I know there have been a few threads regarding things like golden apples and lavender, and the fanciful healing powers players used to attribute to them. (My characters used to keep a bit of lavender on hand for those pesky acid traps! What would we have done without lavender, I ask you?) I think I may finally have found a major source of this misinformation!

The Lorethew Mentor Society. (cue ominous music)

Behold, an excerpt from the Mentor society's Empath guild guide...
http://www.dm.net/~aldamus/Mentors/DragonRealms/guides/empath05.htm



"Herbs with other purported beneficial properties:

Lavender Raise vitality
Chamomile Decreases fatigue
Blue Flower Aids harnessing ability
Red Flower Decreases fatigue
Golden Apple Raises vitality"



Heh. I know they qualified it, but it was important enough to include in the guide. Not a real dig at the Mentor society, but it's an amusing indicator of how widespread these beliefs once were.

Same here when I was a Mentor back in the day. Just always better things to do, and with the advent of great player webpages, just no a high priority.

Madigan

Yup, it was easy enough to "confirm" that it worked. You check your fatigue, eat your chamomile, check your fatigue again, and lo and behold - it's better!


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Moon mage Daellid

>if asked will still give out the (mis)information they got whey they were young about golden apples and lavender.

Lovely.


~Honorable Kerrian, Empath of the House of the Verdant Lily~