Kh'ron Ick

Kh'ron Ick by Stone Gargoyle

Kh'ron Ick is a strange mold growing on the machines of Kh'ron and is natural to the realm. It has properties due to its origin that give benefits to those who use it, as it affects their relationship to time, slowing it slightly. It is highly valued, as it can be ground up into a spice or used to smoke in a pipe.

Range: Self, must be eaten or inhaled to have any effect.

Duration: One melee round per level or character.

Attacks: Imbibing or inhaling takes one melee attack/action. Smoking longer or eating more will not increase its effects.

Bonuses: When smoked or imbibed through ingestion (taking one melee action, though preparing it will take longer), Kh'ron Ick gives a bonus of +1 action at first level plus +1 attack at levels 4, 8 and 12, and +1 to dodge and parry.

Penalties: Users suffer -1 to Strike while under the influence of the Ick.

Value: In places where it can be found growing, if fetches about 500 gold per ounce, but it is far more valuable when taken from Kh'ron and sold elsewhere, fetching up to 2000 gold per ounce in some areas.