Concoction

Apothecaries, physicians, herbalists, and kitchen witches can all forge remarkable substances from household ingredients. Nature itself produces material with medical uses from the very ground. Even beasts carry within them compounds known to heal or harm.

Creatures who ingest, inject, inhale, or imbibe these concoctions may experience physiological reactions. A creature subjected to a harmful concoction must make a Vitality check. If it meets or exceeds the associated DL, it evades the negative effects.

The following categories represent a few types of concoctions. Each of these delivers a different kind of effect in dosed targets.

Antidote

Antidotes are solutions that neutralize poisons, toxins, or venoms. An antidote administered to a poisoned creature counteracts the harmful substance or removes it from the body — the associated Continual Damage ceases. Poisons are treated with chemical countering agents, so one antidote may apply to several poisons, whereas antitoxins or antivenoms are typically derived from the original toxin itself, so they combat toxins from a specific organism or category of organisms. Some antidotes have negative side effects. Worse still, some poisons have no antidote.

To create an antidote, make a Craft check against a DL of 15 + 2 for every level of poison (so for example, the DL to craft an antidote for a Level Four poison is 23). Antidotes take one hour per level of poison to create. You can create a batch of any size in this time given a sufficient amount of ingredients.

Remedy

Remedies are treatments for ailments that cause unease for disease. Using ingredients from the natural world, a character can craft remedies such as salves, pills, and teas. Some compounds fight infections: acting as all-natural antivirals, antibiotics, or antifungals. Others are meant to alleviate symptoms if the disease itself can't be cured.

To create a remedy, the character must make a Craft check against a DL of 15 + 2 for every Level of disease (so for example, the DL to craft a remedy for a Level Three disease is 21). For every point by which you exceed the DL, the patient receives a +1 bonus to the Vitality check to combat the disease for that day. Remedies take two hours per level of disease to create. You can create a batch of any size in this time given a sufficient amount of required ingredients.

Stimulant

Knockout track bonus

Sedative

Knockout track damage

Paralytic

A paralytic agent attacks the nervous system and renders parts of the body inoperative. These compounds typically last minutes to hours, and can impose any of the following conditions: blinded, deafened, hampered, muted, prone, paralyzed, suffocating.

Psychoactive

A psychoactive substance affects the mind. The wilds are absolutely teeming with mind-altering fungus and plant life, but if foraging isn't for you, the right combination of chemicals can also do the trick. Psychoactive substances can impose any of the following conditions: confused, distracted, mindless, rattled, unfeeling.