Mistletoe was a type of small plant in the Realms.[2]
Habitats[]
- In interior Faerûn, mistletoe was common in Chondalwood.[2][6]
- In north Faerûn, mistletoe was extremely prevalent in Druid's Grove of Shadowdale.[7][3]
- In northeast Faerûn, mistletoe could be found growing in the land of Aglarond.[4]
- In the Moonshae Isles region, mistletoe grew on the isle of Gwynneth.[1]
- In the region of the Sea of Moving Ice, Frozenfar, a tough parasitic species of mistletoe, known as frozenfar mistletoe, could be found. It was known for thriving in harsh cold climate.[5]
Beyond Toril[]
Usages[]
- Mistletoe was believed to protect one against spirits.[9]
- Frozenfar mistletoe in was often used in various purification rituals and was known to protect against rot.[5]
Magic[]
- Mistletoe was required as a material component for casting a variety of spells in the Realms, including Briartangle, mold touch, and smoke ghost.[10]
- Many of the oldest versions of druidic spells used mistletoe as a material component.[11] These included animal friendship, animal summoning I, animal summoning II, antiplant shell, barkskin, chariot of Sustarre, control weather, cure disease, cure critical wounds, cure light wounds, cure serious wounds, detect magic, detect snares and pits, entangle, feign death, hallucinatory forest, insect plague, locate animals or plants, pass without trace, plant door, plant growth, predict weather, pyrotechnics, repel insects, shillelagh, snare, speak with plants, stone shape, summon insects, Tree, turn wood, wall of fire, warp wood, and weather summoning.[12]
- Runesticks were typically bound in mistletoe and holly.[13]
Notable Users[]
Races & Intelligent Creatures[]
- Mistletoe was one of the plants that asperii[14] and feystags were known to graze on.[15]
- The Bacchae typically wore vegetative crowns that were sometimes made of mistletoe.[16]
Religion[]
- Mistletoe was considered holy to most druids. They typically felt that the proper way to harvest this plant was with a sickle made of either silver or gold and catching it in a bowl before it touched the ground. Not harvesting in this manner was believed to reduce the potency of mistletoe.[11]
- Whenever worshipers of Silvanus performed a vigil they would anoint themselves with a powder made of crushed mistletoe leaves and acorns, mixed with water from either rain or a spring.[17]
Trivia[]
- A cluster of mistletoe was one of the symbols of the Earthmother.[18]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Niles (November 1987). Moonshae. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 26. ISBN 0-88038-494-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), A Grand Tour of the Realms. (TSR, Inc), p. 122. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard Baker (1993). The Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 44. ISBN 978-1560766674.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Anthony Pryor (June 1995). “Campaign Guide”. In Michele Carter, Doug Stewart eds. Spellbound (TSR, Inc.), p. 56. ISBN 978-0786901395.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cryptic Studios (August 2016). Neverwinter: Storm King's Thunder. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 176. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), Shadowdale. (TSR, Inc), p. 11. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “The Book of Chaos”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), p. 115. ISBN 1560768746.
- ↑ Donald J. Bingle (April 1995). “The Hill of Lost Souls”. In Elizabeth T. Danforth ed. Elminster's Ecologies Appendix I (TSR, Inc), p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0115-2.
- ↑ Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 60, 147–148. ISBN 978-0786903849.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 54. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 54–58, 62–63. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (November 1987). Moonshae. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 62. ISBN 0-88038-494-8.
- ↑ David Cook, Steve Winter, and Jon Pickens (1989). Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix (MC3). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-88038-769-6.
- ↑ David Wise ed. (December 1994). Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 156076838X.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “Monstrous Supplement”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), p. 6. ISBN 1560768746.
- ↑ Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 146. ISBN 978-0786903849.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (November 1987). Moonshae. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 22. ISBN 0-88038-494-8.