Mageweed

Mageweed

This herb, when ingested as a tea or smoked, will enhance the casting of spells in various ways. The most common is a general use weed and will increase your skill with any spell you cast. It will leave you calm and aloof while it is affecting you, although sometimes the type of magic you use will influence this mood.

Basic Information

Growth Rate & Stages

This plant grows fast and tends to spread. This farmers have to take great care in keeping the various strains separated from each other to avoid accidental cross breeding of the plant. In the past when this occurred, it had very unpredictable results for the user.

Ecology and Habitats

Mageweed requires a large amount of sunlight and water to grow. It will die quickly if not regularly watered. They require good soil to grown and will prosper in swamps and plains well.
Care must be taken to avoid rodents from eating the weeds, as they will be affected by its power and can manifest random magically abilities on a small scale. This is especially dangerous for the Fireweed strain, as entire crops can be lost from just a few rogue rats.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Common Weed

Effects: Enhanced all spell cast a small amount.
Side Effects: Nothing large will occur, although the mood of the user will be aloof and will change with the spells that are cast for a few moments after casting.

DeadWeed

Effects: Makes dealing with the dead and dying much easier.
Side Effects: The user will appear a bit gaunt and/or pale and will adopt a sombre mood.

FireWeed

Effects:All direct energy dealing spells are enhanced in both power and area.
Side Effects:Someone on Fireweed will be easily roused to intense emotion and direct aggressive action.

GlamourWeed

Effects:Focused on Illusion magic, this adds a layer of realism making illusions more believable.
Side Effects: A Glamhead is very likely to deceive or play tricks on those around them, even if this is not normally in their nature. If it is, the tricks can get rather complex or even dangerous.

DreamWeed

Effects:This enhances dream and divination magic.
Side Effects: It makes its users seem in a trance or simply unfocused most of the time they are on it.

SilverWeed

Effects: A shortened form of the SilverTongueWeed, this enhances control and charm type spells.
Side Effects: SilverWeed users are prone to compulsive lying and overt manipulation. They will go to great lengths to get their way.

More strains exist, for nearly each type of spell, but these are the most common. They tend to have similar effects.

Conservation Status

The Halflings work very hard to ensure the Weed Farms are taken care of. The House of Secrets is very interested in keeping the weed in circulation and has devoted considerable resources to protecting the farms.