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WHISTLE BUDS (#20/29, #51/365) [TTHA]

Appearance: This plant is a flat creeper covering areas of ground and occasionally tree trunks, with red foliage and bearing dark red buds.

 

Distribution: Forests and swamps across Titan.

 

Effects: Whistle Buds are a strange type of carnivorous plant that attack with their buds, which are actually carnivorous appendages -  "mouths" with small, sharp teeth that cling to their victim (see Return to the Pit, p. 211). Several mouths attacking together can reduce evern a large animal or adventurer to a torn, bloodless corpse within minutes. Whistle Buds can detect movement in their vicinity - only the stealthiest of footfalls will fail to alert them. When they detect movement, they emit a piercing high-pitched whistle at a very loud volume. Ear Plugs will protect an adventurer; without them, the adventurer is partially incapacitated from the pain caused by the loud whistling, and must fight with their SKILL score reduced by 2 points. Whistle Buds can be used as ingredients for Potions of Noise; one bud isrequired for each potion created. Potions of Noise are usually stored in clay gourds or glass vials that are smashed on the floor when used. This results in a howl of white sound, which lasts for one battle, causing everyone in the vicinity to reduce their SKILL by 2, unless they are wearing Ear Plugs or Goblin Ear Wax. It also summons any wandering monsters in the vicinity.

Cost: City 15gp, Town 17gp, Village 19gp (per bud)

 

Availability: Rare

 

Notes: The Humming Bulb is especially well-known from occurring within Darkwood Forest and Scorpion Swamp.

Potion of Noise (#21/29, #52/365) [EA:V2] (Potion)

Potions of Noise are usually stored in clay gourds or glass vials that are smashed on the floor when used. This results in a howl of white sound, which lasts for one battle, causing everyone in the vicinity to reduce their SKILL by 2, unless they are wearing Ear Plugs or Goblin Ear Wax. It also summons any wandering monsters in the vicinity (or scares smaller creatures into fleeing). Potions of Noise can be brewed from herbal ingredients such as the sound-making parts of plants like Humming Bulbs or Whistle Buds.

20gp per vial/gourd