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A Necromancer's Grimoire: The Secret of Herbs $4.99
Publisher: Necromancers of the Northwest
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by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 08/31/2013 12:57:36

This is a real delight, an attempt to make the art of herbalism come to life within your game. Being a botanist I have sometimes introduced real-world herbs into a game, or even made a few up, but here is a whole bunch of herbs to add spice to the activities of witches and alchemists and even healers.

There's a short story about gathering and using herbs, notes on foraging and on what you might find given the sort of area in which you are searching, and then on to an herb list that's full of delights. For each herb there is copious information ranging from what it looks like (and tastes like) to various concoctions for which it is a vital ingredient and even its market value should you wish to sell.

There is even information on growing your own herbs - so if your character fancies having a herb garden at home, now he can. Just remember that gardening is a leisurely way of acquiring the plants you need for your next potion or poison and that those herbs need attention while they are growing... perhaps not tasks suited to the average adventurer. The matter of knowledge is also discussed: giving options to roll to recognise a plant, to know its uses or to know how to make the concoction you want to - or you may prefer to assume that it is something already known to the character given his background and training.

Other discussions cover the market in herbs, and the things that can go wrong when making herbal concoctions. As quite a few of the ones here are poisons, it's clear that you need to take care when messing around with plants. (Equally true in the real world, of course!)

This is an excellent supplement if you are minded to use herbs at all within your game.



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