Khat is a small flowering plant with reddish-brown leaves that grows in almost any temperate environment of Corwyn and Azoria.
Leaves of this plant can be harvested and dried, and when smoked, produce a powerful sedative and hallucinogenic euphoria effect, similar to drunkenness. The leaves can also be chewed, producing the "bloody-mouth" or the "red smile," an easy way to identify those addicted to them.
The Khat plant is also a powerful analgesic and muscle relaxant, rendering the user immune to most pain for up to four hours. It also causes the user to become very susceptible to suggestion. The berries of the Khat plant are sometimes crushed and mixed with dream spider venom and ordinary tea to produce a potent hallucinogen called Dream Tea.
Unlike its cousin, Pipeweed, Khat is highly addictive and most kingdoms across Corwyn have outlawed its sale. Addiction to the substance causes involuntary shakes and shivers; thus the substance is nick-named "Shiver." Cost varies across regions with a full pouch of it going for around 10-15 gp on the black market.
