effect, no other results
Alchemical Applications: Antidotes to poisons and other effects, followed by allowing one greater resistances to such things.
Potent Ghostroot
Curiously enough the rarity of potent ghostroot is not due to its rarity on the plant, but its difficulty of finding it. Potent Ghostroot is nigh invisible to the naked eye and requires physical touch to realize it is there, thus even when it is in abundance on a plant, these parts of the plant are just incredibly difficult to see. However the most common placements for these invisible herbs are the leafs and roots, with the roots being the most common.
Ingestion Results: Incredibly soft on the tongue, soothing sensation, no real taste
Application Results: No noticeable effects, lack of sensation from root
Potions
Capital Clearance Concoction
X4 Potent Ghostroot
Clearance Concoction
X4 Ghostroot
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Bloodleaf
A staple plant for alchemists in Stucia and all across the world, this red herb is fuzzy to the touch and has a wide range of applications in all fields. These herbs are highly prized for their miraculous healing abilities in alchemy, with common uses outside of alchemy used to treat minor afflictions as well. This plant is generally safe to handle.
Flora Description: This unique herb is a scarlet red coloration and is covered in jagged looking leaves that are covered in dull pink nettles, though the nettles are largely not dangerous. The plant itself is wide and tall, displaying the vitality given by its properties through its dominance over an area which makes it very easy to pick out from the surrounding shrubbery.
Locations Found: The Great Alderleaf has an abundance of bloodleaf plants, and the Alby Outskirts more rarely has one or two growing in competition with the myriad other herbs. They can also be found domestically grown.
Ingestion Results: Dry throat, no other effects
Application Results: Minor healing, dry skin
Alchemical Applications: Potions of healing, giving sudden vitality and wound regeneration to those who imbibe it.
Potent Bloodleaf
The potent variation of the bloodleaf is found in its leaves, however the main difference between normal leaves and these fattened, engorged leaves is that these leaves are a mixture of a leaf and a seed, on the borderline between the two. Typically found drooping on the plant, these slightly lumpy masses of plant matter are highly prized for their healing properties in alchemy, even more so than the plant itself.
Ingestion Results: Dry throat, slight sweet flavor
Application Results: Minor healing, dry skin, slightly larger effect
Potions
Superior Swallow
X4 Potent Bloodleaves
Swallow
X4 Bloodleaves
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Mushrooms
An assortment of low growing ground fungus, these mushrooms are usually found leeching off dying plant matter or other things. They come in a great variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, however only certain ones are useful in alchemy. This fungus is generally safe to handle if you handle the correct one, any others it is suggested to avoid inhalation of spores and to wash your hands thoroughly, do not touch your mouth or your eyes.
Flora Description: The common brown mushroom that is used in alchemy can be told by its coloration, containing no spots or patterns, as well as no colorations between a brown cap (top part of the mushroom) and a lighter brown stalk (the part of the mushroom that holds it up from the ground). Truly unremarkable despite its value in alchemy.
Locations: The correct mushroom variety is found commonly growing in the Frostbitten Ridge, near small ponds. Also they are commonly domestically grown.
Ingestion Results: Grainy taste, no other results
Application Results: Localized skin hardening, though to no effective degree
Alchemical Applications: Potions that increase a persons ability to resist harm without the skin breaking, making their skin as effective as some armors.
Rare Mushrooms
These fungi are of a rarer sort, and are found commonly growing below the caps of larger mushrooms, taking shade below. While these mushrooms are smaller than their brown counterparts, these dull white spearheaded caps are much more potent and thus more valued than normal brown caps. They are also generally safe to handle.
Ingestion Results: Warm feeling, grainy taste, no other results
Application Results: Warm sensation, no other results
Potions
Daunting Doppler Dram
X4 Rare Mushrooms
Doppler Dram
X4 Regular Mushrooms
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Bloodberries
A form of berry bush typically sought after in alchemy thanks to its use in giving great strength to those who imbibe concoctions that use it. These bushes are usually found in areas of recent bloodshed or battlegrounds, growing as eagerly from the dead as they do the ripened soil. This plant is generally safe to handle, however it may stain clothing it comes in contact with.
Flora Description: These herbs are low to the ground, stout bushes that are a deeper shade of red than the Bloodleaf plants. These bushes are dense and filled with berries typically, with their coloration it is easy to discern them from surrounding flora.
Locations: The Frostbitten Ridge is the only location with Bloodberries, though sometimes they may grow in the Alby Outskirts, or domestically grown.
Ingestion Results: Tastes like blood, slightly bitter, no other effects
Application Results:
Alchemical Results: Potions that give the user greatly increased strength, allowing their muscles to work far past their normal bounds.
Potions
Beotusk Decoction
X4 Bloodberries