Medicinals

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The drug­store is the cen­ter of mod­ern health. A poor drug­gist may car­ry the basics. A well-appoint­ed chemist might ser­vice all the entries on this page.

Note: Drugs with a hook die are habit form­ing. See tol­er­ance.

gray salt

Griso­date is essen­tial. All drug­stores sell it. Humans need 2 dos­es per week—in meals or in tonics—to avert patho­gen­e­sis.

barber

ITEM Weight PRICE
Shav­ing soap, 12 shaves XS 2p
After­shave, witch-hazel, bot­tle of 12 S 1S
Tal­cum pow­der, tin (12) S 1S
Car­bol­ic soap S 1S

drugstore

ITEM hook die Weight PRICE
Ban­dage — XS 3p 
Ban­dage, styp­tic — XS 8p
Ban­dage tin — * £1
Bit­ters, diges­tive
 — XS 1S
Cig­a­rettes, bel­ladon­na, pack (10) * d6 XS 3½p
Cig­a­rettes, pep­perelle, pack (20) * d6 XS 3p
Cig­a­rettes, pep­perelle, car­ton (20x10) * d6 XS £1 1S
Chlo­ro­form, bot­tle — S £3
Burn cream, tin (5) — XS 10p
Griso­date, gran­u­lat­ed, 1 oz — XXS £1
Hartshorn cap­sule — XS £1
Heal­ing salve, tin (5) — XS £1
Lau­danum, bot­tle (12) * d6 S 12p
Lau­danum, mini­bot­tle (4) * d6 XS 1S
Pep­perelle, loose, can (40) — XS 10p
Phe­nol, bot­tle (6) — S 8p
Sooth­ing oint­ment, tin (4) — XS £2
Suture thread — XXS 4p
Suture nee­dle — XXS 2p
Sur­gi­cal spir­its, bot­tle (6) — S £1
Sur­gi­cal tape — XS 5p
Ton­ic soda, 6.5 oz bot­tle — S 1S
Ton­ic, con­cen­trat­ed, ampoule — XS 2 ½p 

bar­gain Med­ical kit // £3

x6 ban­dages, x1 mini lau­danum, x1 heal­ing salve, x1 burn cream, x1 oz conc. ton­ic, x1 hartshorn cap­sule.

BANDAGE
Clean muslin dress­ing in a paper pack­et.

STYPTIC BANDAGE
Alum-infused. +2 to stanch Exan­guina­tion stress but shriv­els the flesh: Treat­ed stress requires +2 stitch­es to heal.

BANDAGE TIN
Stamped tin w/ riv­et­ed thin leather straps. +11 pock­et space for med­ical items. Counts as a strapped item when worn.

BELLADONNA CIGARETTES
With stra­mo­ni­um and lobelia. Flo­ral, numb­ing, anti­spas­mod­ic, light­ly deliri­ous. Dilates pupils. Effects as cig­a­rette and +1 Poi­son stress, ignore 1 malus, and counter cough for 1 hr.

digestive bitters
Com­plex herbal diges­tif in a fil­i­gree bot­tle. When had with a meal: Reroll a sin­gle result of 1 for stitch­es gained.

BURN Cream
Jel­lied aloe vera. When applied to a Burn stress with 0 stitch­es, it applies 1 stitch.

CHLOROFORM
Small brown bot­tle of anes­thet­ic inhalant. Elic­its uncon­scious­ness with­in 10 m but caus­es 1 Burn stress if patient fails For­ti­tude -2.

HEALING SALVE
Greasy salve of cal­en­du­la and orange extract. When applied to a Wound stress with 0 stitch­es, it applies 1 stitch.

HARTSHORN CAPSULE
Ampoule in cot­ton padding and wire cage. When snapped, releas­es pow­er­ful ammo­nia vapors that abrupt­ly reverse uncon­scious­ness.

LAUDANUM
Bit­ter tinc­ture of 11% coqueli­cot. Spoon­ful: Ignore 1 malus, +1 to sleep, -4 to Per­cep­tion rolls for 2 hours. +1 Drowsy stress per addi­tion­al dose, per day.

PEPPERELLE CIGARETTES
Stim­u­lat­ing aro­mat­ic smokes. Emit pes­ter­ing, dusty dox­bells. +1 Smog stress. While you have it: +1 com­fort.

  • Chain smok­ing: 1 smoke every dan­ger round (10 mins.) While you have one lit: -1 malus and immu­ni­ty to tired­ness and hunger. +1 Smog stress per hour of chain smok­ing.

PHENOL
Anti­sep­tic solu­tion of 2% car­bol­ic acid. Dis­tinct tar­ry odor. Used to soak ban­dages, pre­vent­ing infec­tion.

SURGICAL TAPE
Adheres to blood-wet skin. When used to stanch bleed­ing, counts as a pair of hands com­press­ing the wound.

SURGICAL SPIRITS
Dena­tured alco­hol and iodine. Instant anti­sep­tic. Does­n’t require a ban­dage to clean wounds. Stains skin yel­low.

Tonic soda
Fan­ci­ful bot­tled griso­date soft drink. Hore­hound, cher­ry, juniper, or aniseed fla­vor. Hydrat­ing. Pre­vents plague.

Tonic ampoule
Cloudy ampoule of max­i­mum-con­cen­tra­tion griso­date brine. Eas­i­ly con­cealed in a pot of stew. Pre­vents plague.

SOOTHING OINTMENT
Pink, numb­ing coqueli­cot jel­ly with men­thol. When applied to a Pain stress with 0 stitch­es, applies 1 stitch.

advanced

ITEM hook Weight PRICE
Adren­a­line, injec­tor (1) — XS £10
Cau­sticks, tube (6) — XS £1
Cauter patch (1) — XS £1
Clot fac­tor, injec­tor (1) — XS £5
Ephedrine, vial (1) d6 S £8
Paraskin patch (1) — XS £12
Sul­fa oint­ment, tin (4) — XS £10
Sul­fa pills, bot­tle (3)
 — XS £14
Suture wire, sil­ver — XS £1
Sur­gi­cal kit, field — 1# £10

ADRENALINE
Minis­cule glass autoin­jec­tor of yel­low adren­a­line iso­late. Revers­es uncon­scious­ness, removes 1 Weary, and ignore malus for 2 turns. 1-in-4 chance of ter­ror roll if patient has dis­tress.

CAUSTICKS
Tube of caus­tic sil­ver nitrate match­es. Hemo­sta­t­ic effect acti­vat­ed by water. +2 to stop bleed­ing. Also removes warts.

CAUTER PATCH
Thick paper-backed patch in foil enve­lope. Black, sticky inte­ri­or chem­i­cal­ly cau­ter­izes wounds. +4 to resist severe bleed­ing. Caus­es 1 Burn stress and a broad, ashen scar.

CLOT FACTOR
Short syringe of cloudy coag­u­lant pro­teins sourced from hogs. +2 to Immu­ni­ty rolls vs bleed­ing for an hour.

EPHEDRINE
Brown vial of stim­u­lant. Pro­duces warmth, ener­gy, and ten­sion in the scalp. For 4 hrs :+1 to all rolls, immu­ni­ty to hunger and tired­ness. Per addi­tion­al dose per day: +1 Weary and suf­fer 1 Swel­ter stress when gain­ing Weary from phys­i­cal activ­i­ty.

PARASKIN
Soft organ­ic swatch in foil enve­lope. Made from hog platelets. Fus­es with bro­ken skin. Applies 1 stitch to a fresh Burn or Wound stress.

SULFA OINTMENT
Greasy straw-col­ored antibi­ot­ic sul­fon­amide. When smeared into a wound, pre­vents infec­tion and gives +4 to Immu­ni­ty rolls made to resist present infec­tion.

SULFA pills
Grey-yel­low sul­fon­amide tablets. Grants body-wide +4 to Immu­ni­ty rolls made to resist bac­te­r­i­al infec­tion.

SURGICAL KIT, FIELD
Scis­sors, shears, lancets, scalpels, hemo­stats, for­ceps, and a tra­cheal can­nu­la in a hard leatherette case. Not suit­able for ampu­ta­tions, trepan­ning, or cav­i­ty surgery.

fournisseur

ITEM hook avail­abil­i­ty Weight PRICE
Coqueli­cot, dab  d6 com­mon XXS 1S
Lotus petal, per petal  d4 rare XS £1
Praf, .25 g d6 uncom­mon XXS 16p
Yer­ba roja, 1 g d10 uncom­mon XXS 4–8p

No sub­stance is wide­ly banned, though moral objec­tion grows in some regions. Acquir­ing recre­ation­al drugs is large­ly a mat­ter of sup­ply.

coquelicot
Syrupy lion pop­py resin. Smoked in a long sad­dle-back pipe, vaporous and pink. Stronger than lau­danum. Per dab: 1 com­fort, +2 to sleep, ignore 2 malus, can­not suc­ceed Per­cep­tion for 2 hrs. +1 Drowsy stress per addi­tion­al dose, per day.

Praf
AKA Blood of the Dust God. Exot­ic pow­der bright as red agate. Stu­pen­dous­ly, euphor­i­cal­ly stim­u­lat­ing. Typ­i­cal­ly insuf­flat­ed. Sold as “bumps” in thin reed straws or by the gram. A gram is 12 bumps.

Yerba Roja
Wispy red buds sug­ared in yel­low crys­tals. Smoke­able many ways. Lan­guorous, heady. A dose caus­es 1 speed penal­ty and 1 com­fort. A gram con­sti­tutes 4 dos­es. Cheap­er in the South, where the herb grows native­ly.

prosthetics

ITEM Size & Bur­den Price
Arm pros­thet­ic, wood­en n/a £1
Arm pros­thet­ic, seg­ment­ed elbow, lock­able n/a £40
Arm pros­thet­ic, chain dri­ve n/a £100
Crutch, wood­en n/a 15p
Hand pros­thet­ic, claw n/a £20 10p
Hand pros­thet­ic, clamp n/a £4 10p
Hand pros­thet­ic, seg­ment­ed, lock­able n/a £2/digit
Hand pros­thet­ic, chain dri­ve, steel n/a £6/digit
Leg pros­thet­ic, chain dri­ve, steel n/a £35 foot/£90 full leg
Leg pros­thet­ic, seg­ment­ed knee n/a £15 foot/£45 full leg
Leg pros­thet­ic, wooden/pegleg n/a £1

Pros­thetists are found in most cities. At the worst, you can find a wood­work­er will­ing to make you a wood­en peg­leg. Pros­thet­ics prices include the crafts­man­’s fee for fit­ting and cus­tomiza­tion.

WOOD & CLAMP
Stiff, immo­bile bits of carved hard­wood with a padded sock­et for ves­ti­gial limb. Arms/hand: Applies -4 to skill rolls. Leg: Speed equal to Agili­ty, but you can­not sprint. Armor/durability as wood/cask.

SEGMENTED
Hard leather mold­ed limbs. Shiny as a new shoe, and seg­ment­ed with oiled hinges. Arms/hands: -2 to skill rolls. Legs: Speed equals Agili­ty and you can sprint.

CHAIN DRIVE
Intri­cate machined steel limbs. Sprock­ets and cor­re­spond­ing chains run down the arm and the backs of hands, trans­lat­ing move­ment from the ves­ti­gial shoul­der, elbow, or wrist into the limbs and dig­its below. No penal­ty to skill rolls. Allows move­ment speed equal to Agili­ty + 2. Armor/durability as muni­tions plate. Dam­age as knuck­le duster.

tonic fountain

Ton­ic addi­tives Effects PRICE
Basic “Limey” qui­nine, sug­ar, griso­date, and lime — 1S
Bluet Whip bluet fruit, juniper, lemon, angel­i­ca +1 Chilly, 1 meal, +2 stitch­es £1
Excel­sior ephedra, win­ter­green, sas­safras ignore 1 malus (4 hrs.) £3
Fedroski­no Boil­er saf­role, lemon, mace, sage, mar­jo­ram +1 warmth  (4 hrs.) £1
Green Phos­phate  lemon, lime, phos­phor­ic acid 1 com­fort 8p
Hop Fizz  hops, dan­de­lion, gen­tian chamomile 1 comf., +1 Agili­ty (4 hrs.) £1
Macam­pá Grog guarana, gin­seng, gin­ger 1 comf., +1 Immu­ni­ty (4 hrs.) £1
Mac­ca­roon coqueli­cot, apri­cot, rasp­ber­ry, wal­nut  1 com­fort, +1 sleep rolls £2
Pink Lion coqueli­cot, rose, grape, pink pep­per 1 dose coqueli­cot £2
Worm­wood Creme worm­wood, cas­sia, clove 1 comf., +1 For­ti­tude (4 hrs.) £1 

all ton­ics pro­vide 1 dose of griso­date salt

A recent craze. Long­stand­ing inter­est in health­ful min­er­al waters, an enthu­si­asm for sug­ary appli­ca­tions of grey salt, and the advent of car­bon­a­tion have lead to ton­ic foun­tains sprout­ing in drug­stores Coast­wide. These new­fash­ioned bars serve effer­ves­cent prepa­ra­tions laden with griso­date, fla­vored syrups, and a dash of phos­phor­ic acid or qui­nine. The most pop­u­lar recipes con­tain potent addi­tives, appeal­ing to drinkers desir­ing some­thing more than a dash of sug­ar with their salt. All ton­ics pro­vide a dose of griso­date, though they may not taste like it.

Ton­ics are pre­pared and con­sumed at the counter, served with straw and fan­ci­ful glass chal­ice. They are non-portable and don’t keep as pack­aged med­i­c­i­nals do. 

Ton­ics are potent. Each con­sumed after the first 1 caus­es 1 poi­son stress.

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