Alternate Healing Rules (Herbology)

Alternate Healing Rules (Heal Skill)

These rules are for low magic campaigns, or campaigns where Magical healing will be difficult to by.
A skilled herbalist can identify and gather mystical herbs, that when used by a skilled Healer can cure would almost like magic spells. These herbs are usually kept in a special Healer's Bag. A character with the heal skill can use the herbs to create healing effects. The different type of healing effect that can be created are below.
Minor Healing - Heal DC 5 - Heals 1d4+1. Heals one additional point of damage for each point the heal roll beats the DC by up to a maximum of +5. Herb Use: 25gp
Medium Healing - Heal DC 10 - Heals 1d6+1 Heals one additional point of damage for each point the heal roll beats the DC by up to a maximum of +10. Herb Use: 60gp
Major Healing - Heal DC 10 - Heals 1d8+1 Heals one additional point of damage for each point the heal roll beats the DC by up to a maximum of +15. Herb Use: 130gp
Superior Healing - Heal DC 10 - Heals 1d8+1 Heals one additional point of damage for each point the heal roll beats the DC by up to a maximum of +25. Herb Use: 275gp
Minor Restorative - Heal DC 15 - Restores 1pt of ability damage + 1 per 3 points the heal roll beats the dc by up to +5. Herb Use: 100gp
Restorative - Heal DC: 25. Effects: Heals all ability damage from one ability score. Herb Use: 400gp
Cure Disease - Heal DC: Equal to the DC of the disease. Effect: Cure one disease the character is suffering from. (This does not remove any ability damage) Herb Use: 20XDC in gold.
Neutralize Poison - Heal DC: Equal to the DC of the poison. Effect Cure one Poison the the Character is suffering from (This does not remove any ability damage). Herb Use: 20XDC
Heal DC increase +2 for each previous healing the subject has had used on him during the last day.

Gathering Herbs

A character with Profession Herbalist can gather his own herbs for use with Alternate healing. Use the following formula to determine how many GP worth of herbs an herbalist can gather for each 8 hour day spent gathering. (If an herbalist is gathering while traveling, he may gather half the amount.) GP = (Profession check + 10 - gather DC) per day. The Gather DC is determined by the following Terrain. DM may apply modifiers depending on conditions. if the roll beats the DC The character also has a change on finding a rare Herb. Roll on the chart below. For every 5 points the roll beats the DC by, the character may roll again on the chart.

Roll	Rare Herbs
1-75	Common Herbs Only
76 - 85	1 rare herb
85 - 95	2 rare herbs
95+	3 rare Herbs

Using Rare Herbs

Rare herbs have a cost (If you want to purchase them from a shop) but are not included in the cost of a healing use. Instead one dose can be used to gain the listed effect. For thoes that are not use in healing rolls, they can instead be used to make poltices, draughts, etc. Standard DC to create. 15+ rarity Standard DC of effect 11+rarity. Standard Duration 1d4 rounds For every 5 you beat the DC you may increase the duration a step. (1d4r-1min-10mins-1hour-24 hours) For every points you beat the DC by you can increase DC of effect +1 per point)

Terrain	Gather
Abundant vegetation (Rain Forest)	5
High Vegetation (Forest,, Swamp)	10
Med Vegetation (Hills, Plains)	15
Low Vegetation (rocky mountains, cold climate)	20
parse Vegetation (desert)	30

Rare Herbs

NAME	LOCALE	COST	USE	Game Use	rarity
Adder’s Tongue	Rural	5gp	anti-infection	+5 Heal Check	2
Adgana	Rural	10gp	raises attributes	+1 ability checks	3
Aldaka	Mountains	100gp	blindness	Special Cures Blindness	4
Alether	Rural	10gp	combat skills	+2 Attack Rolls	3
Alkanet	Rural	2gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
All-Heale	Forest	2gp	healing	+5 heal check	2
Aloe	Grassland	5cp	healing, burns	+1 heal check (+3 if damage is from fire)	1
Amrans	Rivers	50gp	healing	+10 heal check	3
Archangelica	Swamp	5sp	colds, flu	+5 heal vs disease	1
Arkasu	Grassland	12gp	healing	+10 heal check	3
Arlan	Grassland	20sp	healing	+5 heal check	2
Arnuminas	Grassland	6gp	tissue damage	+5 heal check	2
Arpusar	Rivers	7gp	muscle damage	+5 heal check	2
Asarabacca	Forest	3gp	renders docile	+5 animal handle checks	2
Athelas	Forest	200gp	Healing	+5 HP healed	4
Atigax	Grassland	40gp	protects eyesight	+3 save vs illusion	3
Balm	Forest	3gp	menstrual pains	+5 heal check	2
Base Mullein	Rural	10sp	burns	+3 Heal Check (+10 if damaage from fire)	2
Basil	Rural	3sp	antidote	+2 heal check vs posion	1
Bastit	All	3sp	repels insects	Vermin cant approach without save	1
Belramba	Forest	60gp	nerve damage	+ 5 heal for posion/disease	3
Bilberry	Forest	500gp	infravision	Darkvision	4
Birthnot	Hills	2cp	contraceptive		1
Bishop’s Weed	Rural	4gp	plague	+5 heal vs Disease	2
Bittermourn	All	1000gp	longevity	Special (Extends Life Span)	5
Black Rose	All	100gp	liquid absorption	Posion - cuts onset time in half	4
Blackroot	All	4gp	healing	+5 heal check	2
Breldiar	Volcanoes	50gp	alters perception	+2 dc posion (wis,int,cha)	3
Bull-Rush	Swamp	2sp	sleep	+1 DC Sleep Posion	1
Caffar	Desert	10gp	psi enhancement	Recover 1d4 PP	3
Calamus	Swamp	5gp	restores hearing	+2 Perception	2
Calcena Mushroom	Underdark	100gp	hallucinogenic	none	4
Cephalophage	Special	100gp	see description	SPECIAL: gain memories of body mushroom is grown on	4
Chamomile	Rural	2gp	calming effect	+2 will saves	2
Cinquefoil	Rural	10gp	aphrodisiac	+2 Charisma checks	3
colewort	Forest	6sp	sobriety		1
coltsfoot	Mountains	2gp	anti-infection	+5 Heal Check	2
cow Parsnip	Forest	3gp	madness	+2 dc wis posion	2
cow-Wheat	Grassland	2gp	intoxication		2
Culkas	Desert	35gp	sunburn	+ 8 heal check to recover ability damage from exposure to heat	3
Dagmather	Grassland	6gp	tissue damage	+5 heal check	2
Dainaberry	Rivers	2gp	induces sleep	+2 DC sleep posion	2
Darnell	Forest	3gp	dims sight	+1 dc to wis posion	2
Darsurion	Mountains	3sp	healing	+2 heal check	1
Deadly-Nightshade	Forest	4gp	sleep	+2 DC Sleep Posion	2
Degiik	Coastal	100gp	maintains life	+20 heal check	4
Delrean	Forest	3sp	repels insects	Vermin cant approach without save	1
Dittany	Rivers	1gp	anti-infection	+5 Heal Check	2
Dog Rose	Rural	1sp	prevents scurvy	+2 heal check vs disease	1
Draaf	Coastal	5sp	healing	+2 heal check	1
Dragontears	Desert	100gp	healing	+5 HP Healed	4
Ebur	Coastal	22gp	healing	+10 heal check	3
Eldaas	Coastal	2gp	nausea	+ 5 heal for posion/disease	2
Elecampane	Rural	1sp	induces vomiting	+2 Heal vs posion	1
Elvish Galingale	Forest	1gp	raise bloodflow	+5 Heal Check	2
Entriste	Desert	25gp	antidote	+10 heal check vs posion	3
Falsifal	Swamp	3gp	burns, blood loss	+2 Heal Check (+5 if damaage from fire8	2
Febfendu	Coastal	90gp	deafness	+2 Perception	3
Felmather	Coastal	10gp	awaken	+2 con checks	3
Fetherfew	Forest	2gp	vertigo	+2 heal check	2
Fire-Flower	Mountains	1000gp	healing	Special: Heals all wounds	5
Footleaf	Rural	10sp	protects feet	+5 con check for forced march	2
Fumitore	Coastal	3gp	hair prevention	none	2
Gallowbrush	Rural	10gp	induces sleep	+3 DC sleep posion	3
Gariig	Desert	55gp	healing	+10 heal check	3
Gefnul	Volcanoes	200gp	healing	+7 HP Healed	4
Goat’s Rue	Forest	6gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Guardseye	Grassland	100gp	detect life	+2 Perception	4
Gylvir	Coastal	100gp	breathe water	Breathe Water	4
Hare’s Ears	Mountains	2gp	skin disease	+2 heal check vs disease	2
Hart’s Tongue	Forest	2gp	lowers libido	+2 DC vs Charm	2
Hawkweed	Forest	4gp	improves eyesight	+5 perception checks	2
Healwell	All	1sp	healing	+2 heal check	1
Henbane	Rural	1gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Horehound	Coastal	1gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Horseweed	Grassland	7gp	strengthen horse	+5 con check for horse	2
Ironhard	Hills	15gp	hardens skin	+1 nat AC	3
Jaffray	Desert	10gp	antidote	+10 heal check vs posion	3
Jinab	Rural	5gp	keeps awake	+5 con check for fatigue	2
Jojojopo	Mountains	9sp	frostbite	+1 heal (+3 if damage from cold)	1
Kathkusa	Wasteland	50gp	raise strength	+2 Str Checks	3
Kelventari	Forest	19gp	burn	+8 (+15 if damage is from Fire)	3
Kilmakur	Grassland	65gp	fire protection	+2 save vs fire	3
Klagul	Grassland	30gp	infravision	Darkvision	3
Kylathar	Forest	20gp	alters attributes	+2 DC posion (str,dex,H5con)	3
Laishaberries	Forest	20gp	heal/ treat disease	+10 heal check (+15 vs posion)	3
Land Caltrops	Forest	2gp	snakebite	+2 heal vs posion (+5 vs snake venom)	2
Larnurma	Rural	10gp	ease pain/ heal	+10 Heal Check	3
Laumspur	Forest	100gp	heal	+20 Heal check	4
Lesser Centaury	Mountains	5gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Makebate	Desert	1gp	scorpion stings	+5 check for posion	2
Mandrake	Forest	3gp	sleep	+2 DC Sleep Posion	2
Marigold	Rural	2gp	antiseptic	+5 Heal Check	2
Marjerome	Grassland	2gp	jaundice	+5 heal checks	2
Marsh Mallow	Coastal	5gp	burns	+3 Heal Check (+10 if damaage from fire)	2
Maruera	Mountains	50gp	breathing	+10 Heal Check	3
Masterwort	Rural	2gp	plague	+5 heal vs Disease	2
Megillos	Mountains	1gp	improves eyesight	+5 perception checks	2
Melander	Rivers	12sp	disease resistance	increase antitoxin bonus +2	2
Milkworte	Rural	4gp	cholera	+5 heal vs disease	2
Mirenna	Mountains	10gp	healing	+10 heal check	3
Mountain Garlick	Mountains	8gp	repels evil spirits	Evil outsider and undead save to approach	2
Mountain Setwall	Mountains	1gp	hair growth	none	2
Mugwort	Rural	2gp	prevents collapse	+2 con checks	2
Napweed	Rural	1gp	poison protection	increase antitoxin bonus +2	2
Navew	Rivers	4gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Nightcall	Desert	50gp	enhances senses	+4 Perception	3
Oede	Rural	1000gp	Healing	Special: Heals all wounds	5
Oiolosse	Forest	1200gp	see description	SPECIAL: gain memories of body mushroom is grown on	5
Olus Veritis	Rivers	5gp	compels truth	Will save to lie	2
Olvar	Coastal	300gp	prevents death	Special - Auto stabalize	4
Orach	Forest	2gp	jaundice	+5 heal checks	2
Pargen	Jungle	2000gp	resurrection	Special	5
Pattran	Fo	10gp	sleep	+2 DC Sleep Posion	3
Pennyroyal	Rural	3gp	insect repellent	Vermin cant approach without save	2
Peony	Rural	1gp	healing	+5 heal check	2
Petiveria	Rural	1gp	swelling/bruising	+5 heal check	2
Rampalt	Forest	5cp	congestion	+5 heal vs disease	1
Rewk	Rural	9sp	healing	+2 heal check	1
Rose Campion	Forest	1gp	scorpion stings	+5 check for posion	2
Rue	Rural	1gp	antidote/antiseptic	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Sabito	Coastal	100gp	breathing	Add 5 to HP healed	4
Saddilia	Grassland	100gp	raises attributes	+2 ability checks	4
Saffron	Forest	20gp	raises attributes	+1 ability checks	3
Scented Mayweed	Forest	8gp	blindness	+2 Perception	2
Serapias Turbith	Grassland	4gp	healing	+5 heal check	2
Sessali	Coastal	1gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Silverthorn	Mountains	1000gp	antidote	Special (instant cure posion)	5
Sinquoi	Rural	2gp	dilates time		2
Snakespike	Coastal	5gp	inflammation	+5 heal	2
Spanish Nut	Forest	10gp	aphrodisiac	+2 Charisma checks	3
Spiderwort	Special	4gp	spider bites	+2 heal vs posion (+5 vs spider venom)	2
Suaeysit	Forest	10gp	energy	+4 con checks	3
Tai-Gi	Rural	2gp	enhances senses	+2 perception	2
Tamarindes	Forest	1gp	quenches thirst	+5 survival	2
Tamariske	Rural	5gp	anti-infection	+5 Heal Check	2
Tateesha	Swamp	1sp	raises intelligence	+1 Int Checks	1
Tempin	Forest	5gp	antidote	+5 heal check vs posion	2
Tephrosia	Coastal	2gp	calming effect	+2 will saves	2
Terbas	Forest	2gp	nerve damage	+ 5 heal for posion/disease	2
Teriko Weed	Rural	2gp	contraceptive		2
Throw-Waxe	Forest	2gp	scarring	Prevent taking a scar id dropped below 0 hp	2
Thurl	Forest	1sp	healing	+2 heal check	1
Thyme	Rural	2gp	antiseptic	+5 Heal Check	2
Urbanal	Grassland	3gp	food substitute	editable	2
Valerian	Grassland	1gp	eases fits	+5 heal check	2
White Bryony	Forest	1gp	pneumonia	+5 heal vs Disease	2
Willow-Herb	Forest	5gp	snake repellent	Snakes will not approach withotu will save	2
Winclamit	Forest	100gp	healing	+5 HP Healed	4
Wolfsbane	Hills	20gp	lycanthropy	Special	3
Wolfsbane (whole)	Forest	100gp	antidote	+20 Heal check vs posion	4
Wood Sorrel	Desert	2gp	cools	Endure Hot Environment	2
Woodrose	Rivers	1gp	makes merry		2
Wormwood	Rural	2gp	antiseptic	+5 Heal Check	2
Yaran	Grassland	8sp	enhances senses	+1 Perception	1
Yavethalion	Coastal	45gp	healing	+10 heal check	3
Young Lad’s Love	Forest	1gp	frostbite	+3 Heal Check (+10 if damaage from cold)	2
Zur	Underdark	12gp	enhances senses	+4 Perception	3