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Common Herbs
Find (spot or search) DC 12, Prep (herbalism) DC 12
Temperate regions
Bayberry | stimulant, astringent | |
Bay Laurel (Daphne in Makarios) | analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsive | |
Bearberry | astringent, antiseptic | |
Betony | prevents nightmares | |
Birch (bark) | for skin complaints | |
Bistort | for sore throat | |
Bog Myrtle | (swamp) | restorative, revives nerves, quickens the mind |
Broom | for perfume, inspires affection, lymph tonic, diuretic | |
Bugle | very mild sedative, digestive | |
Burnet | staunches bleeding, healing (+1d2 hp when applied to a wound within one turn) | |
Butterbur | kidney and heart tonic | |
Catnip | digestive, painkiller | |
Celandine | wart remover | |
Centaury | antiseptic, liver tonic | |
Horse Chestnut | narcotic | |
Chickweed | ulcers, anti-inflammatory | |
Chicory | stimulant, the roasted and ground root is brewed and drunk as a pick-me-up | |
Cleavers | cleansing, urinary tract, skin problems, lymph, glands | |
Coriander | digestive, eases birth labour | |
Cornflower | nervous disorders, eye ailments | |
Cowslip | painkiller, sedative (mildly narcotic), calms nerves | |
Daisy | circulation, complexion | |
Dandelion | kidney, liver, circulation | |
Elder | skin complaints, coughs & colds, burns | |
Elecampane | chest congestion, antibacterial, anti-parasitic, antifungal | |
Eyebright | eyes | |
Feverfew | women’s complaints, infertility | |
Foxglove | (forest) | calming, heart tonic, headaches, anti-inflammatory |
Fumitory | digestive, cleansing | |
Gentian | antispasmodic, antidote for many plant-based poisons, purifies blood | |
Golden Rod | wound herb (stops bleeding, +1d2 hp if applied to wound within one turn), fever, nausea | |
Hawthorn | heart tonic | |
Hazel | heart tonic, aphrodisiac | |
Heartsease | heart, anti-convulsive, sedative | |
Heather | soothes frayed nerves | |
Honeysuckle | heart, cough & colds, sore throat, glands | |
Houseleek | eye and ear-drops, bruises, warts, ringworm | |
Hyssop | fever, blood pressure, clears chest, calms nerves, cleansing | |
Knapweed | glandular disorders | |
Lavender | calms nerves, coughs, anti-paralytic, headaches, anti-inflammatory, joints, muscle pain, digestive | |
Lily of the Valley | brain, lymph, heart tonic | |
Linden | stimulating, soothes dry coughs | |
Loosestrife | sight, alertness | |
Lucerne | (grassland, meadows) | energy, indigestion |
Mace | digestive, circulation, warming | |
Maidenhair Fern | forest | heart & lungs, baldness |
Marjoram | stimulating (combats narcotic poisons) | |
Meadowsweet | upset stomach, blood disorders | |
Mignonette | gentle narcotic, headaches, frayed nerves | |
Mint | digestive, appetite stimulant, invigorating, virility, libido | |
Nasturtium | internal cleanser, blood disorders, digestive | |
Nettle | circulation, melancholia, bronchitis | |
Oak | purifying, important in Druidic preparations and rituals | |
Pimpernel | eyes, jaundice, anti-inflammatory, freckles, melancholia | |
Poppy | soothes sore throat, hay fever, asthma | |
Primrose | mild narcotic, rheumatism, arthritis | |
Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower) | stimulates nerves, respiration, digestive, antispasmodic | |
Raspberry | women’s complaints, restorative | |
Red Clover | cancer, headache, nausea, ulcers, glandular ailments, cleansing | |
Reed | (marsh/swamp) | lymph tonic |
Rose | heart & brain, women’s complaints, aphrodisiac, cleansing | |
Rosemary | heart & liver, calms nerves, cramps, hair, skin | |
Sage | coughs & colds, headache, fever, stops bleeding, memory, combats insanity | |
Sea Holly | (coastal) | calms nerves, liver, endocrine |
Sea Kale | (coastal) | debility, dental decay, rheumatism, urinary tract |
Sea Lavender | (coastal) | cooling, fever, arrests bleeding, wound herb (+1d2 hp if applied to wound within one turn) |
Skullcap | sedative, combats insanity, antispasmodic, eases withdrawal symptoms, infertility | |
Snowdrops | warming, frostbite | |
Sorrel | cooling, blood tonic, kidneys | |
Stinking Iris | headache, migraines, antispasmodic | |
Strawberry | cooling, fever, prevents hemorrhage, cools excessive ardor | |
Sundew | “old folks herb” | stimulates brain, arthritis, rheumatism |
Tansy | circulation, bruises | |
Thistle | liver & blood, sluggishness | |
Tormentil | astringent, healing | |
Vervain | protection from demons, nervous disorders, liver, heart, spleen, mental strain, infectious diseases, depression, spiritually uplifting, aphrodisiac | |
Violet | kidney stones, glands, tumors, boils, dissolves growths, calms nerves | |
Watercress | (near/in rivers, streams) | anaemia, worms, stiffness, cramps, swelling |
Willow | antiseptic, astringent, analgesic | |
Yellow Dock | cleansing herb for toxic conditions | |
Cinnamon | warming, digestive | |
Wild lettuce | sedative, anxiety, muscle pain | |
Clove | stops vomiting, antispasmodic | |
Fenugreek | aphrodisiac, uterine stimulant, digestive, promotes milk flow | |
Hops | male aphrodisiac, calms nerves, sedative | |
Horsetail | (near rivers) | wound herbs, stops bleeding, healing (+1d3 hp if applied to wound within one turn) |
Nutmeg | digestive, stops vomiting, appetite stimulant, antispasmodic | |
Pine | (forest) | (essential oil) circulation, decongestant, antiseptic |
Witch Hazel | astringent, complexion |
Descriptions of these herbs are found here.
Agrimony | Find DC 18 |
All Heale | |
Aloe | |
Angelica | Find DC 18 |
Anise | Find DC 16 |
Arlan | |
Arnica | Find DC 18, also for circulation, frostbite, shock |
Ash | |
Balm | Find DC 16, also used in perfume |
Barberry | Find DC 18 |
Base Mullein | also chest complaints, bleeding, pain, sedative |
Basil | Find DC 16, nausea, stimulate nerves (instead of listed uses) |
Birthnot | Find DC 18 |
Blackberry | Find DC 16, listed uses for Blackberry, Black Rose, and Blackroot are mixed up |
Borage | Find DC 18, also for jaundice, organs, ringworm |
Burdock | also for circulation, blood tonic, diuretic |
Cat’s Tail | |
Chamomile | Find DC 18, also dissolves tumors, ulcers, worms, fatigue, revives |
Chervil | Find DC 18, also a brain stimulant and anti-depressant |
Comfrey | also used for eye injuries |
Cow Parsnip | |
Dittany | |
Dog Rose | |
Elvish Galingale | Find DC 18, also used for male impotence (aka. natural male enhancement) |
Falsifal | Find DC 218 |
Fennel | Find DC 18, also for rheumatism, cramps, memory and digestion |
Garden Flax | |
Goat’s Rue | also a stimulant and antispasmodic |
Golden Lungwort | |
Hart’s Tongue | Find DC 18, a common saying in some regions, “living on hart’s tongue,” implies the subject is lonely or in need of some sexual attention |
Healwell | |
Henbane | also a narcotic |
Horseweed | |
Mandrake | virility, narcotic |
Marigold | also used to clear oily skin, astringent |
Marsh Mallow | Find DC 18, also for coughs and inflammation |
Milkworte | also to stimulate milk flow |
Napweed | |
Pattran | Find DC 18 |
Pennyroyal | Find DC 18 |
Periwinkle | |
Rampalt | Find DC 18 |
Ribwort Plantain | Find DC 18, also respiratory, digestive, stings and wounds (raw leaves) |
Rue | Find DC 16, also potent against mental disorders |
Sanicle | also an anti-inflammatory |
Scented Mayweed | |
Shepherd’s Purse | |
Tamariske | Find DC 18 |
Tempin | Find DC 18 |
Thorn Apple | Find DC 18 |
Throw-Waxe | |
Thyme | Find DC 17, also for insanity and hysteria |
Valerian | also relaxing and euphoric, mind calming |
White Byrony | Find DC 18 |
Wolf’s Bane (both) | Find DC 18 |
Wood Sorrel | also for liver, blood and genital diseases |
Yarrow | Find DC 16, also for headaches, fever, influenza |
Young Lad’s Love | Find DC 18 |
Region Specific
For region-specific herbs, names in italics have descriptions given here.
Amareth
Attanar | |
Fetherfew | |
Pallast | Find DC 18 |
Elven
Arkasu | |
Athelas | suggest giving this the use given for Basil (draws out poison from wounds) |
Tatsuo
Fo Ti | menopause, creativity, sores |
Dang Gui | women’s complaints, circulation, liver |
Wu Wei Zi | aphrodisiac, relaxing, anxiety |
Ginger | warming, circulation, nausea, indigestion |
Bai Zhi | digestive, diuretic |
Bu Gu Zhi | astringent, antiseptic, can cause photosensitivity |
Ginkgo | circulation |
Ginseng | energy, lymph |
Ju Hua | anti-inflammatory, anitmicrobial |
Lian Qiao | antibacterial, circulation |
Ling Zhi | immune stimulant, calms nerves |
Ma Huang | fever, antispasmodic, diuretic |
Nu Zhen Zi | tonic, immunostimulant, diuretic |
Shu Di Huang | stops bleeding, soothing, blood tonic |
Xin Yin Hua | decongestant, antifungal, pain, anti-inflammatory |
Ylang Ylang | aphrodisiac, anti-depressant, sedative |
Onatah
Cornsilk | diuretic, prostate |
Saw Palmetto | aphrodisiac, diuretic, sedative |
Juniper | Find DC 16 |
Golden Seal | healing (external and internal), +1d4 hp |
Black Cohosh | muscle pains, antispasmodic |
Echinacea | infection, colds, kidney, stimulates immune system |
Basira, Khepri, Orisha
Ashwagandha | aphrodisiac, calms nerves, sedative |
Buchu | warming, urinary tract, kidneys |
Camphor | sedative, pain killer |
Frankincense | antiseptic, astringent |
Myrrh | antiseptic, antifungal, circulation, decongestant |
Patchouli | aphrodisiac, anti-depressant, sedative |
Tea Tree | antiseptic for skin |
Woodrose | |
Adder’s Tongue | |
Bastit | Find DC 18 |
Itotia, Vasant
Navew | |
Petiveria | Find DC 18 |
Tephrosia | Find DC 18 |
Gotu Kola | cooling, calms nerves, sedative |
Guarana | stimulant, astringent |
Orchid | aphrodisiac |
Papaya | wounds (+1d3 hp if used on wound within 1 turn) |
Passionflower | sedative, painkiller, hypnotic |
Sandalwood | anti-depressant, antiseptic, decongestant |
Thuja | astringent, antimicrobial, muscle stimulant, anti-inflammatory |
Wild Yam | antispasmodic, digestive, reproduction |
Makarios
Damiana | aphrodisiac, diuretic, calms nerves |
Adder’s Tongue | |
Mulberry | mild sedative, soothes nerves |
Sclavini, Righnach, Falkor/Goblin Wilds
Arlan | |
Coltsfoot | also clears chest congestion, coughs, fever |
Hare’s Ears | |
Melander | |
Mirenna | |
Mountain Garlic | Find DC 18 |
Palma Eldath |
Shieldmeet
Viper's Bugloss | seeds decocted in wine lifts the spirits |
Archangelica | Find DC 18 |
Rare Herbs
A character needs 5 ranks in herbalism to know of these herbs and their uses. Descriptions for all of these can be found here, except for Nard.
Temperate regions
Alether | |
Amrans | |
Atigax | |
Belramba | |
Billberry | |
Bishop’s Weed | |
Black Rose | |
Blackroot | |
Bloodkeep | |
Breldiar | |
Bull-Rush | |
Bursthelas | |
Calcena Mushroom | |
Cinquefoil | also used as a sedative and painkiller |
Colewort | |
Cow-Wheat | |
Calamus | |
Culkas | |
Dagmather | |
Dainaberry | |
Deadly Nightshade | |
Delrean | |
Dwarf Mallow | |
Eldaas | |
Felmather | |
Floure-De-Luce | |
Footleaf | |
Gallowbrush | |
Guardseye | |
Harfy | |
Hawkweed | |
Horehound | |
Ironhard | |
Jinab | |
Kilmakur | |
Klagul | |
Lungwort | also used to staunch bleeding and as an astringent |
Makebate | |
Marjerome | |
Masterwort | |
Mugworte | |
Nard | a rare aromatic found at high elevations, said to heighten the senses - Find DC 25 |
Olvar | |
Orach | |
Rewk | |
Rose Campion | |
Serapias Turbith | |
Spiderwort | |
Vinuk | |
Wormwood |
Region Specific
Amareth
Prince's Feather | |
Sweet Trefoil | |
Terbas |
Elven
Kelventari | |
Yavethalion |
Sclavini, Righnach, Falkor/Goblin Wilds
Aldaka | |
Arfandas | |
Arpusar | |
Ashline | |
Bittermourn | |
Cephalophage | |
Darsurion | |
Dragonwort | |
Edram | |
Febfendu | |
Gefnul | |
Jojojopo | |
Kathkusa | |
Laishaberry | |
Lesser Centaury | |
Megillos | |
Spring Adonis | |
Suaeysit | |
Zur |
Itotia, Vasant
Anserke | |
Belan | |
Draaf | |
Golden Crown | |
Land Caltrops | |
Sessali | |
Teriko Weed | |
Zulsendra |
Basira, Khepri, Orisha
Adgana | |
Asarabacca | |
Caffar | |
Dragontears | |
Entriste | |
Gariig | |
Jaffray |
Onatah
Yaran | |
Willow-Herb | |
Ur | |
Thurl | |
Sinquoi |
Tatsuo
Tai Gi |
Makarios
Arnuminas |
Shieldmeet
Alkanet | |
Ebur | |
Whitecandle |
Ridiculously Rare Herbs
To know about these requires either RP (e.g., talking to the right people - must have 5 ranks in herbalism to know what you are talking about) or 10 ranks in herbalism. Descriptions here.
Temperate Regions
Larnurma | |
Oede | |
Oiolosse | |
Pargen |
Itotia, Vasant
Degiik | |
Sabito |
Herbal Concoctions
Knowledge of these preparations requires 2 ranks in herbalism.
Internal
Diod Anfarwoldeb – “Drought of Immortality” – Druids
Infusion of chervil, heather, honesuckle, red clover, and vervain. Take one tablespoonful morn and night.
Aurum Potabile Paraclesi – reviving (virility) – Makarios
Infusion of marigold, rosemary, sundew, rock rose. Take one cupful on rising in the morning.
Aqua Mirabilis – restore vigor (virility) – Amareth
Grind finely: cinnamon, galingale root, ginger, thyme, rosemary, nutmeg. Steep ground herbs in claret for one week, strain and take one cup per day.
Celestial Potion – youth conserving (virility) – Righnach
Infusion of lily of the valley, loosestrife, marjoram, and vervain. Take one cupful each day.
Elixir Vitae – longevity – Amareth
Take one glass daily in wine: calomel (a mineral similar to salt), gentian, cinnamon, anise-seed, mace.
Nerve Nostrum – nervous debility – Druids
Infusion of balm or lily of the valley, lavender or periwinkle, skullcap, valerian. Take 2 tablespoon full each day.
Sleepsound – gentle, non-addictive sedative
Infusion of primrose or cowslip leaves, heather, wild lettuce. Take ½ cupful before bed. Sweet dreams are assured if you sleep on a pillow stuffed with lavender, mint, sage and dill. Sleeping on a pillow full of hops also helps to combat insomnia.
Lemnos Water – insomnia – Makarios
Infusion of mulberry leaves, cowslip, mullein or mignonette. Take one wineglassful before bed.
Invisibility Lotion – makes you invisible to evil spirits – Sclavini
Mix together ground hemlock, poplar leaves, juice of wolf’s bane and soot. Smear on the body. Lasts until it is washed or worn off (typically 8 hours).
Water of Magnanimity – opens the third eye – Vasant
Infusion of mugwort, chicory, loosestrife. After 10 hours of fasting, take one glassful before meditating.
Aura Suavis – opens the mind – Scalvini, Makarios
Cornbind (a variety of morning glory), valerian (grated root) and vervain is either smoked or used to make an infusion. In Makarios, oracles use laurel leaves instead of cornbind.
For the skin
Isis lotion
Warm one cup buttermilk with a handful of elder flowers, marigold petals, geranium leaves and one clove garlic (chopped). Simmer for 40 minutes. Remove from the fire and let sit for five hours. Reheat gently and mix in 1/4 cup honey.
Skin conditioner
Choose three or more of pansy, chickweed, cleavers, meadowsweet, and scarlet pimpernel. Make a standard infusion. Rinse face with the infusion once a day and allow to air dry.
Dame Trot's Honey
Boil together two pounds of honey, four bryony roots (diced and decocted), and 1/2 cup rosemary infusion until infusion had evaporated.
Winter pomatum
Melt one pound of hog's fat and boil in two handfuls of rose petals or elder flowers and two handfuls of cowslip leaves. After 15 minutes, strain and allow fat to harden in a jar.
Herbal cream
Melt beeswax with lanolin and add your choice of infused oil and/or herbal tincture. Suggestions: birch bark, daisy, elder flower, lavender, rose, pimpernel, rosemary, pine, witch hazel.
Herbs and Taint
Regimens for Removing Taint Using Common Herbs
A character needs 3 ranks in herbalism to know of these (depending on region and whether or not the character is a druid). These can remove 1d2 points of taint down to one point.
Cleansing Infusion - Druids
Choose three of rose, red clover, cleavers, hyssop, and thyme. Infuse in boiling water for 20 minutes with mistletoe, vervain and gentian. Take 1/2 cupful at morning and night for one week.
Violet Cure - temperate regions
Make a decoction of yellow dock root, bearberry, and willow bark. In the hot decoction infuse violet, gentian and vervain for 10 minutes. Cool and take 2 tablespoons full three times daily for six days.
Water of Peace - Basira and Khepri
Once a day for seven days bathe for at least one half hour in warm water to which has been added 6 drops essential oil of myrrh, rose petals, 3 drops camphor oil and one cup decoction of bayberry bark.
Oak Bath - Druids
Once a day for seven days bathe for at least one half hour in water strewn with fresh oak leaves, wolf's bane, arnica and marigold flowers plus 7 drops mistletoe juice.
Oil of Purity - Makarios
Prepare a hot infused oil of lavender, cleavers, rose, and tormentil. The body is to be rubbed vigorously with this oil once each day for seven days.
Lisse Inno - Elven
Prepare an infusion of athelas, nasturtium, rose, and centaury. When cooled, mix one part infusion with one part honey and one part white wine. Take 1/2 cupful morning and night for seven days.
Ocha Kinyo - Tatsuo
Prepare a pot of green tea and add one spoonful each of decoction of bai zhi, ginseng and lian qiao. Drink four cups daily for six days.
Heron's Clay - Onatah
Make an decoction of goldenseal, willow bark and bearberry. Take fresh river clay and mix with the decoction to make a thin paste. Apply the clay to the body and wrap in clean cloths. After one hour the cloths can be removed and the subject should rinse the clay off in a river or stream. This process must be repeated for five days.
Tephrosia Champtha - Vasant
Prepare incense cones of sandalwood, rose, passionflower, and tephrosia stem. The subject should sit in meditation for one hour each day while breathing in the incense smoke for one week.
Clearmilk - Sclavini
Crush two bulbs of mountain garlic and mix into a cup of fresh milk with bruised white rose petals and one spoonful of cleavers infusion. Allow to rest for three hours then drink. Repeat each day for one week.
Restoring Ale - Falkor/Goblin Wilds
Soak nasturtium flowers, red clover, gentian and cleavers in fresh barley ale for one day. Drink one tankard each morning for seven days.
Herbal sachet for absorbing taint
Works similar to other items for absorbing taint: must be worn against the skin and a single item lasts for 7 days. However, the completed sachets must be used within 2 months.
Cost: 75 gp to buy, 35 gp to make (2 hours per sachet, DC 17 herbalism roll, or one day per sachet if taking 10 on the roll).
Take a square of fine white linen and sew it into a small bag with gold thread. Prepare the following herbs (which should have been collected within 2 weeks beforehand): rose petals (any variety), mistletoe, fumitory, gentian, vervain, and marigold. Place a small pebble that has been shaped by water (i.e., a river, stream or beach pebble) in the linen bag and add the herbs. The top of the bag should be knotted closed. Attach a cord of braided horsehair, sheepskin leather, or silk to the bag with gold thread so that it can be worn around the neck.
After seven days of absorbing taint, the herbs in the bag will have dissolved away and the pebble will have turned black. There are two ways to safely dispose of the pebble. One is to wrap it in oak leaves, willow bark or or elder leaves (tied securely with twine) place it back in its linen bag and drop it into moving water (a river, stream or ocean). The other option is to bury it in its linen bag either in open ground or under an ash tree when the moon is waning. The pebble is safe to carry until it can be disposed of if it is kept in its linen bag.
Rare herbs for treating taint
By region: a character must have 5 ranks in herbalism to know of the existence and use of the herb from their home region (or region in which he/she was living when reaching 5 ranks). A character with 5 ranks in herbalism can learn of herbs from other regions (i.e., the region he/she is currently in) by asking the right people. These rare herbs remove 1d3 points of taint down to one point.
Tatsuo
E Zhu - rare zedoaria rhizome - Find DC 26, Prep DC 22
Soak the rhizome in cool water for one day and remove all dirt. Chop and soak in dry rice wine for one day. Strain and drink. The rhizome can be stored dried for up to a month before it loses its potency, but the plant can be propagated from the rhizome with an herbalism roll of 20 or higher. Some remote temples grow this plant in their gardens.
Vasant
Black Lotus - rare water plant - Find DC 28, Prep DC 20
Make a decoction of the finely chopped root by boiling in water for 2 hours. Cool and allow to rest in a clay jar for 3 days. Strain and drink. The root can be stored for up to two weeks in water before use. If kept in a clay container, the decoction will keep for up to one month.
Itotia
Leopard Orchid - rare jungle flower - Find DC 31, Prep DC 17
Infuse fresh flowers in hot water for 3 hours. Strain and drink. This flower must be used fresh, but it can be found blooming year round in the warm, moist jungles.
Onatah
Golden Paintbrush - rare variety of the paintbrush flower found in the hills and mountains - Find DC 22, Prep DC 23
Prepare hot rocks in a sweatlodge or small tent by heating rocks in coals. Rocks should be hot enough to burn plant material. Place flowering stalks on hot rocks and breathe smoke while sweating for 1 hour. Dried plants will keep for up to three months but some potency is lost when they are dried and must be used in the sweatlodge three days in a row to achieve the same effect.
Basira/Orisha
Night Blooming Cereus - rare cactus (so, found in the desert) - Find DC 24, Prep DC 22
Collect flowers or fruits after dark. Macerate and soak for in olive oil for 2 days. Press oil from herb, mix with wine vinegar and drink. The macerated root may be stored in olive oil for up to three weeks before pressing.
Khepri
Blue Capensis - rare water lily - Find DC 25, Prep DC 22
Crush the root and boil in water for one hour. The decoction should be added to a bath with sea salt. Bathe for 1 hour. The root can be stored in water for up to two weeks. Alternatively, the decoction will keep up to one month.
Makarios
Apollo's Eye - rare type of dwarf sunflower found in grassy sunny places - Find DC 24, Prep DC 22
Steep flower petals in wine for 3 days. Strain, add two pinches of pollen, mix with honey and drink. Dried petals can be stored for up to three months before use. The pollen will keep for up to one year.
Amareth
Burning Lace - rare variety of Queen Anne's Lace with orange flowers found in grasslands or meadows - Find DC 28, Prep DC 21
Dry flowers in the shade for two days. Make a decoction of the chopped root. Grind dried flowers and add to wine along with the decoction. Allow the mixture to rest for one day then strain and drink. The dried flowers can be stored for up to three months. The decoction will keep for up to one month or the root can be dried in which case it can be stored up to three months.
Elven
Moschatel - rare plant with small green flowers, found in shady places and mountain rocks - Find DC 29, Prep DC 21
Soak flowers and leaves in cool spring water for two days. Macerate herbs and steep in white wine for one day. Strain and drink. The herb can be dried and stored for up to three months but it will require a total of one week soaking time in spring water.
Sclavini
Blood Moss - rare type of red moss only found growing on stones in fey rings - Find DC 28, Prep DC 19
Grind fresh or dried moss and steep in vodka for 3 days. Strain and drink. The dried moss can be stored up to two months, but fresh blood moss can be found growing even during the winter (find DC goes up by 3 in winter).
Righnach
Wood Avens - rare forest flower - Find DC 26, Prep DC 20
Dry flowers and leaves gently over ash or beech coals (this takes about one day). Infuse dried herb in hot water for one hour, cool and let rest one day. Strain and drink. The dried herb can be stored for up to three months.
Goblin Lands/Falkor
Twinflower - rare flower with two delicate pink flowers per stalk, found in damp places - Find DC 30, Prep DC 18
Soak flowers in barley wine for 4 hours then slowly bring to a boil. Cool, allow to rest for 2 days then strain and drink. The preparation will keep up to three weeks. If dried, the flowers can be stored for up to two months.
Shieldmeet
Lady's Seal - rare berry-producing plant found in shady places - Find DC 27, Prep DC 21
Boil berries or chopped root (or both) in water for two hours to make a decoction. Add to white rum and let rest for 2 days. Strain and drink. The dried berries and root can be stored for up to three months. The decoction will keep up to two weeks and once mixed with rum it will keep up to one month.
Some rules
On taking 10 on an herbalism roll
For most herbs and basic preparations of multiple herbs, the character can take 10 on the herbalism roll after spending some time preparing the needed tools, containers, etc., depending on the prep DC of the herb. For preparations of multiple herbs use the highest DC.
DC 15 and below - 1 hour preparation time
DC 16-20 - 1 hour plus 1 hour for every 1 above DC 15 (so for DC 17, the preparation time would be 3 hours)
DC 21 and above - 1 day preparation time (you must spend 8 hours of the prior day getting stuff ready, then after resting 8 hours you can commence on the herbal concoction)
Some special preparations will have their own rules for taking 10 that override those given above (e.g., the taint-absorbing sachet).
Synergy
If you have 5 or more ranks in herbalism you get a +2 to your spot or search roll (player's choice - but must chose only one skill to use for finding herbs) to find herbs from/in your region.