Expanded Gathering rules for Herbalism, Poisons, and Brewing

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Basic
Where magical healing is rare or unavailable, medicinal herbs and poisons are often used to approximate. In areas with less knowledge of the subject, medicinal herbs are sometimes treated as a type of magic, and their effects can match those of low level spells.

You can spend an hour in the wild in a particular environment searching for medicinal herbs. At the end of the hour, make a Nature (Intelligence) check, upon which you find a medicinal plant or animal with a DC to identify on the table below. If an animal is listed with an Animal Handling DC, this is the DC to milk the animal, and the DC - 5 to identify it using a Nature (intelligence) check.

When you find a medicinal plant or poisonous animal, you can harvest enough material to craft 1d4 doses of herbal medicine or poison from it. Some of these can be harmful, and the rules for determining any injury can be found in the appropriate plant or animal description.

Herbalism and Favored Terrain
When in its favored terrain, a ranger can attempt to make two checks to identify medicinal plants and poisons whenever they would normally be able to make one. The ranger needs no additional time to make the second check.

Creating Herbal Treatments
A herbalism kit or poisoners kit is necessary to craft poisons or herbal remedies. Both types of kits come with 5 vials for storing doses of material, and more vials can be purchased. Alchemist's Supplies and Brewer's Supplies work in a similar manner.

Attempting to craft materials from these tools requires a check to be made. Milking the poisons from a creature must be done immediately, although some creature can be held on to for later use with specially designed equipment. Actually milking a creature using a poisoner's kit or alchemist's supplies requires an Animal Handling (Wisdom) check made, with the DC listed on the creature tables. A creature without proficiency using the associated tools has disadvantage on the check as they struggle to properly use their equipment.

A creature does not need proficiency with the appropriate tools to craft items from plants using a Brewer's Supplies, Herbalism Kit, or Poisoner's Kit. However, crafting the material does require an Intelligence check using the appropriate tool proficiency.

Spoiler: Creatures and Herbal Plants

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This section describes the herbs a character might encounter while out in the wild.

Achotlin The bush's waxy green leaves don't stand out very well, and it is often recognized by the rods of tiny white flowers sticking up from the stem and bending over.

Adder's Tongue This fern has a single, large leaf from which extends a rod of tiny yellowish-green bundles of spores and grows in moist meadows, shady clearings, and dunes.

Agave Agaves have thick leaves arranged in a rosette. Most varieties produce a single massive flowering stalk before they die. Most of a leaf's surface is smooth, but the needles on the edges are strong enough to be used for sowing.

Angelica This plant looks very much like celery, growing up to eight feet tall after its first year. Its roots are often used in cooking for their pleasant aroma.

Arjuna Beside the rounded leaves growing off the sides and fruit with center folds, this tree can recognized by the roots spreading out over the top of the ground at the base.

Ashwagandha In winter, this shrub grows red, inedible berries with a surrounding papery cover. Dull green leaves grow close to the central stem.

Basilisk These monstrosities can petrify creatures with their gaze. Their saliva can reverse these effects, allowing them to eat the creatures they have petrified.

Basket Stinkhorn This fungus grows an egg-like structure, from which the fruit erupts, smelling of death. It is named from the hollow structure surrounding the spores, which resembles crossing veins.

Boswellia This tree grows segmented leaves, each with an odd number of leaflets, and has small white flowers with pink centers. When the trunk is cut the resin forms large globs along the surface, which can be gathered for later use.

Brahmi The thick, rounded leaves of this plant grow even underwater, with small white flowers growing in portions above the surface.

Candlenut This large tree grows in tropical climates, growing oily green nuts that float on the sea.

Carrion Crawler Carrion crawlers scour putrid flesh from carcasses and gobble the slimy bones that remain. More information on them can be found in the Monster Manual. A character milking a Carrion Crawler must make a DC 12 Sleight of Hand (Dexterity) check to avoid being exposed to the mucus on its tentacles.

Comfrey This herb grows up to three feet tall, with hairy leaves and bell shaped flowers and grows in wet ditches. The roots are black on the outside, but when broken reveal a white inside as they ooze clear sap.

Coneflower Coneflowers are recognized by their large purple flowers, which grow on prairie or the edge of trees. Chewing a flower numbs the mouth.

Dart Frog These brightly colored frogs possess horrible tasting and paralysis inducing chemicals in their skin. A character that works with a dart frog must make a DC 12 Sleight of Hand (Dexterity check or Make a DC 15 constitution saving throw. on a failed save the creature is paralyzed for 1 minute.

Devil's Club This large plant's large leaves and long stems would make it look tropical, if it weren't for the long spines covering every inch of it. The bright red berries grow on top, and are loved by bears. A creature that harvests any part of the plant must make a DC 10 Sleight of Hand (Dexterity) check or take 1d4 piercing damage.

Devil's Fingers This mushroom erupts from a white covering, sending out seven blood red tentacle structures covered in spores on the upper side.

Foxglove This plant grows a stalk from which a vertical row of flowers extends out.

Garlic This small bulb has a powerful smell, particularly when the dark green leaves are crushed, and grows in open meadows.

Giant Spearmoss This moss is noteworthy for growing underwater in small pools as well as for each part of the plant being significantly larger than those of other mosses.

Ginseng Ginseng grows in a mound, with large, deeply divided leaves and a small bundle of flowers extended from a separate stem. The roots extend into the ground before dividing in two.

Golden Root The stems of this plant rarely extend more than a foot above the stocky, scaly root. The stems are stocky, with serrated leaves and end in a bundle of yellow flowers.

Gotu Kola This plant grows low to the ground, with circular leaves that have a raised lip around the edge. It is also sometimes used as a leafy vegetable.

Great Mullein This herb grows a central stalk, with large leaves growing out forming a rosette.

Hensbane This smelly plant has large leaves bunching on the ground and short stalks with yellow, veined flowers and grows along clearings.

A creature that ingests hensbane must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 2d6 poison damage.

Juniper Juniper is an evergreen shrub easily recognized by its large purple berries.

Man-O-War Actually a grouping on animal-like creatures, a man-o-war looks a bit like a jellyfish, with a gas filled bell floating on the surface and singing tentacles dragging into the water behind it. They float with the current, sometimes washing up on shore. A creature that attempts to work with a man-o-war must make a Sleight of Hand (Dexterity) check or take 1d4 poison damage.

Maral Named for a type of deer, this plant grows a bundle of large leaves from the root, from which a long stem extends bearing a large, purple flower. The inside of the roots is orange, as are the smaller stringy off growths.

Marsh-Mallow Named for where it grows, this entire plant is hairy, with large leaves branching off of white stalks. The roots are stringy and reddish-brown.

Mesquite This large tree grows small waxy leaves and large seed pods that can be pounded for food in an emergency. The gum in particular has several medicinal uses.

Milk Thistle This plant's smaller leaves are pointed and sharp, growing from a large central stem. It can be recognized by the light purple flowers and the white sap that flows from damaged sections of the plant. A creature that harvests any part of the plant must make a DC 10 Sleight of Hand (Dexterity) check or take 1 piercing damage.

Mugwort This plant grows unevenly divided leaves on branches coming off a central stem, with bundles of tiny white flowers on the plant's extremities.

Osha Osha resembles a giant carrot above ground, but can be recognized by the spicy, celery like smell of its roots.

Passionflower This vine is named for the large, cross shaped stamen of the white and purple flowers. It grows in the shade of the jungle canopy.

Poisonous Snake Some snakes are highly venomous, with long, hollow fangs. Some particularly massive snakes possess, such as black mambas and king cobras possess particularly strong venom. A creature that tries to milk a snake and fails its check by 10 or more is bitten by the snake, which uses the stat block of the poisonous snake or giant poisonous snake as listed in the Monster Manual.

Poppy This flower has a noticeable shape, but the flower buds can be collected to make a powerful sleeping drug.

Purple Worm Massive and incredibly powerful, purple worms live in deep deserts. The venom in their stingers is vicious, and used to drive away competitors for mates and territory. A creature that tries to milk a snake and fails its check by 10 or more is bitten by the worm, which uses the stat block of the giant purple worm as listed in the Monster Manual.

Scorpion Relatives of spiders, scorpions possess the venomous stinger. Typically smaller scorpions have stronger venom, but the most massive specimens often have venom strong enough to kill a horse after a single string. A creature that tries to milk a snake a fails its check by 10 or more is bitten by the snake, which uses the stat block of the scorpion or giant scorpion as listed in the Monster Manual.

Sea Buck-Thorn This thorny plant can handle salt, but not shade. The bright orange berries are sour and difficult to collect but can me mixed into drinks. Despite the name it can also be found above the tree line of mountains. A creature that harvests any part of the plant must make a DC 10 Sleight of Hand (Dexterity) check or take 1 piercing damage.

Sea Urchin These animals are related to starfish, but a covered in venomous spines. A creature that attempts to work with a sea urchin must make an Animal Handling (Wisdom) check or take 1 piercing damage. A creature that takes this damage must make a DC 8 Constitution saving throw or take 1d4 poison damage.

Sphagnum Moss This think moss grows in swamps, sometimes growing so thickly it appears to be solid ground before you step on it.

Sponge Actually an animal, these highly absorbent creatures' remains can be used to soak up liquid.

Stingray Shaped flat like other skates and rays, stingrays possess a pair of stingers on the base of their tails. This venom is fairly weak, but still painful for longer periods.

Sweetgale This favorite of beavers grows in in water, with large rounded leaves and bundles of fruit on a stick.

Tabebuia This tree is most easily recognizable by the trumpet shaped flowers and bundles of oval leaves.

Tamanu This tree has a whirled brown trunk, and waxy leaves. The flowers grow in clusters and produce spherical green, oily nuts.

Touch-Me-Not This bright green plant has neatly divided leaves on low stems. The easiest way to identify it is by touch, as the plant quickly folds in on itself when you brush against it.

True-Love True-love grows in woodland, with bundles of leaves bearing a white flower or purple berry rising from the roots.

Valerian This plant has rounded leaflets, and bunches of white to red flowers the grow above them. The roots are string, with only the center turning from brown to white.

Yarrow This plant grows in fields, marshes, and ditches, and is recognized by its stalks bearing sharp leaves and white spotted magenta flowers.

Wyvern Relatives of dragons, wyverns possess a vicious stinger on the ends of their tails.

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Angelica	12 Nature	Spring and Autumn	Health Booster, Remedy
Devil's Club	15 Nature	Autumn	Health Booster, Gut Flush
Giant Spearmoss	7 Nature	Summer	Dressing
Golden Root	17 Nature	Summer and Autumn	Remedy, Strength Booster
Juniper	10 Nature	Autumn	Gruit, Poison Cure, Gut Flush
Maral	12 Nature	Autumn	Powermind, Strength Booster
Mugwort	12 Nature	Summer	Burn Salve, Powermind, Gruit

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Candlenut	5 Nature	Year Round	Candlenut Clock, Oil
Touch-Me-Not	12 Nature	Year Round	Dressing, Restful Tea
Garlic	10 Nature	Spring	Remedy, Vampire's Bane
Man-O-War	17 Nature	Winter	Paralysis Toxin
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	All but Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)
Sea Buck-Thorn	7 Nature	Autumn and Winter	Restful Tea
Sweetgale	10 Nature	All but Winter	Clearbreath, Gut Flush
Tamanu	12 Nature	Year Round	Dressing, Gut Flush

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Adder's Tounge	15 Nature	Spring and Summer	Recovery Tea
Agave	7 Nature	Year Round	Burn Slave, Distillation, Dressing
Ashwagandha	15 Nature	Autumn	Powermind
Boswellia	17 Nature	Spring and Autumn	Powermind, Painkiller
Giant Poisonous Snake	20 Animal Handling	Year Round	Antitoxin, Poison (3d6, 11)
Hensbane	10 Nature	Summer and Autumn	Health Booster, Knockout Draught, Shaking Poison
Mesquite	10 nature	All but Winter	Eye Clearer, Dressing
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	All but Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Comfrey	10 Nature	Spring	Recovery Tea, Staunching Wrap
Coneflower	5 Nature	Summer	Remedy, Painkiller
Ginseng	7 Nature	Fall	Clearbreath, Lifebring Tea
Juniper	10 Nature	Autumn	Poison Cure, Gruit, Gut Flush
Mesquite	15 Nature	All but Winter	Eye Clearer, Dressing
Mugwort	12 Nature	Summer	Burn Salve, Powermind, Gruit
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	All but Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)
Sphagnum Moss	15 Nature	Summer	Absorbant, Dressing
True-Love	17 Nature	Spring	Gut Flush, Remedy

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Coneflower	5 Nature	Summer	Remedy, Painkiller
Comfrey	12 Nature	Spring	Recovery Tea, Staunching Wrap
Garlic	7 Nature	Spring	Remedy, Vampire's Bane
Giant Poisonous Snake	20 Animal Handling	Year Round	Antitoxin, Poison (3d6, 11)
Great Mullein	15 Nature	Spring	Lifebring Tea, Painkiller
Milk Thistle	7 Nature	Autumn	Gut Flush
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	All but Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)
Valerian	10 Nature	Spring and Autumn	Powermind, Knockout Draught

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Achotlín	15 Nature	Year Round	Remedy, Restful Tea, Staunching Wrap
Candlenut	5 Nature	Year Round	Candlenut Clock, Oil
Dart Frog	7 Animal Handling	Year Round	Health Booster, Paralysis Toxin
Passionflower	10 Nature	Spring	Knockout Draught, Painkiller
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	Year Round	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)
Scorpion	15 Animal Handling	All But Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (1d8, 9)
Tabebuia	15 Nature	Year Round	Oil, Recovery Tea, Remedy

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Comfrey	15 Nature	Spring	Recovery Tea
Foxglove	10 Nature	Summer	Poison (2d4, 10), Recovery Tea
Garlic	5 Nature	Summer	Oil, Vampire's Bane
Hensbane	15 Nature	Summer	Knockout Draught, Shaking Poison
Juniper	10 Nature	Autumn	Poison Cure, Gruit, Gut Flush
Mugwort	12 Nature	Summer	Burn Salve, Powermind, Gruit
Osha	7 Nature	Spring	Clearbreath
Sea Buck-Thorn	7 Nature	Autumn and Winter	Restful Tea

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Arjuna	15 Nature	Winter	Lifebring Tea
Brahmi	15 Nature	Autumn	Powermind, Painkiller
Gotu Kola	17 Nature	Summer and Autumn	Burn Salve, Staunching Wrap
Marsh-Mallow	17 Nature	Summer and Autumn	Burn Salve, Staunching Wrap
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	All but Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)
Sphagnum Moss	7 Nature	Year Round	Absorbant, Dressing
Sweetgale	10 Nature	All but Winter	Clearbreath, Gut Flush
Yarrow	10 Nature	Spring	Gruit, Staunching Wrap

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Basket Stinkhorn	25 Nature	Spring and Summer	Poison (3d6, 11)
Devil's Fingers	10 Nature	Summer and Autumn	Poison Dust
Giant Poisonous Snake	20 Animal Handling	Year Round	Antitoxin, Poison (3d6, 11)
Scorpion	15 Animal Handling	Year Round	Antitoxin, Poison (1d8, 9)

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Name	DC to Identify	Season	Applications
Man-O-War	17 Nature	All but Summer	Paralysis Toxin
Poisonous Snake	15 Animal Handling	Year Round	Antitoxin, Poison (2d4, 10)
Sea Urchin	10 Nature	All but Winter	Antitoxin, Poison (1d4, 8)
Sponge	12 Nature	Year Round	Absorbent
Stingray	15 Animal Handling	Year Round	Shaking Poison

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Name	DC to Milk	Applications
Basilisk	25 Animal Handling	Petrification Cure
Carrion Crawler	25 Animal Handling	Strong Paralysis Toxin
Giant Scorpion	25 Animal Handling	Antitoxin, Poison (4d10, 12)
Purple Worm	35 Animal Handling	Poison (12d6, 19)
Wyvern	30 Animal Handling	Antitoxin, Poison (7d6, 15)

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Craftable Materials
Herbs must typically be prepared to be of any use. The preceding tables shows the potential uses of a given herb in the environment and season listings. Most materials listed here have no effect of constructs or undead, as they lack the internal organs these materials effect.

Materials

Name	Cost	DC to Craft
Absorbent	2 gp	5 Herbalist's Kit
Burn Salve	1 gp	7 Herbalist's Kit
Candlenut Clock	5 sp	5 Sleight of Hand
Clearbreath	12 gp	7 Herbalist's Kit
Distillation	2 sp	12 Brewer's Supplies
Dressing	10 gp	7 Herbalist's Kit
Eye Clearer	30 gp	12 Herbalist's Kit
Gruit	1 gp	7 Brewer's Supplies
Gut Flush	75 gp	12 Herbalist's Kit
Health Booster	50 gp	15 Herbalist's Kit
Knockout Draught	75 gp	15 Herbalist's Kit
Oil	1 sp	5 Herbalist's Kit
Paralysis Toxin	50 gp	17 Poisoner's Kit
Petrification Antidote	200 gp	20 Alchemist's Supplies
Poison	Varies	Special
Poison Dust	250 gp	15 Poisoner's Kit
Powermind	15 gp	10 Herbalist's Kit
Recovery Tea	50 gp	7 Herbalist's Kit
Remedy	25 gp	7 Herbalist's Kit
Shaking Poison	200 gp	10 Poisoner's Kit
Staunching Wrap	25 gp	12 Herbalist's Kit
Strong Paralysis Toxin	200 gp	20 Poisoner's Kit

Spoiler: Material Descriptions

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Absorbent This material can be used to soak up liquids, and often to put pressure on wounds. 1 pound of absorbent can pick up 1 gallon of liquid. If the absorbent is held to the wound of an unconscious creature's wounds as an action, the creature regains 1 hit point.

Burn Salve 1 gp of burn slave can be used to sooth minor burns and treat sunburn. If a creature applies 100 worth of burn slave to itself, it gains fire resistance for 1 hour or until it is doused in water. Applying burn slave takes 1 minute in either case.

Candlenut Clock This candle is made of three large, oily nuts of the tropical candlenut tree. The candle emits 5 feet of dim light for up to 1 hour. One half a nut is consumed by the flames in 10 minutes, allowing for a character to tell the time based on the remaining number of shells.

Clearbreath A creature can chew on a dose of clearbreath for up to 10 minutes, during which it has advantage on saving throws against strong smells, such as a troglodyte's strench, as well as on saving throws against vapors like those created by the stinking cloud spell.

Distillation Distillations are concentrated alcoholic drinks, with carrying types and flavors based on the material used. For instance, distilled agave is known as mezcal.

Eye Clearer A dose of eye clearer added to a creature's eyes before a long rest sooths the creature's eyes reduces by 1 any penalty to attack rolls and ability checks that rely on sight at the end of the long rest.

Gut Flush If a creature ingests gut flush over a short or long rest, all poisons ingested by the creature end at the end of the rest.

Gruit Gruit is an alternative to hops used in flavoring beer. 1 dose of gruit added to a barrel of beer improves the taste, doubling the value compared to beers made purely to provide sanitized water.

Health Booster Any creature that ingests a health booster gains 2d4 temporary hit points. A creature that consumes more than one health booster in a 24-hour period must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or suffer the poisoned condition for 1 hour.

Knockout Draught A creature that ingests this compound must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or falls unconscious for 1 minute, until the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper awake.

Lifebring Tea If drunk as a tea over a short or long rest, a reduction to a character's maximum hit points is reduced by 1d4 points, although the character doesn't regain any hit points from this effects.

Paralysis Poison Paralysis poison can be applied to a weapon or piece of ammunition as an action. The next time the weapon or ammunition hits a creature within the next minute the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its next turn. Until this poison ends, the target is paralyzed.

Petrification Antidote A creature that is coated with petrification antidote is cured of the petrified condition. Applying the antidote takes 1 minute.

Poison Damaging poisons come in a variety of strengths, with different costs, damage and save DCs.

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Type	Cost	Save DC	Damage
Foxglove Poison	75 gp	10 Con	2d4 Poison
Giant Scorpion	500 gp	12 Con	4d10 Poison
Purple Worm Poison	2000 gp	19 Con	12d6 Poison
Scorpion Poison	50 gp	9 Con	1d8 Poison
Sea Urchin	25 gp	8 Con	1d4 Poison
Serpent Venom	200 gp	11 Con	3d6 Poison
Snake Venom	75 gp	10 Con	2d4 Poison
Wyvern Poison	1200 gp	15 Con	7d6 Poison

Poison Cure Introducing poison cure into a poisoned creature's bloodstream (for example, by rubbing it on an open wound) allows the creature to immediately make a saving throw against each poison affecting it.

Poison Dust Poison dusts can be blown into a 5 foot square as an action, and affect nasal membranes, tear ducts, and other parts of the body. Each creature in the square must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. The poisoned creature is blinded.

Powermind A dose of this material, burned and inhaled for 1 minute, grants advantage on intelligence and Wisdom saving throws for 1 hour, and vulnerability to psychic damage for the same duration. If a creature inhales more than 3 doses before taking a long rest, it also has disadvantage on Constitution saving throws for the same duration.

Recovery Tea If you drink a dose of recovery tea during a long rest, you regain one additional hit die (to your normal maximum) at the end of that long rest.

Remedy Taking a remedy grants you advantage on your next saving throw against any poison or disease affecting you at the time your take it.

Shaking Poison A creature injured by shaking poison must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute.

Staunching Wrap As an action, the staunching wrap can be applied to a creature that has lost hit points within the last minute, causing the creature to heal 1d6 hit points, up a maximum of the number of hit points it lost in that period. The creature then cannot benefit from staunching wrap for 1 minute or until it takes damage. Applying the wrap requires a successful DC 10 medicine check.

Strong Paralysis Poison Strong paralysis poison can be applied to a weapon or piece of ammunition as an action. The next time the weapon or ammunition hits a creature within the next minute the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. Until this poison ends, the target is paralyzed. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the poison on itself on a success.

Vampire's Bane A creature can coat itself in a dose of vampire's bane as an action. For 1 hour afterward vampires and their spawn have disadvantage on attack rolls made against the creature.

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I hope this is entirely unnecessary, but do not use a list of game effects for treating anyone medically. Check with a Doctor instead. Okay, with that out of the way I really should have some design notes here.

So, a lot of the tools are pretty useless in 5e d&d, so I figured I would at least expand them a bit. This mostly focuses on gathering and crafting for Herbalism and Poisoning; Brewing and Alchemy are throw in for consistency. Similarly, there's not a lot of flexibility in effects outside spellcasting. Crafting takes more time, but I hope it grants some level of parity to characters without access to spells. I would only allow a Nature check to be substituted for Survival if the plant can also be eaten or if it is already possessed and could harm you. Otherwise I think tracking and obtaining food should be the domain of one skill while knowledge of specific various plants or animal habitats should be the domain of the other.

A few of the new materials are renamed from some of the non-magical potions in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, but the main idea was to provide some more flexibility for non-magical healing on top of that. I mostly tried to focus on actual applications of plants, but you could approximate higher level healing with mythical plants from other planes. Some are taken from Dragon magazine #88 (here, I have no idea if phones will download this). A few concepts are also taken from Dael Kingsmill's herbalism document, but I haven't checked it in a while so don't recall what exactly. Some plants I found by googling traditional medicines, although I then did follow up searches to see if there is actually any evidence they work better than placebo. For some plants the evidence was very shaky, but this is listed more to explain why the list my be missing some of the major plants from a particular tradition.

Plants are listed by the general time they are in season; animals by when they're typically active. Otherwise the DCs are slightly arbitrary between the gatheree's listed uses and physical appearance. I'm not 100% sure how to suggest they be ruled in game if someone is searching for either any plants or a specific plant.