: perhaps these mandrake roots that the Jmen dig up are
: already enchanted through the mandrake itself.
: However, maybe the Jmen need to use a little of their
: own energy to use the spells of these
: not-quite-completely-charged roots to heal someone.
: Also, the only time i recall a mandrake root coming
: from under a plant is after you kill the plant, so
: maybe digging up the entire mandrake plant, with the
: top still alive, causes it to shreik and kill off
: whoever is nearby.
Maybe--although it seems like if you could avoid the shriek so easily, they wouldn't be worth $750 because of the difficulty of digging them up. Personally, I think it's just GURPS trying to bring Myth in line with its own formalized magic system, and the fact that GURPS already has a more traditional kind of mandrake root. I might actually write to their errata page again, as I think it's a genuine error.
--SiliconDream
