Draught of Sleep

History
The draght of sleep was accidentally discovered during the great battle of the races when a regiment of soldiers ran out of tea. They sent two young recruits to the nearest forest to gather tealeaf as a makeshift substitute and they accidentally included a few leaves from a plant later named "Dog's Mercury" after the nick names of the two recruits, Dog and Merc. The commanding officer of the company returned from a strategy meeting to find his entire regiment asleep. He tried to wake them but to no avail. Convinced they were under some magic spell he gathered the most skilled magic users to determine what the cause was. After an hour all of the soldiers woke and it was established that the beverage they consumed was the culprit. Further inverstigation led them to the jagged leaves included in the tealeaf harvest. The Wardens took the leaves and with further study, developed them into a much stronger version which came to be known as the Draught of Sleep. Both Dog and Merc received an promotion after the plant was used to incapacitate an entire enemy company.

Later the draught would be used as a medicine for some of the wealthier population as a manner of treating insomnia. However they shortly disovered that regular consumption of the plant resulted in the patient gaining temporary immunity to the effects. For this reason it is regularly given to soldiers to ensure they cannot be targeted by the substence during battle.

Ingredients

 * Dog's Mercury (5 leaves per draught)
 * Sugar (1 measure)
 * Water
 * Empty vial

Steps

 * Add water to pot
 * Bring water to boil
 * Add Dog's Mercury and allow to boil for one minute
 * Remove pot from heat
 * Add one measure of sugar to mask the taste
 * Stir thoroughly for two minutes
 * Remove Dog's Mercury

Game mechanics
A creature who consumes the draught has to make a constitution save (DC13). On failure, the creature is immediately put to sleep for 1d4 hours. An affected creature gains immunity to the draught of sleep for the next 7 days.