Herb

There are five common herbs in the Empire. Although herbs have powerful healing properties, they require skill to apply. They can only be applied by a character that has the physick skill, usually as part of some appropriate medical roleplaying.

Rules

• You can only use the magical effects of a herb if you have physick skill
• Any character who has a herb garden receives new herbs after each downtime
• You cannot use a herb without a suitable card and phys-rep present

There are five common herbs in the Empire; it is possible for fleet owners to purchase them from foreign ports but most Imperial herbs are grown in a herb garden. A character who owns a herb garden will receive 14 herbs from their resource in their downtime.

Although herbs have powerful healing properties, they require skill to apply. They can only be applied by a character that has the physick skill, usually as part of some appropriate medical roleplaying.

Herbs are indicated by a small card (85mm x 55mm), printed by Profound Decisions, that indicates the presence of the herb and includes the rules for using the herb. You must provide a phys-reps for any herbs that your character owns, and the cards should be kept with the phys-reps, otherwise you cannot use the herbs in game and should not carry the cards on your person.

An appropriate phys-rep for a herb is a small vial of liquid, or a pile of herbs, leaves or pieces of plant matter. You can also focus on phys-repping a suitable container for the herbs instead if you prefer.

Herb card (front)

Herb card (back)

Common Herbs

Bladeroot	Cerulean Mazzarine	Imperial Roseweald	Marrowort	True Vervain

Blue Mazzarine to save a limb

Grey Bladeroot stems a weakness dim

Red Roseweald poison's power breaks

True Vervain body's healing wakes

Though Marrowort takes soldiers' pain

At battle's end they'll fall again