Shroom wine, shroomwine or hobgoblin shroom wine is prepared by the hobgoblins of the Hobgoblin Caves (16.04), and maybe elsewhere too. The hobgoblins who dwell in the Hobgoblin Hills (16.04) are known far and wide for their production of shroomwine, a potent hallucinogen. It is distilled from the various bioluminescent mushrooms that grow in the caverns beneath the hills. This cave network goes on for miles in every direction, and even the hobgoblins have not explored down to its lowest reaches.
Most shroomwine that gets exported is a generic product containing a mixture of many different species of mushroom. This produces a vivid and varied effect, but is considered of low quality by the hobgoblins themselves. The best vintages are made from only one or two species of mushroom, for it is well documented that each color of shroom produces a different type of hallucination. Among them are:
- Red shrooms, which grant vivid prophecies, though many scholars scoff at the hobgoblins’ claims of accuracy.
- Blue shrooms, which grant visions of one’s own personal past with blinding clarity.
- Green shrooms, which allow one to converse with a race of invisible beings commonly described as ‘wax-based elves’ (much debate goes on over whether these beings are real or illusionary).
- Purple yellowdot shrooms, which cause everyone’s faces to appear swapped around (provides hours of entertainment for hobgoblin children).
- White ethereal shrooms. These grow only in the deepest parts of the caverns. It is strictly forbidden to make shroomwine out of them. On this subject the hobgoblin elders have only this to say: “Last time hob made wine from the white mushroom, Nibbw was released into the world.”
Connections
- A related colony of hobgoblins lives not so far away, it believes itself to be cursed (14.02).
- A while back the three Ghosta brothers stole a caravan full of shroomwine (29.14.27).
- The last lighthouse keeper (46.10) was gifted with shroom wine by an elflady.
- Huge amounts of shroom wine are sometimes recommended for those stung by the bogswine
- The snickersnees drink shroomwine mixed with Tarrasque blood and then fight in a seemingly wild but very accurate style.
Hooks:
- Does red shroomwine really grant the gift of prophecy?
- Are the wax-based elves real or merely hallucinations?
- Who or what is Nibbw?
- What would happen if you mixed a bottle of shroomwine with a jar of poppy brew from 23.23 (the Dust Walkers)?