In reply to Dilandua (msg # 378):

this is an affliction (itching) cauaed by poison. regular first aid kits have bandages, not herbal poultices or alchemical prepartions. anyone with alchemy supplies can improvise a cure,as can herbal or espteric medicine kits. TL 3-4 first aid doesn't have Benadryl,  baking soda, jewelweed or plantainleaf extract. cold compresses and hourly HT rolls to avoid the -2DX penalty

OOC:  Aha, righto.  I wasn't thinking TL 4.  I was also thinking "treat" not "cure", as First Aid could keep it from spreading and getting into worse locations (eyes and mucus membranes), if that is all we have (though we have a healer so Alice might be able to deal with it).

Dilandua doesn't yet have Esoteric Medicine (Chi) so Dilandua can't just "realign Reanna's chakras" to cure it.  Maybe next adventure.

In reply to Dilandua (msg # 380):

Nor does Reanna, but I was hoping Alice or Virgo might...

"Sorry, Reanna, but the only spell I have that might help here is Apportation -- it lets me move things without touching them.  No Healing at all, except the ones every mage learns, to Lend Energy to another, or to Recover it from the world -- though the latter does me no actual good, since I get all of mine back in a heartbeat.  Actually, it was when the Guild found that out that my troubles began."

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 382):

That sounds really useful for a mage. So you can power Alice then?"

OOC: Do I see anything from up here?

"I've offered to Lend her more energy on a couple occasions.  I did so while she was healing Dilandua -- that was the spell that went wrong.

"And that's the other side of my ability -- if a spell goes the least bit wrong, it goes really wrong.  Usually that just hurts me, but I've known for a while that's probably how I'll die -- either hurting me enough to kill, or something really improbable like accidentally summoning a demon. And a couple times, it's had some negative effect on someone else near me.  I'm not sure exactly what happened with Alice that first time, that one was new to me.

"Surprisingly, the Guild doesn't have a lot of good information on that kind of spell failure, I suppose because for most mages a spell failure just costs them a little energy and the time to recast.

"You may have seen me running through spell gestures and muttering the incantations under my breath before casting -- I do that to reduce the chance of miscasting, and it still happens sometimes; I think that's just inherent in magic.  It takes a little extra time, but I'm not really a combat mage -- I'm a research apprentice.  Right now, I'm maintaining a spell that will let me go back the way I came, that I learned to keep from getting lost in the library stacks at the Guild; just in case, it'll let me get back to where we left the road instead of being lost in the woods (assuming I can do it before I can't stay awake any longer -- and I know another spell that should let me remember that path for longer, if needed).  Literally the only spell I know that has any combat use is the one I used to burn those bodies.

"Now, I can make a bigger fire than most mages are willing to do in combat; I can completely spend myself and get all the energy back immediately, and of course like any Fire caster, I can leave holes in the fire so a big fire doesn't engulf things or people I don't want burned -- but I haven't learned any other combat spells like Fireball, Lightning, Ice Dagger, and so forth.  The Guild usually only teaches those in Third Year and after -- cuts down on the injury rate when the Uppers torture the Plebes.

"In three more years, I had expected to be a Journeyman."  The tall thin mage shakes his head...

"I just had to let you stew in your own juices... why you wanted to harvestvthat plant is beyond me.
Here, by Vejovis will, be the healed of thine affliction. No go forth and sin no more."


faith healing also does the trick. you had merely to ask.

In reply to Alice Abernathy (msg # 386):

So ask I did.

"Thank you. One never knows when that will be useful."

Continue on?

"It is an incredibly nasty inhalant.  Dry the leaves and vines, crush it finely as an aspirant or burnable powder, or render the oils and add them to a victims candles, oils, or incense.  I heard once of a nobleman being rendered blind when the oils were mixed into makeup for him.  Or simply as an severe annoyance, smeared on privy door handles, on the inside of a political foes clothes on the day of a debate, there are a myriad of uses for that plant."

Dilandua's voice softly carries from the back of the group, somewhere just off the path, and then continues a laugh.

"Heh. I once mixed it into an older sibling's massage oils, unaware they used it during sex play.  Their lovers were quite cross with them for months." Dilandua's voice returns to being flat, "When you render it, make sure you thoroughly clean the insides of the bag you have stored it in, as well as everything else in the bag.  Lye soap or magic work best, though vinegar would be fine on the interior of a leather purse.  Or just dedicate that bag to that purpose, that's what I do, a separate container or satchel for each harvestable."

OOC:  Yes, fully ready to move along.
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"Ah, using the stuff directly without even working alchemy on it.  Brilliantly simple, and I doubt a Mage or true alchemist would ever have though of it -- though no doubt an herbalist would.

"Any case, note to self: avoid those triplets of dark shiny leaves."

Then, in a much softer voice, "Unless you know someone deserving enough to be guided into such a bush for a call of nature."

Dne continues to observe from high above.  Does he see anything of note?

Virgilio's talk of training as a mage makes him grateful to be an elementalist.

In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 390):

Dne can see a little of Guillaume 's path ahead, which is coming back to the river crossed by the troll bridge.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 391):

Continue carefully and cautiously along. Reanna will work on maintaining stealth...and watching the upcoming road and bridge for passers.

Dne comes back down and reports what he has (and hasn’t) seen.

"Troll bridge?  I thought those were a tale for children.  Why would a troll actually want to live under a bridge?"

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 394):

"The poor bastard was chained in place, like you. we let him go and took the toll money."
He looks up to the flying elementalist.
"Dne, what do you see? I suspect the guard of St.Remy may be looking for their toll collector."

"I guess they pay off the bridge faster if they use a slave to collect the toll.

"Or line their pockets deeper, anyway.  Serves them right, to relieve them of both their collector and the collected coin.  Still, they're likely to be upset about the loss.  Is there another way across the river?  Before you ask, I climb better than I swim, and I don't climb well."

The spearwielder's voice carries softly from the brush somewhere to the rear, "I too would prefer to avoid the bridge, however, we have horses, this may not be possible.  Regardless, we have bypassed Saint Remy, thus the worst potential for being spotted and remembered has passed, if we can cross the bridge without further incident.  Shall I scout ahead again?"

Dne heads back up for another look.  Any sign of the guard?

In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 398):

There appear to.be three men with odd pole wespons down by one side of the bridge, investigating chains that once bound the troll.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 399):

Reanna, when she hears of this, will ask the guide about other ways to cross.

In reply to Reanna Draegan (msg # 400):

"The nearest fordable crossing is about a day west of here."

"I'm not on a schedule."

Dne quickly comes back down and reports his findings.