About Duryan the Gardener
Duryan was an adventuring wizard before finding his true passion in gardening. Now, he has no interest in discussing spell-lore, having patience only for the language of plants. His garden is filled with flowers of shifting hues, trees bearing strange fruit, and grasses that seem to move with intelligence.
Of course, there are things he wants from you to make his garden even greater. For example: go find a black lotus from a place with a strong presence of death, then take the flower to a druid to have its necrotic energy neutralized, so that Duryan can safely plant it. When you complete any such task for Duryan, he will present you with a new perfume distilled from the good things from his garden.
Random Perfume Tables
Duryan produces only 1d4 doses of perfume each time. Each perfume has unique properties when applied to a subject’s skin, but the properties’ nature can only be discovered through experimentation.
When a perfume is first applied, the referee rolls for a random duration, effect and name for the new scent.
d6
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Perfume Duration
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1-2
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6+2d6 hours
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3-4
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1d6 days
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5-6
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2d6 days
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d10
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Perfume Effect
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1-5
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Potent Pheromone
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6
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Awful Allergy
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7
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Signature Scent
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8
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Magiphobic Coating
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9
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Flammable Fumes
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10
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Utter Ecstasy
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Potent Pheromone: Roll twice on the creature type table. The first creature type is enamored by the scent; the second is revolted. Treat reaction rolls with enamored creatures as an automatic result of 12 (enthusiastically friendly), and with revolted creatures as an automatic result of 1 (hostile, non-civilized creatures immediately attack and civilized creatures treat you as if you just loudly soiled yourself in front of them).
If the same creature type is rolled twice, then the scent is physically harmful to that creature: people will suffer violent nosebleeds and run away in terror, undead are destroyed or dispelled, etc. If the subject to which the perfume is applied happens to be on that type, then it’s bound to be bad: they take one die of damage per round until the perfume is washed off.
d20
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Creature type
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1
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Human males
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2
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Human females
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3
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Dwarves
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4
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Elves
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5
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Halflings
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6
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Goblinoids
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7
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Orcs and trolls
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8
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Kobolds and lizardfolk
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9
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Lizards and snakes
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10
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Dogs, wolves, werewolves, bears, badgers, etc.
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11
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Cats, tigers, weretigers, hyenas, gnolls,
mongooses, etc.
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12
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Rodents and monkeys
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13
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Horses, donkeys, camels, deer, etc.
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14
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Birds
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15
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Dragons, hydra, wyverns, etc.
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16
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Insects and spiders
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17
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Fish, amphibians, toadmen, etc.
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18
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Corporeal undead
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19
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Spectral undead and elementals
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20
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Oozes and octopi
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Awful Allergy: The perfumed skin begins to redden and itch distractingly, increasing odds of the subject being surprised by 1 in 6 and giving a penalty of -1 in 6 to picking locks. Intermittent sneezing gives a -1 in 6 penalty to Stealth. The swelling grows for the duration, until at the end of it, the bulb of skin harmlessly falls off. It animates as a skin tag golem (stats as a homunculus) that cannot speak but obeys its “progenitor”. The golem lives for 1d6 days.
Signature Scent: All who meet the subject become keenly aware of the shortest path to the subject and can track them unerringly until the end of the duration.
Magiphobic Coating: The subject has +2 to saving throws against magical effects and becomes invisible to elves and fey creatures.
Flammable Fumes: The subject becomes harder to hit, gaining +2 AC. The subject automatically fails saving throws against fire. The next time they take fire damage, the damage is doubled, and the effect then ends.
Utter Ecstasy: The subject experiences infinite pleasure in every moment of existence. No discomfort or mishap can unsettle them. The subject becomes immune to fear, charm, and possession, cannot be surprised, and gains +50% bonus experience. The effect spreads to anyone who touches their lips to the subject. At the end of the duration, the subject and all others affected crash down to reality, which now feels to them as infinite pain. They take 1 die of permanent damage each exploration turn, until they either stop the pain by applying more perfume, or the anguish kills them.
d20
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Perfume name prefix
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d20
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Perfume name suffix
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1
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Manticore Orchid...
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1
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...Water
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2
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Imperial Dragon...
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2
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...Musk
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3
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Red-Blooded Rose...
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3
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...Rain
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4
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Lemon-Scented Sticky...
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4
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...Pearl
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5
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Prismatic Bloom...
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5
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...Elixir
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6
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Divine Aloe...
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6
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...Heaven
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7
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Cardamom Kiss...
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7
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...Eternity
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8
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Tepid Dill...
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8
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...Allure
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9
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Midnight...
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9
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...Fantasy
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10
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Shimmering...
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10
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...Sweetness
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11
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Unforgivable…
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11
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...Sparkle
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12
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Uninhibited...
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12
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...Potency
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13
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Seduction of...
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13
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...Heat Ultimate
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14
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True Heart’s...
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14
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...Gold Rush
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15
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Barbarian Thew...
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15
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...Juice
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16
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Princess Chamber...
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16
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...Fire Breath
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17
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Killer Queen’s...
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17
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...Sin
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18
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Romantic Rogue’s...
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18
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...Love Dew
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19
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Morgankaiden’s Mature...
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19
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...Flirtation
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20
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Lich Prince’s Everlasting...
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20
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...No. 9
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Sample Perfumes
Here are a few sample perfumes to get you started.
Barbarian Thew Gold Rush: For 4 days, a fume haze makes you harder to hit, granting +2 AC. You automatically fail your next saving throw against fire. The next time you take fire damage, the damage is doubled, and the effect then ends.
Morgankaiden’s Mature Fantasy: For 12 hours, you have a powerful pheromonal scent. Wolves, dogs, bears, and related creatures such as lycanthropes thereof, are enamored with you. At the same time, corporeal undead such as zombies and vampires are revolted by you, seeking out to harm you specifically and unrelentingly.
Lich Prince’s Everlasting Potency: For 10 hours, all who meet you become keenly aware of the shortest path to you and can track you unerringly.
Uninhibited Sweetness: For 4 days, you have a powerful pheromonal scent. Cats, tigers, hyenas, mongooses, and related creatures such as weretigers and gnolls are enamored with you. At the same time, human males are revolted by you and seek out to harm you, whether socially or in combat.
Cardamom Kiss Sin: For 10 hours, your presence is physically painful to corporeal undead such as zombies and vampires. They will attempt to flee, and if that is impossible, will begin to take 1 die of damage per round until destroyed. If you are a vampire yourself, you will also take 1 die of damage per per round. The effects end if the perfume is washed off.
