Mythical substance

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An adventurer about to eat a healing glob.
Art by Rumrusher.

Mythical substances are procedurally-generated liquids and globs with magical properties. Each world has a number of differently-named substances, such as "odd jelly" or "peculiar broth," though currently all of them carry the same syndrome.

Healing potion

A mysterious dungeon's guardian carries a waterskin filled with a restorative substance that they can consume in combat. Ingesting it grants a powerful syndrome that cures nearly all wounds, even regrowing limbs and healing nerve damage. It does not heal blood loss.

Creatures that are immune to poison (not GENERAL_POISON) do not benefit from this substance.

See also

• Weather#Evil_weather

Script

1materials.mythical_healing.default=function() 2 local name_str = pick_random(mythical_healing_adjectives) 3 local noun="" 4 if one_in(2) then 5 noun=pick_random(mythical_healing_liquids) 6 name_str=name_str.." "..noun 7 lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_NAME_ADJ:LIQUID:"..name_str.."]" 8 lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:frozen ]"..name_str.."]" 9 lines[#lines+1]="[MELTING_POINT:9900]" 10 else 11 noun=pick_random(mythical_healing_globs) 12 name_str=name_str.." "..noun 13 lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_NAME_ADJ:LIQUID:molten "..name_str.."]" 14 lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:]"..name_str.."]" 15 lines[#lines+1]="[MELTING_POINT:10200]" 16 end 17 lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_NAME_ADJ:GAS:boiling "..name_str.."]" 18 lines[#lines+1]="[BOILING_POINT:12000]" 19 populate_monotone_color_pattern() 20 local col_pat=pick_random(monotone_color_pattern) 21 if col_pat then 22 local col = world.descriptor.color[col_pat.color] 23 lines[#lines+1]="[STATE_COLOR:ALL:"..col.token.."]" 24 lines[#lines+1]="[DISPLAY_COLOR:"..col.col_f..":0:"..col.col_br 25 else 26 lines[#lines+1]="[DISPLAY_COLOR:1:0:1]" 27 end 28 lines[#lines+1]="[MATERIAL_VALUE:1]" 29 lines[#lines+1]="[SPEC_HEAT:4181]" 30 lines[#lines+1]="[IGNITE_POINT:NONE]" 31 lines[#lines+1]="[HEATDAM_POINT:NONE]" 32 lines[#lines+1]="[COLDDAM_POINT:NONE]" 33 lines[#lines+1]="[MAT_FIXED_TEMP:NONE]" 34 lines[#lines+1]="[MOLAR_MASS:1]" 35 36 lines[#lines+1]="[EDIBLE_VERMIN]" 37 lines[#lines+1]="[EDIBLE_RAW]" 38 lines[#lines+1]="[EDIBLE_COOKED]" 39 lines[#lines+1]="[DO_NOT_CLEAN_GLOB]" 40 if mythical_healing_alcohols[noun] then -- i'm sure you can think of some alcoholic globs if you want 41 lines[#lines+1]="[ALCOHOL]" 42 end 43 lines[#lines+1]="[ENTERS_BLOOD]" 44 lines[#lines+1]=" [SYNDROME]" 45 lines[#lines+1]=" [SYN_NAME:"..name_str.." effect]" 46 lines[#lines+1]=" [SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]" 47 lines[#lines+1]=" [SYN_INGESTED]" 48 --[[ all of this was in a for loop with individual creature effects listed out but (I *think*) the design purpose for that is fulfilled 49 by having it all out in Lua anyway, so I'm just going to hardcode it here and if users wanna mod it they can add their own function]] 50 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REGROW_PARTS:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 51 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_CLOSE_OPEN_WOUNDS:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 52 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_HEAL_TISSUES:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 53 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_HEAL_NERVES:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 54 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_STOP_BLEEDING:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 55 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REDUCE_PAIN:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 56 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REDUCE_DIZZINESS:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT]" 57 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REDUCE_NAUSEA:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT]" 58 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REDUCE_SWELLING:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 59 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_CURE_INFECTION:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 60 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REDUCE_PARALYSIS:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL]" 61 lines[#lines+1]=" [CE_REDUCE_FEVER:SEV:100:PROB:100:START:0:PEAK:0:END:12:ABRUPT]" 62 return {mat=lines,weight=1} 63end

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