Treat

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Treat
Command information
GP Cost  ?
Learnt At ?
Skills Used crafts.medicine.treatment.disease, magic.methods.mental.cursing, fighting.unarmed.striking
Items Needed turpentine
Guild Witches' Guild

They said she had the Touch, although she just said that the best medicine for sheep or man was a dose of turpentine, a good cussin' and a kick. Bits of paper with Granny's own recipes for sheep cures stuck out all over the book. Mostly they involved turpentine, but some included cussin'.

A horse remedy needs to be especially strong.

Acquisition

You say: teach me please

Nanny Ogg nods.
Nanny Ogg says with a Lancrastian accent: 'Bout time you learned a new trick, luv.
Nanny Ogg whispers to you with a Lancrastian accent: I heard this one was invented by a sheep witch down on the Chalk, may she rest in peace.
Nanny Ogg looks solemn for a moment.
Nanny Ogg whispers to you with a Lancrastian accent: You'll be needing some supplies to use it, of course.  Smart gel like you will know where to find 'em.
Nanny Ogg nods knowingly at you.
Nanny Ogg loudly exclaims with a Lancrastian accent: Run along now an' give it a try!

Components

You need turpentine.

Assess health (optional)

Assessing the health of a rideable horse uses crafts.medicine.diagnosis (TM confirmed).

At 59-196 bonus, the health of a horse will seem to fluctuate between good and ill every time it is assessed, and there will be a note about the "untrained eye".

assess horse health

The bay horse:
  To your untrained eye, he seems to be sick with some sort of horse illness.

Assessing a horse's health takes 25 GPs (to be confirmed).

Treat

To treat the horse you need to succeed in treating it in 3 different ways:

syntax treat
Forms of syntax available for the command "treat":
treat <living> with [a dose    
      of] turpentine from
      <bottle>
treat <living> with [a good]   
      cussing
treat <living> with [a dose    
      of] turpentine
treat <living> with [a] kick 
  • Treating a horse with turpentine requires crafts.medicine.treatment.disease (listed in helpfile) and takes 20 GPs (to be confirmed).
    • If you fail you don't use up the turpentine. Phew!
  • Treating a horse with cussing requires magic.methods.mental.cursing (listed in helpfile) and takes 20 GPs (to be confirmed).
  • Treating a horse with a kick requires fighting.unarmed.striking (listed in helpfile) and takes 20 GPs (to be confirmed).

Once you succeed the third treatment it's immediately cured!

Failure

Treating a horse with turpentine

treat horse with a dose of turpentine from bottle

You try to administer a dose of turpentine from a large turquoise bottle to the bay horse in between opening and closing it, but he shies away, nose wrinkling.

What the horse owner sees for failure to treat a horse with turpentine:

<Witch> tries to administer a dose of turpentine from <bottle> to <name of> the <colour> horse in between opening and closing it, but <he/she> shies away, nose wrinkling.


Treating a horse with cussing

treat horse with a good cussing

You begin swearing at the <colour> horse, but <he/she> starts crying and you feel too bad to continue.
<Witch> begins swearing at the <colour> horse, but <he/she> starts crying and she feels too bad to continue.


Treating a horse with a kick

Failure will cause about 100 to 200 HP damage when the horse kicks.

treat horse with a kick

Hp: 1934 (2134) Gp: 346 (366)
You try to kick the bay horse, but he deftly evades the blow and kicks you instead.

What the horse owner sees for failure to treat a horse with a kick:

<Witch> tries to kick <name of> the <colour> horse, but <he/she> deftly evades the blow and kicks her instead.

Success

Treating a horse with turpentine

treat horse with a dose of turpentine from bottle

You administer a dose of turpentine from a large turquoise bottle to the bay horse in between opening and closing it.

What the horse owner sees for success in treatment with turpentine:

<Witch> administers a dose of turpentine from a large turquoise bottle to <name of> the <colour> horse in between opening and closing it.

Treating a horse with cussing

treat horse with a good cussing
You give the bay horse a good cussin'.

What the horse owner sees for success in treatment with cussing:

<Witch> gives <name of> the <colour> horse a good cussin'.

Treating a horse with a kick

treat horse with a kick

You kick the bay horse firmly but encouragingly.

What the horse owner sees for success in treatment with a kick:

<Witch> kicks <name of> the <colour> horse firmly but encouragingly.

After the third success:

The <colour> horse resolves to get better, and immediately does.

See also

Help

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