Sunday, October 27, 2013

Materials: Dreamsand, Frightstone, Krinklewyne, and Sithansard Tree:

The Somnium Bleed as a realm of dreams and nightmares is filled with wonder and hazard, beauty and terror.  As a result, a myriad of items and materials may be found there, but some are found here of consistent value.  These include Dreamsand, Frightstone, Krinklewyne,and Sithansard Tree:

Dreamsand:  Sand is found in much of the surface of The Somnium Bleed, making one think that it is too abundant to be of much value, however, the pure white Dreamsand when outside of The Somnium Bleed can be used in rituals to take characters, creatures or items into or out of The Somnium Bleed if utilized properly.  Dreamsand can be put lightly over a pillow to ensure good dreams and full EP and FP recovery when at rest, or it can be thrown at someone to make them need a sleep check and if they resist that still need a hallucination check as well.  Just a pinch of it is of use for distractions or used for its additional ability to purify water strained through it, absorbing up to 4 points of poison, toxicity or other contaminants of a non-biological nature.  One cubic inch has 1 EP, 1 Toughness, weighs 1/200th lbs and has 32 pinch uses.

Frightstone is a type of rock found in The Somnium Bleed in areas filled with terrifying creatures, landscape warped by the nightmares of sleeping individuals.  One cubic inch has 16 EP, 2 Toughness, weighs 1/50th lbs and causes any sleeping creature or character capable of dreams within 40 movement squares to have a nightmare except whomever is within 2 movement squares of it.

Krinklewyne is a beverage made from Krinklewyne berries grown only in The Somnium Bleed and by those who have mastered their delicate cultivation in private orchards.  Drinking even one cubic inch of it is almost guaranteed to create drunkenness, but the chemicals in it in addition to alcohol trigger a general feeling of happiness, joy and camaraderie.  One perfect cubic inch has 1 EP, 1 Toughness, weighs 1/5000th lbs, and if drunk requires a resistance check to charm from anyone else within eyesight for 10 turns.  Krinklewyne is best at 25 years or more of settling in a bottle, but further years will increase the taste while diminishing the charming effect.

Sithansard Tree is a type of tree that grows in The Somnium Bleed, its dark bark having a very sweet aroma and taste as well as a cure against radiation poisoning as one lucky Cubi scientist found out on transplanting some.  It is an extremely hearty plant, but it needs manual pollination outside The Somnium Bleed as its green flowers contrast its white and pink leaves without attracting many insects to help germinate.  The flowers themselves are poisonous, and the leaves are extremely rough and cause itching, but when boiled and then dried properly may be used for very strong kindling, and the drainage from the boiling process is a strong herbicide.  One inch of Sithansard Tree wood has 6 EP, 2 Toughness, weighing 1/375th lbs and makes 2 doses of anti-radiation medicine when properly extracted, though that same amount of bark makes 6 doses.

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