In the past when the druidic order was strong and watched over the balance of the nature, the comunity of druids was and handing the knowledge of various herbs, collected by druidic order throughout centuries, to young druids in order to preserve this knowledge. This was done by a special group of druids who called themselves "herbalists". Their task was not only bookkeeping and teaching, but they also continued to study known herbs, and often wandered a lot, looking for new specimen to examine. Herbalists have, however, completely disappeared many years ago. It is not clear why and where, but many older druids believe that they may have angered Mother Nature with some uncontrolled herb experiment which caused scars on her face. They took many secrets and recipes with them, so lot of their research will have to be done again in order to reach same level of knowledge. Nowadays, young druids are only trained how to gain general information about a herb they find on their journeys - in what environment does it grow, how rare it is, and some general guidelines on its usability and properties. After identifying many herbs of a particular kind using herb lore, one is able to remember information about this kind of herb even without having a specimen with them. The more herbs you find and identify, the more information can be recalled from memory this way. Do not be frustrated about the finding only the common herbs at first, only on higher levels you will gain skills to discover the less common ones. When this skill is used without argument, it will show you list of all herbs you know.

See also: in-mud help for reveal, in-mud help for herb