User:Average/Potions
There'll be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations. As such, it is not expected that many of you will appreciate the subtle science and exact art of potion-making... However, for those select few... -- Severus Snape.
Potions and potioncraft are the handiwork of the druids and witches and are bottled in a flask or gourd (afrikan potions). Altogether, this is called a philtre. They generally start with an oil base (apricot, corn, neem oil, etc.) and then add various tinctures, extractives, flavorings, and such. The druid must understand that the power is strictly from ingredients, not chemical reactions (except perhaps for effect). This is a tricky art that the maker must perfect -- conveying the magic to the recipient so that it is exactly as effective as it was intended. Dark cobalt vials are the traditional container for such concoctions.
Because of these reasons, such crafts are typically in a guild, so that the ingredients may be kept private, and their power vouchsafed. Potions are the handiwork of druids, in the same way that spellmeads are the work of mages.
Some common potions: STUB this is mostly exploratory, not authoritative
- Potion of fire (adds +2 STR bonus for several rounds, chaud oil pepper)
- Potion of intelligence (add +1-2 INT semi-permanently, nootropics),
- potion of levitation (lvl 20), flying (lvl 65)
- potion of sleep (lvl 5), near death (lvl 25)
- potion of fame (lvl 35), glory (lvl 35)
- potion of restore health (lvl 5), halt death (lvl 25) (for those near death, but have brain activity)
- potion of vivification (mana restoration),
- Poison enemy (various types related to karmic balance, mistletoe/hollyberry)
- Potions of insanity
- Ulm Juiceda's calming potion: (beer).
- Bezoar potion (anti-dote for other poisons): "stone" within goat stomach
- Potion to dispel (some) curses: absinthe
