¶ Guide to Brewing Alchemical Concoctions
Alchemy is the fine art of brewing semi-mundane materials into seemingly magical potions, with effects ranging from mending wounds to silent killers.
Any being can throw things in a cauldron and pray for the best, but only a master alchemist is capable of producing what they desire at will.
¶ Alchemical Needs
These components are required for any potions or mixtures, regardless of skill.
- Cauldron: Specially designed to hold even the most volatile mixtures, and withstand a kick or two from the angered alchemist.
- A source of water: Alchemy is not without its costs, but the cauldron's flames are sure to purify even the most foul water into an acceptable potion base.
- Ingredients: Not every mundane object is fit for the cauldron, a master alchemist is more than capable of sniffing out material, however.
¶ Alchemical Wants
While not required, you may find these handy for specific mixtures or ingredients.
- An alchemical mortar and pestle: Used to grind objects into more alchemically ready forms.
- A small plot of land: Many herbs used in alchemical processes can be ground into seeds, and planted for those unwilling to forage.
- Alchemical vials: Small glass vials that conveniently carry 3 3Oz portions of any liquid.
¶ Typical Recipe Preparation and Creation
The typical alchemist will likely either want or have potions requested of them. While knowledge of what each potion smells like compared to how it performs comes with time, the typical preparation of any recipe goes something like this:
1: Gather 30 Oz of water, preferably pure; and pour into the cauldron.
2: Gather up to 4 ingredients, and toss them into the cauldron.
3: Light a fire under the cauldron, and wait for the scent of what was created to waft from the cauldron.
4: Bottle and sell/use as necessary.
¶ Whiffs of Power
As an experienced alchemist, you will notice that ingredients have an "attunement" to specific potions of varying strength. The cauldron will create the potion with the most "weight", where the stronger the attunement, the more weight given. You've assigned the weights as follows:
-Strongly Attuned: 3
-Moderately Attuned: 2
-Minorly Attuned: 1
Potions under weight 5 will not mix at all.
For non experienced alchemists, you may not be able to discern exactly what potion is being made with at any given moment. However: know that an ingredient's smell may assist in determining what potion is being made instead. Although, knowing what each potion smells like might be a task in itself...
¶ Ingredients and Their Uses:
¶ Herbs:
| Image | Name | Attunement |
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Atropa | Major: Doom Poison Moder: Berry Poison Minor: Stamina Poison |
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Matricaria | Major: Berry Poison Moder: Perception Potion Minor: Doom Poison |
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Symphitum | Major: Health Potion Moder: Stamina Potion Minor: Antidote |
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Taraxacum | Major: Stamina Potion Moder: Health Potion Minor: Antidote |
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Euphrasia | Major: Speed Potion Moder: Stamina Potion Minor: Intelligence Potion |
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Paris | Major: Big Stamina Potion Moder: Berry Poison Minor: Stamina Potion |
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Calendula | Major: Big Health Potion Moder: Berry Poison Minor: Health Potion |
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Mentha | Major: Perception Potion Moder: Intelligence Potion Minor: Stamina Potion |
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Urtica | Major: Health Potion Moder: Speed Potion Minor: Stamina Potion |
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Saliva | Major: Constitution Potion Moder: Strength Potion Minor: Endurance Potion |
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Hypericum | Major: Stamina Potion Moder: Big Mana Potion Minor: Antidote |
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Benedictus | Major: Big Stamina Potion Moder: Stamina Potion Minor: Intelligence Potion |
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Valeriana | Major: Health Potion Moder: Speed Potion Minor: Stamina Potion |
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Artemisia | Major: Luck Potion Moder: Speed Potion Minor: Health Potion |
With a high enough alchemical skill, herbs will be easier to find.
¶ Misc
| Image | Name | Attunement | Detail |
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Viscera | Major: Big Health Potion Moder: Health Potion Minor: Antidote |
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Sinew | Major: Stamina Potion Moder: Endurance Potion Minor: Health Potion |
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Tail Bone | Major: Disease Cure Moder: Health Potion Minor: Constitution Potion |
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Troll Horn | Major: Strength Potion Moder: Constitution Potion Minor: Endurance Potion |
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| pending | Bone Meal | Major: Mana Potion Moder: Perception Potion Minor: Antidote |
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| pending | Seed Dust | Major: Big Stamina Potion Moder: Stamina Potion Minor: Disease Cure |
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| pending | Coal Dust | Major: Antidote Moder: Endurance Potion Minor: Strength Potion |
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| pending | Silver Dust | Major: Disease Cure Moder: Antidote Minor: Big Health Potion |
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| pending | Magic Dust | Major: Big Mana Potion Moder: Endurance Potion Minor: Constitution Potion |
Mix together water, air, fire, and earth rune dust. |
| pending | Iron Dust | Major: Endurance Potion Moder: Constitution Potion Minor: Strength Potion |
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| pending | Swampweed Dust | Major: Berry Poison Moder: Big Stamina Potion Minor: Endurance Potion |
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| pending | Westleach Dust | Major: Perception Potion Moder: Stamina Potion Minor: Speed Potion |
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| pending | Gold Dust | Major: Big Mana Potion Moder: Constitution Potion Minor: Perception Potion |
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| pending | Feau Dust | Major: Speed Potion Moder: Big Mana Potion Minor: Disease Cure |
Mix together iron and gold dust. |
| pending | Alchemical Ozium | Major: Big Stamina Potion Moder: Luck Potion Minor: Intelligence Potion |
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| pending | Rune Dust | Major: Intelligence Potion Moder: Big Mana Potion Minor: Perception Potion |
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| pending | Fire Rune Dust | Major: Strength Potion Moder: Constitution Potion Minor: Speed Potion |
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| pending | Air Rune Dust | Major: Speed Potion Moder: Stamina Potion Minor: Intelligence Potion |
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| pending | Water Rune Dust | Major: Intelligence Potion Moder: Big Mana Potion Minor: Perception Potion |
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| pending | Earth Rune Dust | Major: Constitution Potion Moder: Endurance Potion Minor: Strength Potion |
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Transis Dust | Major: Gender Change Potion Moder: Gender Change Potion Minor: Gender Change Potion |
Grind together and combine Artemisia, Benedictus, Hypericum, Salvia, Atroba, and Taraxacum. |