An illustrated guide to magical plants! Herbalist's Primer is a system-agnostic illustrated guide to real-world magical plants.
Inspired by the 19th-century herbalists along with the millennia of folklore, myths, along with legends, it brings a wealth of easily-accessible, organized information straight to your gaming table. From screaming mandragoras to shape-shifting deadly nightshade to hawthorns holding portals to the fey realms - the world of plant folklore is full of fascinating stories, magical rituals, as well as simple spells that are quite unbreakable.
Every entry lists if possible their culinary, medicinal, magical, and poisonous properties. Each entry includes basic botanical information, a handy scale reference, commonly used names, along with a short description, so there s no need to read the whole thing if you re just browsing for inspiration!
Features A full-color, hardcover book including 360 pages of botanical, ethnobotanical, folklore, and tabletop roleplaying material. 100 illustrated, detailed descriptions of magically-inclined plants from around the world.
Short, sweet, as well as useful lore chapters on the basics of botany, herb gathering, preparation, alchemy, poisons & antidotes, as well as more! Recipes for magical and medicinal concoctions, written in-world and in accordance featuring occult lore of the ages past Tools for creating original magical plants, plot hooks, quest ideas, along with a botanical Latin primer to give your custom, fantastical plants a semi-proper scientific name.
Convenient tables with magical and medicinal properties of plants, astronomical correspondences, along with the language of flowers An index, a detailed table of contents, references, along with bibliography. At a Glance Full Color, Hardcover Book 360 pages Ages 13+ Vendor: RENEGADE GAME STUDIOS
