Atlantean Trilogy Archive
An alchemist shapes a clay golem beside copper furnaces and a homunculus in a jar, with whales drifting past a sunken city beyond.

Dram

Alchemy, Alchemical sign

Alchemical shorthand sign standing for dram; the book offers these as optional flavor or as substitutes for written abbreviations.

From the book

The alchemical sign for the dram. As a solid weight a dram is three scruples, and eight drams make an ounce; the fluid dram is the matching liquid measure.

The alchemical signs are included as optional color, and a player or Game Judge may write them in place of ordinary abbreviations whenever he or she likes.

At a glance

Meaning
Dram
Category
Measure
Glyph (described)
Script '3'-like glyph

Glyph description is an editorial reading of the printed image; meaning is exact.