Medicinal substances, ritual and recreational drugs
Legal
Blackroot
This lichen grows on large rocks and boulders found above timberline (the elevation at which trees do not have enough oxygen to grow). When chewed on, it causes the user to have a pleasant, tingling sensation on the lips, tongue, and gums. As well, it can give the user a sense of mental sharpness and alertness.
Espiritu
A drug derived from a certain flower commonly used in holy rituals. When blessed, left to wither for at least three days, and then dehydrated completely and turned into a powder becomes a strange blessing all its own. If smoked or snorted, this powder grants a single question answered by a Divine being. It also grants a strong feeling of peace and euphoria.
Patch
Patch is consumed as a powder or in capsules. It allows the user to feel the sensations all around them in a stronger way and grants the ability to speak with plants and animals for a few hours.
Fever Fire
Made from the petals of a translucent flower that grows even in the coldest and most barren environments. Instantly incapacitates the user and raises their internal temperature to 43°C for one minute. Instantly cures frostbite.
Scurva
A vial filled with an iridescent liquid. When drunk it causes it user to see colours more vibrantly and lights to shimmer and become more liquid-like.
Zaegoo
Harvested from a breed of gelatinous cube native to the colder regions, it causes a biting cold sensation on the way down but makes you better equipped to withstand cold climates for a few hours.
Salja
Extracted from the hair-thin root endings of certain tundra grasses, Salja is a faintly bitter, dun paste. However, any food eaten shortly after or while also ingesting Salja becomes incredibly, irresistibly delicious.
Raybark
Not actually made from bark at all, but by grounding up the thin strips of brightly coloured fungus that grow on the northern side of Raywood tree trunks. Raybark strongly amplifies 'strange' external senses when ingested such as the ability to sense magnetic north, to tell when people are watching you (and where they are), to sense the coming of a storm or to read the health of a plant by the movements of its leaves in the wind. The range of senses amplified and the intensity of amplification vary between users. Popular among druids and those who want to feel more connected to nature.
Controlled
Sundrop
A bright yellow/orange liquid. Originally used as a magically synthesized antidepressant, Sundrop when consumed tricks the user into believing that they are happy, as it quite literally gives them ‘warm feelings’.
Bane
A mix of ground wild herbs. Primarily consumed by smoking, it calms down the body to a point where you are so apathetic that even your greatest fears won't shock you anymore. Often used as medicine by insomniacs or as a pain killer for severe injuries.
Sannish
A blue liquid distilled from the milk of wolves and a powdered desert plant. Causes euphoria and temporarily strengthens the body's immune system.
Feywillow Fruit
Fruit from a tree in the Feywild. The more the user eats, the more they want to eat.
Shadowfell Sage
Chewing the pitch-black roots of this plant will grant the user a deep sleep for many hours, during which they will appear dead to those who aren't trained in medicine. A rare and pricy anaesthetic for surgery.
Paladin's Placebo
A drug that when taken will satisfy any craving for any other drug the user is addicted to. Heavily controlled and mainly used in rehabilitation for those who can afford it.
Spiral
A flammable, forest-green liquid sold in small dropper jars, spiral is a fast-acting oral drug, and one of the most commonly used painkillers in medical environments. A user's sinuses and sense of balance are thrown out of whack as the drug begins to take hold, making them very dizzy. It simultaneously acts to dull pain and mute powerful sensory stimuli. The dizzying effect makes rolls to keep one's feet or dodge harder, however. Spiral can be slowly burnt to produce a relatively large volume of smoke that has a diluted version of its effects. The smoke seems to be lethal to most insects, and those that don't immediately die drift around aimlessly until they do.
Illegal
Blue Sand
A substance similar to fine sand found at the beach, only that it’s deep blue coloured. It is consumed through the nose, and the user feels their senses and physical abilities sharpen.
Dream Flake
Thin slivers of a dried, black fungus. When placed between cheek and gum, it induces hallucinations and euphoria. When smoked, the user enters an extremely vivid waking dream, which can last for hours.
Devil's Root
A black root that is ground up and snorted. The user blacks out and sees terrifying visions. Sometimes, these visions allow the user to see into the future.
Mordayn Vapour
Also known as Dream Mist. Made from the ground leaves of a rare herb found deep in the jungle. Taken by dipping in hot water and inhaling the vapour from the tea. The raw powder and the tea are both very potent poisons. Inhaling the vapour causes intense hallucinations (albeit happy and beautiful ones).
Shatter
A waxy, pale amber substance that can be smoked or consumed in a tincture. In lower doses, it produces a pleasant high, but in higher doses (and for particularly sensitive individuals) it can cause a person to literally split into multiple versions of themselves.
Venge
a deep red powder of mineral origin that is usually mixed into drinks for a euphoric and stimulant effect.
Crit
Popular with daredevils and dreadnoughts, and commonly mixed into candy. For a couple of hours luck will be in its most extreme forms for the used.
Shadow gut
A strange slimy slippery pitch-black gel that needs to be ingested. Makes the user appear to fade into darkness but can cause intense damage.
