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Herbologist's Delight Dec 19, 2017 22:59:34 GMT -6

Post by NPC on Dec 19, 2017 22:59:34 GMT -6

Herbologists Delight

From the outside, the shop resembles an old cottage - quite clean, tidy, and well looked after. A wooden sign posted to the door is written in a delicate script, bearing the name of the shop.

Inside it smells like fresh baked cookies, tea, and flowers, with a slight undertone of potting soil. There are always homemade cookies on the counter as well as some samples of Alura's homegrown tea. Behind the counter, a variety of interesting potions are kept in a locked cabinet.

The shop is filled with plants, flowers, and even some small trees, all arranged into neat little rows. Smaller creatures are found in or among the planter pots, each one with its own little place to hide. Near the back of the shop, there is a door which leads to a modest sized but extremely well kept garden. Larger creatures, including a pool of Lotine, can be found there.

The shopkeeper, Alura, is a sweet older lady who is always happy to see customers. She is notoriously friendly and kind, and is very well respected. She cares deeply about plants and plant-creatures and could talk about them forever if given the chance. The process for creating her specialty potions are a closely guarded secret.

Elah helps out around the shop, and can often be seen carrying flowers around or dropping seeds into pots.

Pets: Any plant creatures of reasonable size are allowed in Herbologist's Delight. Creatures in need of a potion are allowed inside if they are well behaved.

Last Edit: Sept 26, 2021 19:57:53 GMT -6 by Silver

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Herbologist's Delight Dec 19, 2017 23:01:05 GMT -6

Post by NPC on Dec 19, 2017 23:01:05 GMT -6

Potions and Goodies

Cookies - Free!

Homemade and delicious! Free with any purchase.

Tea Bag - 2 credits

A variety of special tea blends made by Alura herself. Very delicious.

Colors: Red, Green, White, Black, Herbal, Spiced

Rose - 5 credits

A lovely home grown rose, straight from the garden.

Colors: Red, White, Black, Spectrum

Catnip - 8 credits

Feline creatures go crazy for this stuff! Works well when dried and put into a toy.

Saranenip - 8 credits

Dragon creatures go crazy for this stuff! Works well when dried and rubbed onto a toy.

Roasted Seeds - 3 credits

A crunchy and healthy snack for the road. Comes in varying degrees of toasted, depending on one's tastes.

Colors: Light, Medium, Dark

Garden Pellets - 10 credits

A simple fertilizer to help your plants grow. This will improve your chances of finding things in the garden!

Superior Pellets - 50 credits

A high quality fertilizer to help your plants grow. This will improve your chances of finding things in the garden!

Pure Water Drops - 100 credits

Water your plants with this pure water to help them grow. This will improve your chances of finding things in the garden!

Enriched Water Drops - 150 credits

Water your best plants with this magically enriched water to help them grow. This will improve your chances of finding things in the garden!

Wyrmling Growth Potion - 200 Credits

Made with water painstakingly collected from the driest deserts, this potion will rapidly accelerate the growth of any Wyrmling, causing them to become fully mature Whiptail Vine-Snatchers overnight.

Please post in the potion use thread to use your new potion!

In Stock: 2

Anti-Growth Potion - 75 Credits

Anti-Growth Potions stop your creature from growing up. In fact, it can even send them back to a previous life stage of your choice!

Please refer to the stats area for more information on available life stages for creatures. Any creature with previous life stages can be Anti-Grown, including offspring and customs. (If the image is available for the creature's younger stage, you can use an Anti-Growth on it!)

The effects of the potion can be reversed by using a second Anti-growth potion, but you cannot grow a creature past it's "current" oldest lifestage. Anti-growth potions do not work on extinct creatures, but it does work on creatures once they have been revived.

Please post in the potion use thread to use your new potion!

Regrowth Potion - 125 Credits

If you're really missing having your baby creature around, you can use this potion to get them back for a bit. The Regrowth Potion 'de-grows' a creature back down to their baby stage and lets them grow up all over again.

Please refer to the stats area for more information on available life stages for creatures. Any creature with previous life stages can be Regrown, including offspring and customs.

Please post in the potion use thread to use your new potion!

Transformation Brew - 200 Credits

This special brew changes a pet's breed. It can change a creature into any Basic breed of the same species.

You can change a creature into a Very Special or Custom Colored creature of the same species only if you've bought the creature for this purpose and not used it for anything else. Cannot be used to change a creature into an Offspring or Rare breed.

Please post in the potion use thread to use your new potion!

In Stock: 1

Mutagenic Brew - 600 Credits

A peculiar brew that changes a creature's species to a species of your choice. The breed they change into is random, though they can become a 'Very Special' breed if you're lucky. Cannot be used to change into a species from the 'special set' categories or any non-numbered species.

Can be combined with a Transformation Brew at the same time in order to choose a breed, with the same restrictions as usual for the Transformation Brew.

Please post in the potion use thread to use your new potion!

In Stock: 1 (every 2 months)

Last Edit: Mar 9, 2024 22:09:48 GMT -6 by Silver

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Herbologist's Delight Dec 19, 2017 23:01:53 GMT -6

Post by NPC on Dec 19, 2017 23:01:53 GMT -6

Bountiful Bloom

Sapling Spriteling - 30 Credits

Sapling Spriteling were first released as a celebration of the Labs' first anniversary. Alura took a liking to them, and now regularly stocks them in her shop. It's not hard to see why, either - they're adorable, friendly, and easy to care for. They change dramatically with the seasons, each season offering a new coat and a fresh set of abilities.

During spring, they grow multiple flowers on the end of their branchy tails. These flowers will occasionally drop off, and if they're well cared for, they'll quickly grow another in its place.

In Stock: 1

Common Dragon Oak - 450 Credits

Dragon Oaks are as beautiful as they are rare. These waist high creatures are the perfect blend of a dragon and a tree. Their leafy wings are capable of sustaining true flight, and their thick hides resemble a mix between scales and bark. Though they can't quite breathe fire, they can fill their mouths with flame for an especially nasty bite. Rumors exist of a huge Dragon Oak, a legendary protector of the forest, but if they do exist, they're not for sale...

In the spring, Dragon Oaks may grow a Magic Acorn from the gaps between their wings. A very delicate touch is required to collect it.

In Stock: 1
Colors: Light, Medium, Dark

Fanciful Dragon Oak - 500 Credits

These Dragon Oaks are especially beautiful with a variety of bright colors to choose from. Other than their color (and price), they are identical to the common variety.

In Stock: 1
Colors: Faerie Circle, Magewood, Wand Wood, Deciduous

Special Dragon Oak - 600 Credits

These unusual Dragon Oaks are prized for their beautifully patterned bodies and colorful wings. Other than their color (and price), they are identical to the common variety.

In Stock: 1
Colors: Birch, Cherry, Walnut

Stardust Dragon Oak - 700 Credits

These extremely uncommon Dragon Oaks look like they have been dipped in stardust. Other than their color (and price), they are identical to the common variety.

In Stock: 1

Whiptail Vine-Snatcher - 150 Credits

These creatures are vicious! They're known to lash out with their long whip-like tails at anything that gets too close to them. Since they have no eyes, they are completely blind, but they get around quite well using a special heat sensing organ in their face where their eyes would be. In order to catch their prey, first they stun it with their tails, then snap it up whole in their large jaws. They will eat anything they can fit in their mouths, so they will have to be trained well to coexist in a garden with other creatures.

During Summer, Whiptail Vine-Snatchers produce many little buds that drop off as Wyrmlings. They are very protective parents, so you should build some trust with your creature before you attempt to harvest it.

In Stock: 1

Kiseiseibutsu - 300 Credits

These gross creatures, often called 'Fungal Beasts' are a kind of living fungal infection. Not much is known about their makeup, since they are very toxic and difficult to study. Touching one with bare skin will cause a painful infection, so handle with extreme caution. Interestingly, owners of Fungal Beasts often report that their gardens flourish in the creature's presence.

In the summer, Kiseiseibutsu can be carefully milked to produce a powerful toxin, though only an experienced gardener should attempt it.

In Stock: 1

Trick Serpent - 500 Credits

These creatures were first developed by Alura as a Vai Min Mur 'trick', hence their name. During the day, they disguise themselves as vines and leaves, only coming out during the night to hunt. They are extremely successful hunters with multiple heads full of venomous fangs. When they especially like someone, they will wrap their vines around them to show affection. Very tricky indeed.

Trick Serpents produce unusual looking berries during summer. As their bright colors might suggest, the berries are very toxic and should not be consumed.

In Stock: Limit 1 per customer.
Colors: Creepingwither, Nightshade

Skutirut - 40 Credits

Skutirut are truly unusual creatures that can move in any direction. They have no front or back or... any distinguishing features at all, actually. They cannot see or hear, but they can navigate quite well by sensing vibrations in the ground using their root-like legs. Skutirut do not make a sound, but instead they communicate using smell. They let out a sweet smell when happy and a foul one when enraged. Usually, this smell is too subtle for people to notice, but other creatures certainly do. They do not eat, but instead absorb water and nutrients through their roots and sunlight with their leaves.

In autumn, a Skutirut will drop the leaves from its head to save energy during winter. The leaves are very pretty, though not all that useful.

In Stock: 2

Succulent Worm - 75 Credits

These desert-dwelling creatures look just like a plant in bloom... actually they are a plant in bloom! They burrow into the ground and hide there with nothing but their faces poking out, waiting for a tasty snack to land in their mouth. Though they have no eyes and cannot see, they can sense any vibrations around them and will snap their jaws shut at just the slightest touch.

In spring, Succulent Worms grow a sweet smelling flower to attract more prey. They use the extra nutrients to produce a wealth of seeds for autumn. There is a short window of time at the beginning of autumn where they will leave their burrows and crawl along the ground, spreading seeds as far as possible before burying themselves completely for winter.

In Stock: 2

Branchaeopter - 80 Credits

Though Branchaeopter might appear to be a bird or a dinosaur, they're actually a plant. What seems to be feathers are actually leaves, and their hide is made of flexible bark. They use their sharp and dexterous claws to climb up trees and glide from branch to branch with their leafy wings. They're quite clever and can pick up tricks easily. They are carnivorous creatures, eating mostly small arboreal creatures and the occasional large insect.

As summer transitions into autumn, Branchaeopters begin to change color, from lush spring greens to the browns and reds of fall. During this time, they also molt, dropping some of the plumage-like grass from their tails.

In Stock: 2

Leaf-Scatter - 25 Credits

Other than their unusual tails, these creatures could be mistaken for a very small cat. They enjoy rummaging through leafy forests, climbing trees (or people!), and foraging for food. They're insectivorous and scratch away at the bark of trees to find bugs to eat, and they might also accept seeds or berries as a treat. They're very social and prefer to live in small groups. They bond by grooming each other and can often be found digging around in their owners' clothes, looking for pests to snack on.

They are perhaps most prized for the special berry they produce in the winter. If the Leaf Scatter really trusts someone, it will let them pluck the single Magical Berry from the end of their tail. They only produce one a year, so once they've made one, another will not grow until next year. This makes them quite valuable.

In Stock: 1

Common Mussimander - 40 Credits

These cute little reptiles are only about a foot long from head to tail. They love to eat slugs and other garden pests, making them excellent garden companions. Mussimanders seem to have a symbiotic relationship with the mushrooms on their back, but exactly how that works is a bit of a mystery. Only the Toxic ones are poisonous to the touch, though the Desert and Rock varieties can be quite nasty if provoked. Thankfully, the Edible breed is totally harmless, and it is a great starting creature for anyone looking to establish a new garden.

While Mussimanders have their mushrooms all year round, they grow an abundance of new ones during winter, causing some of the old ones to drop off. An attentive owner could pick up quite a few mushrooms from their Mussimander without harming them a bit.

In Stock: 4
Colors: Desert, Edible, Rock, Toxic

Rare Mussimander - 400 Credits

These incredibly rare Mussimander have mushrooms with unique properties. For that reason, they are highly sought after and very expensive. Not much is known about them, but their care needs should be the same as the more common variety.

In Stock: Limit 2 per customer.
Colors: Glowing, Magical, Ultraviolet

King of the Evergreen - 40 Credits

Kings of the Evergreen are a shy but intelligent species. They are hardy creatures with a deep connection to nature. When they're afraid, they puff up like a porcupine, using the sharp pine needles on their body as a way to shield themselves from danger. Other than that, not much is known about them, as they prefer to keep to themselves.

These creatures are prized by mages and potionmakers alike for the unique berries they grow during winter. Healing berries grow near their tails, and rumour has it that they will share them willingly with those they trust.

In Stock: Limit 1 per customer.

Last Edit: Oct 18, 2021 16:34:13 GMT -6 by Silver

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Herbologist's Delight Dec 19, 2017 23:02:11 GMT -6

Post by NPC on Dec 19, 2017 23:02:11 GMT -6

Plant Creatures

Blossom Lotine - 100 Credits

A uncommon breed of Lotine with a soft purple palette. It is said that rarer Lotine produce higher quality Lola. Could that be true?

In Stock: 1

Lilly Lotine - 200 Credits

A uncommon breed of Lotine with lovely pastel colors. It is said that rarer Lotine produce higher quality Lola. Could that be true?

In Stock: 1

Bellaroxi - 15 Credits

These tiny creatures could fit in the palm of a person's hand. Alura says that they just appeared one day in a shipment of flowers and started multiplying. They're quite skittish and do not like to be touched. Bellaroxi make for excellent pest control, as they attract insects with a sweet floral scent... and then promptly eat them. While they do have a small stinger on the end of their tail, their venom isn't strong enough to have an effect on anything bigger than a house fly, which is exactly what they use it for.

In Stock: 4
Colors: Pink, Purple, Yellow, Teal

Bellafaux - 45 Credits

After seeing the Bellaroxi and how popular they were, the labs decided to make their own "upgraded" version. The Bellafaux are bigger (about the size of a house cat) and more personable than their tiny cousins. They also have a sharp stinger on the end of their tails that they use to catch prey. Thankfully, they rarely sting things unless they intend to eat them. That makes most people and their creatures safe from their potent venom.

In Stock: 4
Colors: Chicory, Iris, Marigold, Rose

Seasonal Bellafaux - 90 Credits

These Bellafaux were made in limited numbers and can only be purchased during certain seasons. Other than their coloring and scarcity, they are just like any other Bellafaux.

In Stock: 1
Colors: Clover (Spring Only), Snowdrop (Winter Only), Black Rose (Autumn Only)

Ever Autumn Nyssa - 200 Credits

This rare breed of Nyssa is named for its beautiful foliage. It is as if their leaves are forever stuck in the fleeting days of autumn where the leaves change color before dropping off for winter. Comes as 'grow your own' with adult and old stages.

In Stock: 1

Treat Gourd - 500 Credits

These creatures were first developed by Alura as a Vai Min Mur 'treat', hence their name. They're friendly and love company. In fact, they're almost too affectionate. It's best to keep them in groups with other creatures so they have some company. Nobody is quite sure why they glow like that, but they're not warm to the touch.

In Stock: Limit 1 per customer.
Colors: Boo, Unripe, Autumn

Last Edit: Oct 29, 2021 19:05:58 GMT -6 by Silver

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Herbologist's Delight Dec 19, 2017 23:10:28 GMT -6

Post by NPC on Dec 19, 2017 23:10:28 GMT -6

Plant Trades

Herbologist's Delight will purchase plants (and other gardens items) from the players for the following prices. To sell Pocketpets found in the gardens, see Piko Pets. To sell pets found in the gardens, please see Zoological Imports. Herbologist's Delight does not sell plants, they only purchase them.

The skill Barter does not increase the amount received for plants. The NPC rolls the dice to determine the final value. The NPC will offer the total price and give you a chance to agree before the purchase is finalized.

5 Credits + 1d10
General Mushrooms (Fungi)

15 Credits + 1d10
Misc. Gardens Items, "Intoxicating" Mushrooms (Fungi_Intox), "Poison" Mushrooms (Fungi_Poison), Succulent Seeds, Vibrant Plume Grass, Fallen Leaves

20 Credits + 2d10
Sapling Spriteling Flowers, "Special" Mushrooms (UV, Magical, Glowing), Toxic Sludge, Fresh Bud, Bright Leaf, Fallen Root, Silken Down

30 Credits + 2d10
Healing Berries, Toxic Berries

35 Credits + 3d10
Magic Acorn

80 Credits + 3d10
Magical Berry

Lola may also be sold for their quality * 1d4. Herbologist's Delight does not purchase Unique Lola.

Last Edit: Nov 12, 2023 19:11:01 GMT -6 by Silver

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Herbologist's Delight Sept 30, 2019 23:36:00 GMT -6

Post by NPC on Sept 30, 2019 23:36:00 GMT -6

Special Items

Herbologist's Delight trades garden items in exchange for these rare items.

These rare items cannot be purchased with credits, but are instead must be purchased by trading in garden items. Use the guide above to determine how much your garden items are worth, so you can make an offer. If you offer more than you owe, you will receive the difference in credits.

General Mushrooms - 15 Credits

Poison Mushrooms - 25 Credits

Fallen Leaves - 25 Credits

Vibrant Plume Grass - 30 Credits

Succulent Seeds - 30 Credits

Fresh Bud, Bright Leaf, Fallen Root, and Silken Down - 40 Credits

Toxic Sludge - 50 Credits

Sapling Spriteling Flower - 50 Credits

Mushrooms (Magic, UV, Glowing) - 50 Credits

Serpent Berries - 75 Credits

Healing Berry - 100 Credits

Magic Acorn - 100 Credits

Magical Berry - 150 Credits

Last Edit: Jun 4, 2024 20:20:17 GMT -6 by Silver

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