Ageing
Alchemy, Potion
Makes the drinker a decade older.
From the book
Brewed with 2 drs. of thread from a ghost's shroud, this potion adds 10 years to the drinker's age. Adding mercury to the same ingredients produces its opposite, the Longevity potion.
Potions grant temporary magical or spell-like powers, normally for 40 + 1-20 minutes. The base is a pint of clear water with a dram each of powdered gold, silver and copper and a carat each of any seven powdered gems (an alchemist may use 2 drs. of Rare Earths instead of the gems). It takes a week in a small cauldron or alembic over a furnace, with a 90% chance of success plus 1% per level (99% at most), and a 1% chance of mishap while it ferments between the 2nd and 7th days. Potions sell for at least 400 G.P. Herbs with similar properties may stand in for scarce animal parts, but only if the base is doubled, and the chance of success drops by 25%.
At a glance
- Ingredients
- 2 drs. of thread from a ghost's shroud
- Effect
- Ages drinker 10 years
- Duration
- 40 + 1-20 minutes (unless stated)
- Base
- 1 pint clear water; 1 dr. each powdered gold, silver, copper; 1 ct. each of any seven powdered gemstones (alchemists may use 2 drs. Rare Earths instead of the gems)
- Equipment
- Mortar and pestle, small cauldron or alembic, furnace
- Time to complete
- 1 week per potion
- Chance of success
- 90% +1% per level (max 99%)
- Mishap
- 1% chance between days 2 and 7 (Alchemical Mishap Table)
- Substitution
- Herbal substitutes for animal ingredients: double the base, -25% success
- Cost
- Minimum 400 G.P. (more for costly ingredients)
- Requires
- Potions skill (prerequisites: Read Magic, Philtres and Magical Mixtures or Herbal Elixirs)