Book Binding Botany [M]

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

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After leaving the Kusa Keep once his mission status was accepted, Zeri would wander around Kusagakure for a little bit to try and find himself a nice place to sit up and read his books. People were milling about him as he walked, his mind focused on the mission at hand, not like it was a difficult one. He had three different books on Botany that he bought just for this mission, one for Grassland, Forest, and Urban environments. Luckily they had them in stock, after all the reward for this mission is a really good one. His feet would drag him to the park as he was lost in thought, making a move towards a rather nice tree that had many branches and was rather tall, this would be a nice place to take a rest from his training and instead train his mind. And what a wonderful day to be doing all of this; barely any clouds in the sky, a slight breeze, and just a wonderful shining sun to enjoy. Hopping up into the tree, about halfway up, Zeri would take out the book on Grassland plants and open it up to the first page to begin reading.

His eyes begin scanning through the information held within the book, the first few pages only holding an introductory and some simple information regarding the whereabouts of grasslands and how to determine when you're in them. It's rather ridiculous to put that into a book in Kusa, but this must be a widespread publication; since Kusa is a grassland most of all. As his eyes scan through the pages of the book, he notices that all the information is given in an alphabetical listing, he would rather have it in a regional by what is most common and what is harder to find. Course he'll have to pick up a book on cultivation and the such to be able to use any of these in any proper way; though they all seem to have some interesting properties he could make use of.

Plants like the Acacia, which when the wood is burned helps your mental fortitude stay in tip top shape, and the sap makes a special gum that is used in many ointments. With the wood of a few of those, he'd be able to better keep track of his mind if an enemy uses Genjutsus against him. Though the Acacia wasn't that easy to find, but luckily it would seem to be available in many different regions at the least. This next one though, is rather nice indeed to have around if he was to open a side shop for some extra money. Aconite, otherwise known as wolfbane, which can help ward away Lycanthropy; but it is also highly toxic in many cases. Which if you wanted to clear out some guards or make sure no one was around for a good bar brawl, this would come in handy.

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

With his leg handing from the sturdy branch where he sit, Zeri's reading of the book continued on for a time yet; taking in ever bit of information the book was willing to give up. Turning the page to continue reading, he keeps his head propped up with the large waist bag that he bought with the books, sighing softly with the warm breeze blowing passed. It was a wonderful day to rest and meditate one's mind, a soft yawn coming from him as he did feel some fatigue from the many days of training. And the information that he so far has gleamed from the book was rather interesting to say the least.

Aloe for one would be rather easy to acquire, and use when it came to fighting in the field. If one was to survive the battle, they could apply this and be able to heal their minor wounds after some time had passed. And it's rather common in the grasslands if this book is to be believed... if he strengthened his sense of smell, he would be able to find it rather easily. Though the Angel Trumpet plant, another common herb in the grasslands region, has a pretty bad way about it as well. Just inhaling the scent of the flower can be horrid to one's health, and it seems that everything about it is unhealthy to humans all together. He would have to go through a lot just to keep from getting too sick off of the scent, but what one could do with this plant would probably be enough to take down a castle.

After some time, Zeri would rub his eyes and give a yawn, he was never really that good at reading books for too long as it's a rather new thing for him. Though as he continued reading, there were many new things that he was learning about his own homeland. Another useful plant to keep around for medicinal purposes would be the Arkasu, from what it looks like it pretty much doubles one's natural healing capabilities; and everything about the plant is edible. That would be useful for both medicinal and for long travels throughout Kusa. The Arnuminas would be perfect to heal any internal damage that one would sustain, and could be useful for a small shop.

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

This in itself was actually pretty dull as it didn't involve too many movements on his part to do, and he was more of an active person when he felt the urge to train. Too bad there wasn't really a better way to memorize this information at the same time as training his body. But if he didn't do this every so often, then the Geezer's ghost would come back from the netherworld and give him a few good hard knocks to loosen his brain up. Sighing softly, Zeri would flip the page of the book and continue reading, as he would rather just learn this information quickly and collect his reward. Nice enough that the Kage was giving a mission to learn something such as how to find simple herbs that could extend one's life in battle.

There's one plant here that seems rather horrendous to those who don't know how to look out for it, and grows only in grasslands; Arrow Grass would be rather nice to keep around for those battles with really strong enemies. Would have been great, with its cyanide after taste, to weaken them from the shadows and ensure that they could be quickly dispatched. The final one for the A's in the book, looks to be Atigax, which if you knew that someone was going to use blinding flashes such as flashbangs or the like, you could have some prepared for such an occasion. He would have to look for a few of these plants and keep them at hand for when he takes some tougher missions that require him to leave the village's area for longer than expected.

With that the next section would be the B's, and right off the bat he would read about a rather common fruit that is useful. Barbary Fig, if one chews on the dried fruits then you will be able to heal at a much faster rate, something so common as this has such splendid uses; though it's relatively short. And if you were to go searching for snakes and the like, Birthroot would be best to carry around with you, as it helps with snake bites and would increase your physical fortitude when under the effects of the venom.

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

There seemed to be plenty of herbs and other types of plants which one could find in the Grasslands that would increase one's healing capabilities. There were even plants that could increase one's resistance to disease, such as the Black Alder's wood; when burned it gives one an immunity boost. This tree would definitely fetch a good price if there ever was a plague that came through, or in plague ridden regions. Though it has been a while, the Black Oak Tree's tobacco properties would be useful for when he gets his pipe back. Though it would mostly be fore flavor to him, as it gives one the energy to stay awake and such... not really useful in alchemical effects to one who never sleeps. That one's a pretty much useless any other way then, but the pricing seems that he could make something off of it to the right people.

Moving onto the next set of plants, Zeri would read about everything from there and the beginning of the C's, yawning slightly once more from a slight boredom that is setting into him; he didn't really like learning from books too much. The first bit of them here would be the candle berries, these render down in a candle wax which burns at a slower rate than the wax one would get from bee hives; though it's not that easy to find. And you would need quite a bit of it to be able to get anything really useful from the berry. Chameleon Bloom is another useful one for those who battle with things that can damage you based upon how you choose to Align yourself; by making it so you don't show as what they are targeting. If he ran into certain people that could do that, it would possibly be in his interest to have a few of these around to chew on when he could. A soft sigh comes from him as he rubs his eyes, deciding to continue on reading and get as much info as he can from it.

Even though there were some useful plants, there are some that are just here to make some money if one needed it, or to just be used by people for smaller benefits. Nothing that would be useful for him though, like Chicory which is used for inflammation and boils, as well as a few more minor ailments. Useful for healers, not so much for one who doesn't really do too much other than fight and wander around. Though if he were to go and learn how to cook, Chives would be a good thing to find in the wild, as it'd rather delicious and goes great in many different soups and dishes. Next time he has aching joints though, Cowslip would be useful for that, and can be dried for travel, so he could sell it in a few different places if he needed to.

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

Cracking his neck and knuckles, Zeri would take in a deep breath and drop the book onto his knee for a second, rubbing his eyes and staring at the blue sky. It was quite amazing what the world had around and in it, so many different plants that could be used for medicinal purposes and even many ways to disarm an opponent. This would make certain jobs easier, if he was so inclined to take them from the mission board. Sighing softly, Zeri would give himself a little stretch and picks up his book once more, flipping through the pages with his eyes scanning through them for interesting and useful information. Most of the D plants weren't really all that interesting, though the Dragon's blood tree would come in handy for the resin alone; if he were to get get his hands on one and memorize its scent, he could track down other trees a little easier. If added to another potion during the brewing process, it would seem that the Resin from a Dragon's Blood tree can increase the properties; depending on how pure the harvested resin was. Perhaps there is an herb here that could help with how quick he moves, and he could mix this in to give it a greater effect. And even the bit of the Druid Mint, which is really common in the Grasslands, as the herb removes poisons from the body when brewed into a tea. If an inexperienced Alchemist were to be poisoned by something they created by accident, then they can quickly take a Druid Mint tea to cure that.

Turning the page, he would see that the D's quickly become the E's, there really wasn't that many herbs or plants within that category. His eyes continue to scan the pages with a sort of bored expression, Echinacea seemed like it was rather useful if he ever needed to get better from an illness, though he had proper physical fortitude as it was. Though if he ever learned any Transmutation Jutsu, he could strengthen them with a few of these cone petals to give him a better shot at surviving. Euphorbia though looks as if it was only useful for a mild poison or irritant as it looked like, nothing really great unless you can hide the leaves in someone's toilet paper. Everburn Pine would be great for the heat it produces for cooking fires, though he doesn't really have much need for a torch as it is with his natural darkvision coming through after the surgery; though the resin does give him ideas when it comes to some ideas he has been having for some field clearing. Though Everfresh Grass would be useful if he was ever called in to hunt the Undead by the Kage, something that would come in handy since it actively fights against undeath in all forms.

To his surprise, it was another short section of plants found within the Grasslands, E wasn't really filled with all too many useful plants, but there were some that he would like to stock up on whenever he has the chance. Guess it's onto the F's now, with his eyes scanning the pages and taking in the information given to him. Floure-de-Luce was rather simple in its use, though you would think that the preparation wasn't going to be as long, funny how sometimes the simplest things took the longest to bring about. It was simple to the point it only healed bruises within hours, but the poltice takes twenty days to properly prepare. Though it may not be remise to bring Fool's Parley with him on certain contracts, as it causes all verbal communication impossible on a target for a short time if they are hurt by a poison coated blade. He once again puts the book down on his knee and rubs his eyes slowly, giving out a loud yawn as he enjoys some of the quiet warm day.

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

That would just about do it for the F's then, picking back up his book to begin reading once more at the G's. The book was going a bit faster than he had wanted, as he was slowly enjoying this day and the reading, thinking that he would once more go ahead and eat at the tea house. Galengal would be useful for one who had babies, since it is used in the treatment of Colick, whatever that is; but it can also be used as a general seasoning. A few of these herbs were useful for people who specialized in the medical field, but he didn't have such skills in him. He was a killer and a fighter, that was for sure; but the types of medicines he could make for himself would be useful most. This one though, it would most definitely come in handy for someone who had to fight against other ninja... though it's availability has already passed on by; the Garthash Bark herb can only be harvested then. If used as a paste against anyone who can utilize Chakra, it renders their abilities mute for a full day, and has shown to do massive internal damage in some cases. It's not too bad to find either... save for that it is protected by Bulettes... whatever those are.

Reading through the book, a lot of these plants don't really have interesting effects nor do they have effects listed at times; whoever wrote this book either made a really big mistake or they just forgot that some of these weren't fully filled out. The Gray Stipey Cougher's Cap though looked sort of useful and interesting, if anything you could add it to a stew and make it taste rather delicious without much effort. Groundelder is another plant that is mostly used for culinary purposes, though it had a battle purpose as well. If you chew a bit of it, for a short time you gain a bit more stamina against attacks. His eyes continue to scan through the book, sighing softly at the amount of culinary plants there are at this time... then he sees the Guardseye, a year round plant that can be made into a tea and allows one to see.... all living creatures for six hours, up to five hundred meters. He would have to find one of these and see its effects before he could easily state that it was without a doubt a nice herb to have in his collection. It would also seem as that would be the last of the G's in this book, next would be the H's... Zeri wondering if these will have some plants that could allow one to fly. Doubtful, but it was worth a chance to look through and see.

[Zeriq Haruk]

~Mission - Botany 101

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Name: Botany 101
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 Day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: Being able to identify herbs and their applications is a very important skill for all ninjas to have, even more so for the ninjas who come from the land of grass. Lessons have been commissioned by the Kage in order for the ninjas to brush up on their skills; being able to tell a healing herb from a toxic plant may one day save their lives!(NOTE: Pays 3k for each skill level, but only equals one mission credit, whether you only learn to novice, or if you master a region)
Objective: Learn Botany for a Region, to the next skill level (Novice, Average, Advanced, Expert, Master).
Reward: 6000 Ryo

~Skill Training - Botany [Grassland] - ?/5 - 000/125 SP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. Difficulty of plants are found in each individual plant. Identifying a plant by just the leaves, fruit, seeds, or other form that does not show the whole plant increases difficulty by 1 grade. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
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~Items Used - Botany Book for Grassland - +1 Per Die Roll

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Book: Textbook: Botany Studies [Grassland]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Texbook that discusses the different types of Herbs found in a single Region.
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Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Botany Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the study of Plants and what these Plants can do. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Botany Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Botany Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 4,500 Ryo

Sighing softly as he continues to read the book in earnest, the book was beginning to drone on and on with about the same medicinal plants here and there. So many medicinal plants could be found in the Grasslands, though not too many plants that would be easy to find. A few good plants here and there that are relatively common, which he would like to find and collect if he had some place to store all of it. Without realizing it, he would already be through most of the book and would be at the S's of the book; and the first one on the list here would be relatively perfect to find and get working if he could. The Saddilia tree, which the most interesting part of this would be the nuts themselves, which if prepared properly would give a grand increase to one's speed and chakra levels. It would be nice to keep an eye out for some of those, even if the effects only last for a single day... though it would seem that the effects have a small chance of becoming permanent. And the wood itself when prepared correctly would fetch an incredible price in the open market.

A plant that induces sleep and helps the person under the deep sleep completely heal of all wounds that they may have; Serapias Turbith, which should be collected and prepared in the spring or summer seasons. This should be carried about if one would be traveling for the usefulness of it, would make you useless for a day, but from the looks of the information it would heal even the most horrible of wounds. The Shepherd's Purse would also be useful to carry around, as the leaves act as simple bandages and stops the bleeding of a wound until you'd be able to get to a medical ninja to help you out if need be. Though Zeri has never really bled too much, the only reason why the tree back at his retreat is covered in it is due to the fact he repeatedly hits the tree. After this, there seems to be mostly cooking types of plants with minor medicinal purposes, would be great if he would be going into being an apothecary, but seeing as how that is not the case. Though the Springroot here would be rather nice to have, as the herb when put into a smearable substance and spread over the body, protects one from anything that has to deal with lightning. Though the rest of the plants listed here are useful, they're not really noteworthy to the point of mention, but the Sweetspire's resin would be great to carry around when traveling for campfires to cook.

Reading through some more of the book, Zeri wouldn't find much in the ways of the T's, as they only really listed Tobacco and Tarragon, which have their uses but nothing that would be too interesting for now. The only herb listed in U would be the Ur, which can be used as a food supplement for a total of three days, after that it will begin to cause many problems for the person in question. The Valerian plant would be useful to put targets to sleep for small assassination missions, or would be perfect for that one mission with the missing cat that's available in the Keep, as it attracts Cats and Rats. Vanilla Grass is good for combating acid types of attacks, which certain creatures are known for. The Vyourin Root would be handy to carry around if you were going to areas heavy with venomous creatures, with the small roots being able to cure most different venoms and poisons. Giving a small sigh, Zeri would rub his eyes as they were beginning to hurt, the words in the book were beginning to blur from the amount of reading that this had in it. But he was gaining quite a bit of information if anything else, he should be able to identify plants in the wilds quite easily with all this information.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

+35 tp

narutoforumrp.proboards.com/post/1036019/thread

skill maxed

[Zeriq Haruk]

Zeri finishes reading through the book with a sigh, feeling as if he had absorbed all the information that he could from the tome before putting it back into his bag. Looking over the mission notes again, he believes that it's only good for a single Region of learning, so he decides that this is enough for now. He'll read the other two books later when he has some free time, but this took him a couple of hours to read through that book. Putting the bag back onto his waist, he would hop down from the tree with a hup, and begin walking back to Kusa Keep to do the test or whatever is needed to prove his level of understanding for Grassland Botany.

/exit.