Chandu

Chandu was a concentrated preparation of opium which could be smoked. The Sword and the Spirits, by Robert Denton III It was boiled and strained, then cooled into a crystalline block and wrapped in a dry leaf. To smoke chandu required a number of tools and a special pipe made from nonreactive materials, often ceramic or jade. Because opium heightened one's tactile sensations, opium pipes were made with interesting ridged textures for the imbiber to fixate on as they achieve their high. Chandu was legal in Rokugan, but its recreational use was frowned upon by polite society. Path of Waves, p. 116
Category:Rokugani Language (TCG)