Whitepaste

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

This bluish-white, ever cold pasty substance is used to treat burns, blisters and other wounds caused by extreme heat. A package of whitepaste appears as a leather pouch with a small iron stopper.

Whitepaste was invented by an anonymous human physician, who used alchemy and arcane sciences to support his medical activities. The formula of whitepaste includes alchemical reagents allowing it to be always cool to the touch, regardless of ambient temperature; this, together with the medicinal herbs thrown into the mix, gives whitepaste the quality of healing most normal fire damage.

A single application of whitepaste over a wound caused by fire or heat automatically doubles the rate at which the wound heals, requiring no Heal check. If whitepaste is used in conjunction with a successful Heal check, the natural healing rate is quadrupled. Whitepaste is only effective on wounds caused by fire; therefore, if whitepaste is applied to a patient that has suffered ten points of slashing damage and 20 points of fire damage, only 20 of the character’s 30 missing hit points are regained at twice the normal rate.

Whitepaste is intended for skin application only; if ingested, whitepaste freezes the throat, requiring the imbiber to succeed at a Fortitude save or suffer 1d4 points of Constitution damage and one point of Charisma damage due to the freezing effect on his throat and voice. This ability damage is temporary.

A single package of whitepaste can be used for ten applications.

Whitepaste (package): 450 gp; 0 lb.