Adriole 5-50

In its natural state, adriole is a deciduous shrub with black needles and tiny red berries. Certain enterprising herbalists collect adriole berries, boil and mash them, then cure the resulting mass into a blackish jelly which they sell in little jars. Their customers, in turn, scoop fingerfuls of the stuff, rub it on their gums, and very rarely smile. This is because adriole slowly, but permanently, blackens the gums and gives one’s teeth a pinkish tinge. More immediately, adriole makes the user focus with almost inhuman intensity on whatever task lies before them, to the exclusion of all else, until they collapse. Adriole jelly is a favorite among sharpshooters (it “steadies the hands”) and thaumaturges (it “steadies the soul”). A character under the effect of adriole adds BLUEBLUE to all Willpower and Intellect-based skills checks, as well as all ranged combat checks, until the end of the scene or encounter. Until the character sleeps for 8 hours, they cannot recover from strain through spending symbols and do not make checks to recover from strain at the end of encounters.