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Uses: 20
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Oil
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Apply to a sword for additional effects in combat.

Uses: 20
Oil
Weight: 0
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Produces ×1 · Formula for crafting an oil that can be applied to a sword for additional effects in combat.

Ingredients ×1 · Formula for crafting an oil that can be applied to a sword for additional effects in combat.

Effective against · ”Look! Pixies!” ”We should go. Now.” ”Come on, what harm can cute little pixies do us?” – last words of two criminals who broke into the Land of a Thousand Fables, identities unknown Pixies might look like gentle, harmless creatures, yet in their case, the saying about appearances being deceiving fits all too perfectly. The pixies from the Land of a Thousand Fables were created to protect that magic place from intruders and ensure the ducal daughters, Sylvia Anna and Anna Henrietta, did not come to even the slightest harm. Thus whenever anyone else crossed the pixies’ path, it ended badly for them, for pixies are aggressive, war-like creatures, created to kill, defend and fight till they can fight no more.

Effective against · Long years of solitary study tend to make mages somewhat eccentric. As the years pass, laypeople begin to irritate them more and more: they are dense, unreliable, disobedient and determined not to understand the gravity of mages’ work. They display emotion when they should show discipline and self-mastery. No wonder mages have long considered the best companions to be artificial constructs they themselves bring to life and design to follow their rules and meet their needs. Professor Moreau was no exception in this regard. His golem was his dutiful servant and companion, in good times and bad. Moreau’s golem was also an excellent guardian: massive, unyielding and devilishly strong. All in all, he was a tough nut for a witcher to crack!

Effective against · How to survive an encounter with an earth elemental? Simple. Run. Fast as you can. – Nino Murk, bounty hunter Earth elementals are made of mud, clay, sand and rock dust clumped together with water and brought alive with magic. While seemingly slow and ponderous, these creatures are nevertheless dangerous and should be avoided at all costs.

Effective against · If want us to break through this wall, we're gonna need twenty sappers, seven mules and a hundredweight of saltpeter. Or one golem. – Vilmir Brass, foreman at Mount Carbon Golems are mindless matter brought to life by a spell. They obey their creator's orders without question. Their boundless strength, ability to withstand pain, endless patience and the fact that they need not one jot of food or drink makes them the best servants or guards anyone could ask for. Once provoked, they will not tire of battle until they have either crushed their opponent or themselves crumbled into dust.

Effective against · I do not believe in ghosts - it is that simple. But my men say the house shakes at night, walls crumble, why, even the floors move about... – Kurt Dysart, Count of Anchor

Effective against · Something's destroyed our fields and hives. We think it's... the apiarian phantom. Holofernes Meiersdorf

Effective against · The pitcher emitted a puff of glowing red smoke. The smoke pulsated, then gathered into an irregular sphere floating in front of the poet's head... –The First Longing, a Tale Fantastic in All Ways A djinn is a powerful air spirit, a condensation of the power of said element endowed with consciousness and character - the latter usually nasty. According to legend, djinns can grant even the most far-fetched wishes, though they do so begrudgingly. Unusually powerful mages can capture and tame these beings. A mage who succeeds in doing so can then draw energy from such a spirit, using it to cast spells without having to summon the Power from traditional sources. Only a handful have ever managed this feat, however, for djinns fight to avoid such a fate with stubborn determination. To imprison a djinn and bend it to one's will, one must first weaken it - and that is no easy task. Fighting djinns is extraordinarily difficult. They can fling off spells in an instant that the most accomplished human mages could never master with years of preparation. What's more, by manipulating the element of air they can summon gales, powerful storms, even hurricanes. Luckily, as magic beings they are vulnerable to silver - yet steel will do them no harm.

Effective against · The first fire elemental was created by Ransant Alvaro. Sadly, flames engulfed his entire laboratory, burning it - along with every other building on his block - to ash. – Tarvix Sandoval, "Origins of Magic Arcana" Fire is the most destructive of the elements, thus the aggressive lethality of the creature that embodies its essence should come as no surprise. Fire elementals are forged in complicated magic rituals for one purpose: destruction. And they pursue this with murderous determination.

Effective against · It just me, or is that gargoyle ogling us? – Lara Estevann, burglar from Loc Muinne Gargoyles are stone statues brought to life by magic in order to guard mages' laboratories and lairs from intruders. Their appearance alone has scared off more than one prospective burglar. Those who do not take fright at the sight of these horned and winged monstrosities usually die shortly thereafter, torn to shreds by stony claws.

Effective against · I thought to myself - what's a hunk of ice doing in the middle of some lab? And then that hunk of ice got up and broke my legs. – Yannick Lovt, burglar An ice elemental is a mass of frozen water animated by magic. Deprived of consciousness or independent will, this elemental is boundlessly obedient to the orders of the mage who created it. Those orders usually contain but one syllable: kill.

Effective against · Baying at the heels of the Wild hunt are its Hounds, fierce beasts which follow it like dust clouds trailing after a comet. Hushed legends speak of them losing their way at times and descending from the night sky to earth, cold and death following in their wake. – Essi "Blackjack" Daven, trobairitz Born, or so some experts believe, of magic ice crystal, the Hounds of the Wild Hunt race alongside their spectral masters. Like ravenous, feral dogs they are capable only of mindlessly attacking whatever crosses their path.