Lotis

:Habitats: Desert, Plains
:Origin: ML (Greek); Classic: Fantasy Bestiary
According to Greek legend, there is a type of lotus that saps the will. This is not the common lotus flower (a
type of water lily) but a tree that grows in dry climates. If the fruit of the lotus is eaten, it causes forgetfulness and euphoria. Odysseus had to forcibly drag those men away who sampled the fruit - they had no desires except to sit under the trees and continue to eat the fruit.
Anyone eating a lotus fruit (or drinking juice or Wine made from it) loses all interest in whatever quest he was on. He will be happy and stupid-acting, and will only be dismayed if dragged away from the source of the lotus fruit or wine. All attributes and skills are at -3, so it won’t be too hard to pull him away, but he will yearn for more lotus fruit for a full six hours, and cannot be trusted to stay on any quest until that time is up. A person who has been a lotus-eater for more than a week becomes addicted, requiring the fruit daily.
There is no lasting damage from eating lotus fruit unless one becomes addicted, and even the Addiction is relatively easy to shake (+1 to Will rolls).
Category:Plants
Category:Myth