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HOW MANY HERBS DO I KNOW?

The first two editions of this guide contained only about 40 herbs and so we never considered the need to limit the amount of herbs that a PC with Herbalism proficiency knew. Now there are a lot more herbs and such a rule does seem necessary. If PCs knowing of all these herbs does not cause a problem in your games, then just assume they do know all of them. If however, you want a rule to deal with situation, I would suggest the following. Once again I assume that you games uses a 3d6 Intelligence score similar to that used in D&D, AD&D, Dragon Warriors, and Tunnels and Trolls.

The PC herbalist starts with knowledge of 3 x INT x Level of Herbalism Skill herbs. That is a PC with a herbalism skill of 1 and an Intelligence of 12 will know of 36 herbs. A PC with a herbalism skill of 2 and an Intelligence of 9 will know of 54 herbs. Which herbs are known, should be decided by the GM with reference to the climate and terrain type in which the PC grew up.

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