Echinacea was a type of flowering plant related to daisies[1] with medicinal properties[1][2] that could be found in the Icewind Dale region.[2]
Description[]
The blooms on these plants bore some resemblance to black-eyed susans, albeit when the latter flowers were in a frail, limp, and thin state.[1]
Usages[]
These plants could be used to treat bacterial infections, cysts, boils, and conditions of the nose and sinuses, as well as to purify blood.[1]
Among the giff, these plants were used as an ingredient in Herb Tea 33-Alpha.[2]
History[]
When the giff mercenary commander, Lieutenant Prook, escaped from the neogi deathspider Er'lir Fezrrega'l after it crash-landed in Icewind Dale, he carried written instructions detailing how to help him should he succumb to the elements. These instructions included what was referred to as "Emergency Protocol 33-Alpha", which called for the use of Herb Tea 33-Alpha, as most standard methods of restoration known on Toril wouldn't work on giff. A recipe for the tea was also included.[2]
A group of adventurers helped Prook acquire the ingredients necessary for the herbal tea. For echinacea, they acquired some from a masked apothecary by the name of Butiki, who in actuality was a trio of Icewind kobolds in a heavy fur coat—Bubu, Kiki, and Tirr.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 William James Cuffe (March 2000). “Extra Healing”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #269 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 45.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Paul Gabat (2021). The Fallen Star (DDAL10-06) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Plague of Ancients (Wizards of the Coast), p. 8.