Despite the text quest saying the player must give gold (30gp), from the very begining Rastaman :P accepts plats instead of gold (among other sources:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=305 (see oldest posts) and the wiki).
I tried to hand him pp and he just ate them although he accepted gold. According to Allakhaam, the reward is supposed to be a spell and some coins, only had the spell. This was at neutral faction with my druid Petitpas.
Nagash/Petitpas