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<blockquote data-quote="Memnus" data-source="post: 1684399" data-attributes="member: 14001">Fleck shudders. &quot;Well, some delicate magical procedures won't work with just any mix of water and dirt. It has to be real swamp mud - the environment infuses a little of itself into the mud, and that essence can be teased out.&nbsp; It'd probably be useful for... hm.&quot; He scratches his beard as he searches for an example. &quot;Say you want to enchant a lantern to shine brighter in swampy areas, to bring comfort to the poor saps that get stuck in one.&quot; Entirely ignoring the sheer uselessness of such a thing, he plows on. &quot;How are you going to teach the enchantment what a swamp feels like, if your lab is anywhere more comfortable?&nbsp; You couldn't set up a lab here, without nasty adaptations for the humidity and rot.&nbsp; So you need to bring a bit of the swamp home.&nbsp; The same effect could apply to cosmetics, though who'd want authentic swamp on their face is beyond me.&quot;He ponders the mud again. &quot;Not that this dirt has been in a swamp long enough to absord any authentic swampness.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Memnus, post: 1684399, member: 14001"] Fleck shudders. [color=sandybrown]"Well, some delicate magical procedures won't work with just any mix of water and dirt. It has to be real swamp mud - the environment infuses a little of itself into the mud, and that essence can be teased out. It'd probably be useful for... hm."[/color] He scratches his beard as he searches for an example. [color=sandybrown]"Say you want to enchant a lantern to shine brighter in swampy areas, to bring comfort to the poor saps that get stuck in one."[/color] Entirely ignoring the sheer uselessness of such a thing, he plows on. [color=sandybrown]"How are you going to teach the enchantment what a swamp feels like, if your lab is anywhere more comfortable? You couldn't set up a lab here, without nasty adaptations for the humidity and rot. So you need to bring a bit of the swamp home. The same effect could apply to cosmetics, though who'd want authentic swamp on their face is beyond me."[/color] He ponders the mud again. [color=sandybrown]"Not that this dirt has been in a swamp long enough to absord any authentic swampness."[/color] [/QUOTE]

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