I don't think this fits in very well. Fruits are FULL of water. Why didn't the designers pick potion powders or pills? Potion Fruit... Taste the rainbow.Brew Potion [Item Creation]
Special: On Athas, potions take many different forms. The most common form is an enchanted fruit, often called a potionfruit. Also common items for enchantment are obsidian orbs, packs of herbs, and bone fetishes. The potion, regardless of material used to make it, is consumed or destroyed when used.
Due to the nature of their magic, defilers cannot enchant organic materials, such as fruits, as a potion. As a consequence, most nondefilers use those receptacles almost exclusively, as a way of assuring the potion is not a product of defiler magic.
Originally posted by Cyrus9a
In a dry and barren world all potions come in the form of potion fruits.
Because you can conceal fruits better than vials.
Potions take many different forms. The most common form is an enchanted fruit, often called a potionfruit.
Therefore, traditional, D&D-default potions in glass vials *do* exist on Athas. Other forms of potions also exist, which can include powders and pills.
Therefore, traditional, D&D-default potions in glass vials *do* exist on Athas.
That they *could* exist is not synonymous with *do* exist. ;)
I'll even have the sacks be wax-sealed (or sealed with some other sealant) so that the character need only put it to his lips, then squeeze the sack to break the seal and squirt the potion into their mouth.
Hmmm, each potion seal is made so that it is strong enough for the creater to break the seal on a Str check of 1. if someone else who is weaker tries to drink the potion, they have to beat a Str DC of Creator's Strength mod +1.
the potion, they have to beat a Str DC of Creator's Strength mod +1.
Making the DC equal to the creator's Str is a bit much. I'd just stick with a low standard DC for all potions. Otherwise your idea is pretty good.
Originally posted by az_zel
And of course, the potion creators in your game are either Mul's or Half-giants? :D
I don't see why someone couldn't press his potionfruits to get some potionfruitjuice or, more simply put, a potion.
You could also enchant herbs and leaves to act as potionherbs and potionleaves, which could be chewedto get the effect (in a fashion similar to the Quechuas who chewed coca leaves to get an effect similar to a cup of coffee, or a heartboost to function at high altitudes), and have them simmer in hot water to get potionteas
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The players were more excited about the fact that the potions were in glass bottles than in their actual contents (up until now we have used fruit, cactus leaves, obsidian orbs and little bone runesticks as "potions"). I love DS - the only game where you can have the major treasure in the finale be three little glass bottles :D.
Was just flipping through some old DS material... In 2E you could plant an unused potionfruit to try to grow more. (age of heroes, Pg 74)
Was this intentionally left out of the conversion?
A direct conversion would be pretty easy. A planted potionfruit grows in 1d6 weeks, then roll a percentile to find how many potionfruits it bears;
d%
1-17 the plant bears no fruit
18-69 the plant bears a single potionfruit
70-100 the plant bears two potionfruits
-the tree must be tended, watered and pruned daily
-severe weather changes will kill the tree
-nearby defilement kills the tree
an interesting thing to do with downtime, to be sure...
Was this intentionally left out of the conversion?
IIRC, we had a draft for a botanical enchantment spell, but nixed it. I can't recall the reasoning behind that decision. Flip?
Feel free to use the 2nd edition rules if you please.
IIRC, we had a draft for a botanical enchantment spell, but nixed it. I can't recall the reasoning behind that decision. Flip?
I remember the spell, but I had nothing to do with the Culling of the Spells. Ask Paul.
I wonder what would happen if you planted a potionfruit, and then watered it with a diluted potion of the same (or different) type. Then comes the prestige classes, feats and spells all related to potion farming. lol.
In a dry and barren world all potions come in the form of potion fruits. I don't think this fits in very well. Fruits are FULL of water. Why didn't the designers pick potion powders or pills? Potion Fruit... Taste the rainbow.
Could have been worse. They could have used fish...
I wonder what would happen if you planted a potionfruit, and then watered it with a diluted potion of the same (or different) type.
Probably the same effect as attempting to breed a mul with a mul or any othe race.