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This change is going to be happening in the next few days.
The important thing to remember, folks, is that we're wide open to improvements and suggestions. While we're not likely to reverse course on a major plan, we do understand that your needs and experiences with something new shape its value in the game. As this rolls out and we let the initial shock fade, we'll be quick to deal with the stand-out problems.
Also note that this does not mean a lobelia herb makes a depressant pill. It simply means lobelia is the equivalent of a depressant pill as far as curing goes. There's a set of new herbs we'll be introducing for making these pills.
Elixirs/Poultices:
These names will use the same names as their equivalents from Concoctions. The Concoction's names for these are pretty intuitive, and describe exactly what that fluid does. But for completion's sake...
Along with that, we'll be substituting certain commands that are commonly used for curing, such as OUTC, EAT, DRINK, STICK, APPLY, PRESS and so on. If you do OUTC GOLDENSEAL for example, the game will substitute that automatically for you with OUTC EUPHORIANT.
The old city-ruins of Ashtan is a steaming pile of filth and trash-strewn streets with a bordello and the minor concept of a 'drug den' really fits the change of theme. Could it be considered as a means of processing pills and/or a RP scenario of illegal narcotics being passed out or before its widely accepted in world as the new curing design? It would make a great event trying to pass off giving more depth to current events in the ruins and surrounding Ashtan area since they went stagnant.
I am worried this might violate current rules since drugs and narcotics are not something in-world people are permitted to really go in depth with in the mythos. Ashtan city ruins could use the influx of .....not-so-legal-tender...and a bit more RP for perps to go there. Beyond my favorite part of the lovely orc lady beating you up for being a ....bad boy!
Also, Bandages, will they be converted to provide light bleed reduction (like in Imp) or will they just be discontinued? Or.. aesthetic? I know some people probably wouldn't mind using bandages for aesthetic reasons.
Also, Needles. What'll become of needles?
Herbalism, similar to Concoctions, requires you to go out into the wilderness and harvest a variety of a different herbs. Once obtained, you can then take these herbs to a special preparation room to grind them down into pills. Most pills will require at least 2 different herbs to make. Some pills might also require ingredients gathered from the other cure production skillset (and they will require herbs for some of their cures as well!).
Some herbs can also be inserted into a pipe as-is, providing medicinal effects when smoked (i.e. what valerian/skullcap/elm currently do).
As Oleis mentioned earlier, 'pills' are simply herbs and other ingredients ground up in a mortar and pestle, and then rolled in honey.
PLANTS AND HARVESTING
While this will feel similar to Concoctions as it is currently, there's actually quite a few differences!
For plants, there is now a global shared population of plants between all players, instead of players having their own instance of herbs. Plants will regrow periodically throughout the day, the rate at which they regrow depending on how many of that particular plant are left in the room (more left = regrows faster). However, harvesting out a room won't 'damage' it any form (for those of you familiar with an older version of Concoctions), it'll just be slightly slower to regrow. All plants can grow at any time so long as they are in their right environment, and have no other dependencies such as season, maturity, etc.
Harvesting has also changed. You used to be able to walk into a room and type in HARVEST ALL PLANTS and it would harvest everything it could, costing you a chunk of balance. While Herbalism retains similar functionality, the way it plays out is different. I can walk into a room and do HARVEST ALL YARROW AND REISHI AND WILLOW, and I'll start harvesting them all across ticks of balance. The amount of plants you harvest across each tick depends on a random number, scaling to how much of that plant is remaining in the room. As a purely hypothetical scenario, if there's 60/60 remaining, I might harvest 10 in a tick, and if there's 15/60 remaining I might only harvest 1. Individual daily harvesting limits still apply, scaling to your Herbalism skill, but have been greatly reduced from its current number.
Harvesting now also requires a tool in order to be able to harvest: an iron sickle, which can be only be made by those with the Forging skillset.
And for you crafters sweating about what'll happen to your designs that use old Concoction herbs, you have nothing to fear! Obtain an iron sickle, and you can harvest all non-Herbalism plants (including the old Concoction herbs) even if you don't have the Herbalism skill.
Preparation requires you to be standing in a Herbalism preparation room, similar to other Mercantile skills needing their own room. We'll be offering free access to one of these in Esterport for the first 2 weeks, and then charging a nominal fee for 24-hours access after all. Like other Mercantile preparation rooms, these rooms can be purchased by cities for a bulk sum of gold.
Similar to harvesting, preparation operates on a balance tick basis. You can prepare up to 5 pills at once per tick, and it's as simple as doing PREPARE 50 ANTIPSYCHOTIC. Running desperate for pills but don't have enough herbs to make all that you need? Then add elemental ashes or elemental ice to your preparation! These increase the potency of your cure, allowing you to make your pills smaller, multiplying the amount of pills you get from a single batch. For example, if I PREPARE 10 ANTIPSYCHOTIC WITH ICE, I'll use up 10 elemental ice and prepare 300 antipsychotic pills (note: hypothetical numbers, actual multiplier tbd).
And to make preparation as easy as possible without needing a system, it will search your cache for the necessary ingredients and use them from there!
Anyway, that's all I have to say about Herbalism. Stay tuned for details on the second skillset!
If so, is it possible to have the command altered so that you can choose to harvest a specific amount and still choose to go for several herbs? I.e. HARVEST # [AND AND ]
If not, is the balance broken down so you can opt to leave the room at a specified tick, to leave enough behind for that same purpose?
For organizations, is it possible to repurpose other merchantile rooms to these new ones to balance needs without emptying the coffers completely?
Will these mercantile rooms also be a haven/house option like all other mercantile skills? If so, charging gold for use, is pointless. If it's not an option, will all other mercantile skills become a charge on use of room similar to this mercantile skill? Will there be an artifact sickle option? Will there be recreational drug options? IE: Some players like smoking weed, mushrooms and I forget the undead version. For that, I could see paying a little extra to access a seedy prep room, hidden away in Esterport.
Sorry for the bombardment of questions! Aside from this, I'm looking forward to the changes!
These won't be a haven addition. I'm open to houses, but not right away. As I stated earlier in the thread, I'm not interested in advancing an illegal drug theme.
Yep, you can do HARVEST #. You can also do HARVEST STOP to stop prematurely.
I'm not sure what you mean by repurpose rooms. If you're asking if you can make existing rooms be made into a Herbalism room, even if they're already set up for another mercantile skill, then yes that is possible.
Glad to see this change. +1 support.
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This also might save some hassle and city people can assist other members of its own city to 'make/produce' the new stuff
I've noticed people also making designs like "mana cookies" and so on, what will happen there?