Octal was the local specialty alcoholic drink from the Maztican city of Ulatos in Payit, later New Amn.[3]
Description[]
The drink was brewed using the pulp from a species of Maztican cactus called Sand Mother.[4] Unlike drinks imported from Faerûn, such as whiskey and rum, octal was much less potent.[5] It was usually kept in jugs or hollowed out and dried gourds.[1]
A single mug of Octal could be priced at up to 20 cocoa beans – the main currency of the pre-New Amn Maztica.[2] This drink was considered a holy drink by the worshipers of Azul as he was the patron god of octal.[6] The goddess Kiltzi was said to look fondly on certain aspects of human affection, such as wild nights of octal-fuelled revelry and love.[7]
Availability[]
Payit and its city of Ulatos and later Helmsport of New Amn was a major producer of octal. The production of the intoxicating libation was taken over by the colonies and Cordell's Golden Legion following the fall of Payit and Nexal.[8]
History[]
Octal was a popular intoxicating substance consumed by the Maztican humans, as well as orcs and ogres of Nexal – the slaver creatures spawned by the Night of Wailing of the Year of the Helm, 1362 DR.[9][10]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Fires of Zatal
- Novels
- Ironhelm • Viperhand
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Niles (1990). Viperhand. (TSR, Inc), chap. 6. ISBN 0-88038-907-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Niles (August 1991). “A Journey to the True World”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 69. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Tim Beach (September 1991). Fires of Zatal. (TSR, Inc), p. 4. ISBN 1-5607-6139-3.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “A Journey to the True World”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 54. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “Maztica Alive”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 40. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “Gods & Battles”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 26. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “Gods & Battles”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (1990). Ironhelm. (TSR, Inc), chap. 19, p. 292. ISBN 0-8803-8903-6.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Tim Beach (September 1991). Fires of Zatal. (TSR, Inc), p. 46. ISBN 1-5607-6139-3.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Tim Beach (September 1991). Fires of Zatal. (TSR, Inc), p. 44. ISBN 1-5607-6139-3.