Curalak & Sea Sponges

AKA: Legion's Ale, Mother's Kiss.
Creator: Phillip of Fobin, Milities Fabrica - Fobin II.
Date: 716 TR

Curalak |

Recipe

The life's work of Phillip of Fobin was graciously donated by his family to the legion at his death in 710TR. Put into full use in the last days of the Kandian war, battle-field physicians found this marvelous potion worked twice as well as half-and-half Best Brandy without the immediate intoxication effects. The patient, once drugged, fell into a deep stupor awaking some hours later feeling refreshed and healthy. While unconscious the potion makes the patient sweat heavily, thus forbidding wound fever to take hold.

Cheaper than Best Brandy - most soldiers began carrying a small flask of Curalak every time they went into battle. Shortly after its initial use, the physicians began to realize the initial recipe for Curalak was highly addictive. Soldiers began injuring themselves just to acquire more. Physicians were forced to reclaim all stashes of Curalak and become more careful with its donations. By 718TR only the physicians and Fabrica are permitted to carry Curalak. Now in its third recipe it is no longer so strong a narcotic.

The original form is now called Legion's Bane and can still be found for sale on the black market.

The newer form has a foul taste and worse smell. It no longer has a somnolent effect and returns none of the patient's strength or awareness. It still acts as a purgative and disinfectant towards wounds. The legion charges double, sometimes even triple what it costs to make. Only Fabrica and physicians receive the potion at cost. The newer formula does not satisfy those addicted to Legion's Bane. They say it quells their need without any of the pleasures.

Appearance:

Legion's Bane is a dark brown in color and smells oddly of oversweet honey.

Curealak (Legion's Ale, Mother's Kiss) is a milky white with the consistency of cream. It tastes like boiled birch bark with garlic and lemon. It smells like a dead skunk that's sat in the sun for about 2 days.

Dose Size:

Legion's Bane 1 dose = 3 oz

Curealak 1 dose = 16 oz

Effects:

Stops any infection from proceeding by destroying the source of the infection. It will not remove the initial damage done by the infection it kills, nor the wound which hosted the infection. It will foam if it encounters gangrenous or dead flesh showing a physician where to trim.

Legion's Bane will put a patient to sleep for several hours (4d6/dose vs. END - difference = number of hours) giving them pleasant dreams and forcing them to sweat profusely. They will awake famished, dry but well rested and relaxed.

Curealak leaves the patient as he was before (maybe a little breathless from its application.)

Sea Sponges

A recent import - soldiers on the battlefield are finding wonderful uses for these dead and dried sea creatures. Soft and flexible to the touch, they absorb great amounts of liquids. They are soked in curalak anywhere from a few days to months before use, and may be stored in a dry place for up to a year before requiring a reapplication of curalak.

They are imported from _________________ by the shipload. These wonderful devices are used by cleaning women and physicians equally - both for their absorbancy and the little care they require.

Appearance:

Light, and easily compressed, a physician can carry as many as 20 to 30 sponges with him with ease. In this form the curalak cannot be stolen, nor drunk - but only applied to the bleeding wound as necessary. Sponges require far less tending than leeches or maggots (which still are part of the physician's package) but they are also far more expensive.

Dosage:

1 sq inch / inch needed to be covered.

Price/Dosage= 5 d / inch.

Effects:

When dipped in curalak and dried, the sponge's absorbancy is lessened. These sponges are then saved for the battlefield where they are applied to great bleeding wounds. Once tied into place with clean bandages, the sponges help apply pressure to the wound and keep the curalak in place. This combination helps slow and eventually stop the blood from flowing out of the body.

When tied tightly in place it reduces a bleeder (B#) by 1 each round. When the bleeder is reduced to B0, the bleeding has stopped and the wound is sealed.

There is no longer the need for a turnaket. In addition there is no worry of blood death , as there is with turnaket use.

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