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| Language: | Common Tongue |
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| Item Type: | Book |
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| Stackable: | No |
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| Merchant Value: | 2 pp 0 gp 0 sp 0 cp |
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| Tribute: | 2 |
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| Lucy Entry By: | Kerasota |
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| Item Updated By: | SwiftyMUSE |
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| Source: | Live |
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| IC Last Updated: | 2021-07-27 06:34:30 |
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| Page Updated: | Thu Oct 9th, 2008 |
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Book Text:
Dearest Allyssa,
I'm writing to you to say
that I am well. I have
reached Halas and met the
locale medicine man (or
'Shaman' as he refers to
himself). He's a rough
sort, but has a good
nature, and his manner with
those who are brought to
him is as fine and caring
| as I would hope for from
any of my students.
Convincing him to allow me
to study his use of herbs
and potions has been
difficult in the extreme.
To his people, he is as
much a member of the clergy
as any Priest of Mithaniel
Marr is to us, and his
treatments are deeply held
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| as mysteries. We spent a
full night of eating and
drinking (these barbarians
are a rough lot) without
success, although he seemed
impressed that a "city man"
could match his pace at
imbibing.
Indeed, I had almost
despaired of doing so until
the next morning. Waking
| with a severe headache from
my excesses the night
before, I blearily made my
way from my hut to meet
him. Initially amused at my
state, he threw some
sticklewort, a single sage
leaf, and three leaves I
recognized as nightshade (a
general folk remedy chewed
for aches in these parts)
into a medicine bag and
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| proceeded to pulp the
leaves to a liquid. Pouring
the noisome concoction into
a vial, he handed it to me.
Not wishing to appear
effete, I drank readily (if
without enthusiasm) and a
more disgusting flavor is
hard to imagine. However,
my pains left me entirely
within seconds, as did any
remaining intoxication.
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He told me that he had
developed this antidote so
that he could recover his
sobriety quickly in order
to treat unexpected
patients on feast nights,
when young bravos are prone
to fighting. With a wink,
he also confided that those
same young men were quite
fond of his "Elixir of the
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| Serpentine", an unlikely
combination of bugbane,
three maidenhair fern and a
duskglow vine, which aided
them in impressing the
ladies of the village.
Please write and tell me
you are well.
Your Jonas
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