"Please take this towel and follow me. The mud baths are through the door to your left. We would like to remind you not to put your head under the mud, just put it onto your face with your hands. When you are done, the door directly across the hall contains the regular bath."
Origins
The House of Healing Mud was first started as a business venture to extract wealth from the upper classes of
Burim. This simply involved going to the building to have your body coated in hot mud. Any claims of healing benefits were purely fabricated by the then owner of the establishment.
The business changed hands only a few years after it began. However, the original owner never told the new one where they acquired the mud. Naturally, the new owner went to the biggest source of mud, the seasonal lakes where the
muck drudgers dwell. Unlike the previous mud, this one would be useful in the future.
The Outbreak
When the large city eventually had an outbreak of
cityskin which causes a spreading rash and severe redness of the skin, it turned out that the mud from the lakes would help reduce the impact it had on a person. This caused a boom in business and soon the owner was expanding operations into other areas of the city.
The outbreak has never ended but the mud houses have improved life for those that can afford them. Aristocrats and wealthier nobles are the most common customers. Fishermen and craftsmen are rarely seen inside.
Construction
Most of the structure is made of wood. Large squared posts adorn the doorways making it appear like a luxury building. The mud room is constructed of stone blocks. A large portion of the building is dedicated to keeping the fires going to heat the water that makes the mud warm, sticky, and thin enough to get into.
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Game Statistics
When a character rests inside of a house of healing mud, that character recovers 1 additional wound and 1 additional strain. In addition, the character may make one Resilience check to overcome
cityskin with the difficulty of the check reduced by one.
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