Snapgrass
Snapgrass is only grass in the crudest sense and it is, in fact, more similar to the rubbery plants of a desert climate. Its stiff outer skin protects the delicate interior and is nearly a fingers width thick in places. The grass blends perfectly with the white snow around it, being just as stark a white as the frozen wastes. You can find Snapgrass growing wherever snowmelt flows, hibernating during the frozen months and growing anew with the spring thaw and the rushing waters.
The grass is a prized resource by the Goliath people who use it to brew healing draughts and rejuvenating poultices. This makes up a core of their peoples healing arts and in fact boast of a 101 ways to use the plant for healing. It has remarkable healing properties, rapidly accelerating the body's natural healing processes3.
In Seawatch the physician's distill a concentrated rendering of the healing sap which proves to be a potent anesthetic. Its effects are strong but fleeting most often used to relax a patient before setting their bones or severing a limb.
An unintended side effect of Snapgrass sap is the ravenous hunger it brings with it. Unless properly managed it can leave a subject disorientated and delirious as their body chews threw what reserves of energy it has.
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