True Name |
Musbara |
Frequency |
Uncommon |
Quantity |
1d10 |
Locale |
Mountains |
Form |
Flowering Bush |
The common "street name" of this plant is slumber weed, although it's actually a fruit bearing, flowering bush. It's many branches and leaves are dense, growing in thick clusters. The slumber weed plant bursts with color in the late spring when it bears hundreds of blue flowers. It also has numbers of small dark purple berries. The slumber weed plant grows about 4 feet tall and tend to grow in small groups.
The small purple berries of this plant can be pressed to obtain a clear oil. This oil is a very strong natural depressant and sedative. It must be consumed orally. In small doses, just a couple of drops in a mug of ale, it will cause a euphoric peaceful state of mind. A few more drops will cause a deep sleep to overcome the imbiber. In larger doses, it can cause coma and even death.
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This flowering herb can be found at 4,000 to 8,000 feet in mid latitude mountain ranges in western and northern Ithria. It grows primarily in the Northern Tusks, the Dragonclaw Mountains and the Thunder Peaks. Rangers and woodsmen gather the small dark blue-purple berries of this plant knowing that they can be sold in town for a good price. Thieves use the oil from slumber weed berries in their thieving. A few drops slipped into a guard's drink is a common use for the precious oil. "Slumber oil" as it is known on the street is sold in small vials (about 20 drops each) for around 100 gold pieces. This makes it one of the most expensive items (by quantity) that can be purchased on the street. Slumber oil is used widely from Vorrik to Drakkel but can also be found less frequently in the east lands and even some nations in Qeshir.
Some guards have been known to purchase slumber oil and take it in very low doses to build up an immunity to it.
This page last updated Wednesday, December 24, 2008. Copyright 1990-2009 David M. Roomes.