Aetherwine

Aetherwine is an anesthetic commonly used by Chirurgeons and Oneirophysics in medical procedures.

Overview

This anesthetic is brewed from a grape-like goblin fruit known as aetherfruit, which, when consumed raw, intensifies dreams. The brewing is a tedious, weeks-long process, producing only small batches of aetherwine at a time — ten doses worth, each an ounce large. Mechanically, this is represented by an extended Wits + Crafts + Wyrd roll, with each roll representing a day of work; the target is twenty successes. Anyone other than Wizened Brewers makes these rolls at a -2 penalty, and failure on any individual roll results in the batch being ruined. Each dose has the potential to render its consumer unconscious almost immediately. (Roll the consumer’s Stamina + Resolve at a -4 penalty. Success or Exceptional Success means the wine does not work. Failure or Dramatic Failure and the consumer falls into a deep dream-state and remains unconscious for 11 turns minus his Stamina + Resolve if the roll was a contested one. The consumer can elect not to resist the Aetherwine’s effect.) This property is lost if the substance is diluted, and as Aetherwine has a bitter taste and numbs the tongue when tasted, it is difficult to consume it unknowingly. Tasting the wine without consuming a full dose does not activate its anesthetic property.

References

• CTL: Lords of Summer, p. 157