The Moonflower is a rarely cultivated flower, mostly grown by Druids and possibly used to brew potions.
About[edit | edit source]
The juice of the ripe berries works as a kind of magical preserver. A potion that duplicates the effect of a spell (like most healing-potions, potion of invisibility, potion of gaseous form, potion of flying and so on) can be produced fairly easy only with the components of the spell and the juice of the “Moon-berry” as major ingredients.
The higher the level of the spell the more juice is needed (usually the juice of one berry per level of the spell per potion). This procedure works for the above mentioned kind of potions, but many of the more powerful potions can’t be produced by this method (alone) and not all spells are suited to be brought into potion form as the reader will surly know.
Growing[edit | edit source]
The Moonflower is a highly magical plant and as you can guess from the name it flowers and ripens only under the full moon. In the wild, it grows in the vicinity of some Lycanthropes lairs, especially where werewolves mark their territory.
This points to a kind of symbiosis between the were-creatures and this plant. The herb reaches a maximum high as your knees and needs a month after germinating to grow a flower. After this it needs again one month for the berry to ripen. It is interesting to note that all plants in one place are in the same state of development; you can find flowers and berries in the same forest but never in exactly the same place. Other than this, the Moonflower favors damp and shadowy places. It has been tried to cultivate the plant but so far in vain. The plant seems to be particular with the conditions of the soil; perhaps it needs the urine of the were-creatures or other things – in any case it is usually a year or more, until you can find the plant in the same place again.
It is clear that under the aforementioned circumstances it is hard and risky to get hold of this plant – especially since master-Lycanthropes know of its value.
Effects[edit | edit source]
There are reports, that the plant has other magical properties as well. It is rumored that it can return a polymorphed or cursed creature to its true shape as long as his mind is still intact. It isn’t reported whether the flowers or the berries or both shall have this effect.
It has been used by several adventurers to ward off the shadow brought onto Isonhound by The One That Waits. A skilled herbalist can take one flower to use as poultice to ward off the corrupting effects of shadow for a small party of adventurers for a day.
