Plant Lore

This skill is used to identify plants, determine the proper amount of sunlight and water for their cultivation, and find the most productive spot for harvesting healing herbs. It also covers uses of plants as poison, antidotes, food, or dyes. You can find and process useful plants with a successful check. You also know how to grow and process wheat, grapes (for wine), and other crops.

Check: SGC/DEX/CON
Applications: Crops, Healing Plants, Poisonous Plants, Plant-based Dyes
Encumbrance: yes (for agriculture and gathering food) or no (for identifying plants)
Quality: gain more information about a plant
Failed Check: the hero doesn’t recognize the plant.
Critical Success: the hero knows everything about the plant, including special properties, and can preserve it to last double the usual amount of time.
Botch: the hero mistakes the plant for another plant, possibly one that is poisonous.
Improvement Cost: C

• Identify plant — depends on the plant
• Find plants — depends on the plant
• Gather herbs, berries, and roots as food for the party — 1 QL = one ration