Patrick's Guide to Potions

This document is out of date. For the new system, refer to the Subsystem Revamp Spreadsheet.

Introduction

In order to brew potions, you'll need a few things: an alchemy kit, reagents, substrate, and knowledge of how to brew the potion. This book is an attempt to share some of that knowledge, specifically the recipes for potions and what the potions can be used for.
To make substrate using a basic alchemy kit, it takes an hour and any two reagents to distill them down into one dose of substrate. A basic kit can make 5 doses at a time. Additionally, if you borrow my equipment, you can use two higher quality (50g or more) reagents to produce 5 doses of substrate instead of just 1. The brewing time for most potions is 30 minutes, and a basic kit can brew only one at a time.
In almost all recipes, the amount of substrate needed is the same as the number of ingredients. In the few exceptions, I'll make a note of the difference.

Healing Potions

The basic healing potions are among the simplest potions. When consumed, they restore health, as described below.

Strength	Ingredients	HP Restored
Minor Healing Potion	1 Restorative Reagent 1 Substrate	5 HP
Healing Potion	2 Restorative Reagents 2 Substrates	10 HP
Greater Healing Potion	4 Restorative Reagents 4 Substrates	20 HP
Superior Healing Potion	5 Restorative Reagent 1 Elysium Thistle or Vial of Unicorn Blood 6 Substrates OR 5 Restorative Reagent 2 Regenerative Blood 7 Substrates	40 HP
Supreme Healing Potion	5 Restorative Reagent 3 Elysium Thistles or Vials of Unicorn Blood 8 Substrates	60 HP

Advanced Healing Potions

The following potions all start from one of the above healing potions, which means they take twice as long to brew. I'll list the ingredients both as what needs to be added to the potions and as the total number of ingredients if you start from scratch.

Name	Ingredients	Effect
Cure Blindness	Supreme Healing Potion 5 Restorative Reagents 1 Snowlily 1 Magical Eye (e.g. Aberrant, Cloaked, Fiendish) 7 Substrates OR 10 Restorative Reagent 3 Elysium Thistles or Vials of Unicorn Blood 1 Snowlily 1 Magical Eye 15 Substrates	Restores drinker's sight
Cure Muteness	Supreme Healing Potion 5 Restorative Reagents 1 Snowlily 1 Wretched Vocal Chords or Cursed Tongue 7 Substrates OR 10 Restorative Reagent 3 Elysium Thistles or Vials of Unicorn Blood 1 Snowlily 1 Wretched Vocal Chords or Cursed Tongue 15 Substrates	Restores drinker's ability to speak
Cure Anosmia	Supreme Healing Potion 5 Restorative Reagents 1 Snowlily 1 Stinking Bogberry 7 Substrates OR 10 Restorative Reagent 3 Elysium Thistles or Vials of Unicorn Blood 1 Snowlily 1 Stinking Bogberry 15 Substrates	Restores drinker's sense of smell
Restore Limb	Supreme Healing Potion 5 Restorative Reagents 1 Snowlily 1 Amorphous Heart 7 Substrates OR 10 Restorative Reagent 3 Elysium Thistles or Vials of Unicorn Blood 1 Snowlily 1 Amorphous Heart 15 Substrates	Regrow drinker's missing limb
Potion of Lesser Restoration	Greater Healing Potion 1 Elysium Thistle or Vial of Unicorn Blood 1 Substrate OR 4 Restorative Reagents 1 Elysium Thistle or Vial of Unicorn Blood 5 Substrate	Lesser Restoration, as per the spell
Potion of Greater Restoration	Superior Healing Potion 1 Elysium Thistle or Vial of Unicorn Blood 1 Substrate OR 5 Restorative Reagent 2 Elysium Thistle or Vials of Unicorn Blood 7 Substrates OR 5 Restorative Reagent 1 Elysium Thistle or Vials of Unicorn Blood 2 Regenerative Blood 8 Substrates	Greater Restoration, as per the spell

Mana Potions

Mana potions are good for the mages who blow through their spells too quickly and fail to keep up their reserves. They can restore spell slots, with stronger potions able to restore higher level slots. Unfortunately, the strongest ones are very expensive to brew.

Strength	Ingredients	Maximum Slot Restored
Minor Mana Potion	2 Arcane Reagents 1 Shadow, Primal, or Elemental Reagent 3 Substrates	Level 1
Mana Potion	4 Arcane Reagents 1 Shadow, Primal, or Elemental Reagent 5 Substrates	Level 2
Greater Mana Potion	6 Arcane Reagents 1 Shadow, Primal, or Elemental Reagent 7 Substrates	Level 3
Superior Mana Potion	6 Arcane Reagents 1 Shadow, Primal, or Elemental Reagent 3 Fey Orchids, Warpbloods, Will-o-wisps, or Amorphous Hearts 10 Substrates	Level 5
Supreme Mana Potion	6 Arcane Reagents 1 Shadow, Primal, or Elemental Reagent 3 Fey Orchids, Warpbloods, Will-o-wisps, or Amorphous Hearts 1 Shadow, Primal, or Elemental Reagent 11 Substrates	Level 7

Spell Potions

The following potions approximately replicate the effects of spells. Most of them differ in duration from the corresponding spells.

Name	Ingredients	Effect
Oil of Slipperiness	1 Arcane Reagent 1 Death Reagent 1 Shadow Essence 3 Substrates	With 10 minutes, it can cover a Medium creature (one extra vial per larger size), granting the Freedom of Movement spell effect for 8 hours. With an action, it can be poured over a 10 foot square, acting as the Grease spell effect for 8 hours.
Potion of Darkvision	1 Arcane Reagents 1 Shadow Reagents 2 Substrates	The drinker is affected by the Darkvision spell, except for only one hour.
Potion of Flying	5 Elemental Reagents 3 Enchanted Feathers 8 Substrates	When you drink this potion, you gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed for 1 hour and can hover.
Potion of Invisibility	5 Shadow Reagents 1 Cloaked Eye or Aberrant Eye 6 Substrates	When you drink it, you become Invisible for 1 hour. Anything you wear or carry is Invisible with you. The Effect ends early if you Attack or Cast a Spell.
Potion of Speed	5 Arcane Reagents 5 Primal Reagents 1 Fey Orchid 1 Frogstool 12 Substrates	When you drink this potion, you gain the Effect of the haste spell for 1 minute (no Concentration required).
Potion of Water Breathing	1 Elemental Reagent 1 Primal Reagent 1 Kraken Kelp 3 Substrates OR 2 Arcane Reagents 1 Elemental Reagent 1 Primal Reagent 4 Substrates	You can breathe Underwater for 1 hour after drinking this potion.
Rope Trick Potion	2 Death Reagents 2 Shadow Reagents 1 Aberrant Tentacle 1 Gripping Claw 6 Substrates	Pouring this on a rope casts Rope Trick on the rope.

Miscellaneous Potions

The rest of the potions I've learned how to brew have more unique abilities, so each is written out in full.

Name	Ingredients	Effect
Delver's Disease Antidote	1 Death Reagent 2 Restorative Reagents 3 Substrates	Cures the drinker of Delver's Disease
Digestive Potion	1 Elemental Reagents 2 Restorative Reagents 3 Substrates	For the next hour, any damage shielding herb you eat prevent the next 5 damage each rather than 1 damage.
Minor Striking Oil	3 Primal Reagents 6 Substrates This recipe uses extra substrates.	After spending a minute to coat a weapon, for the next hour it gets +1 to hit and deals +1 damage.
Major Striking Oil	5 Primal Reagents 15 Substrates This recipe uses extra substrates.	After spending a minute to coat a weapon, for the next hour it gets +2 to hit and deals +2 damage.
Elemental Weapon Oil	3 Elemental Reagents 1 Primal Core of chosen element 4 Substrates (This makes two oils.) OR 3 Elemental Reagents 3 Herbs of chosen element (e.g. Rivercaps for Fire) 6 Substrates	After spending a minute to coat a weapon, for the next hour it deals an extra 1d6 damage of the element matching the Primal Cores.
Potion of Elemental Resistance	5 Elemental Reagents 1 Primal Core of chosen element 6 Substrates (This makes two oils.) OR 5 Elemental Reagents 3 Herbs of chosen element (e.g. Rivercaps for Fire) 8 Substrates	Grants resistance to the element matching the Primal Core for one hour.
Potion of Hill Giant Strength	5 Primal Reagents 2 Varl Horns, Warpbloods, or Ancient Hides 7 Substrates	The drinker's Strength becomes 21 for an hour.
Potion of Wild Magic	1 Arcane Reagent 1 Death Reagent 1 Elemental Reagent 1 Primal Reagent 1 Restorative Reagent 1 Shadow Reagent 6 Substrates	Grants a random effect [from Tucker's custom Wild Magic table]
Potion of Dreams	3 Arcane Reagents 3 Primal Reagents 3 Shadow Reagents 9 Substrates	Grants the drinker fantastical dreams that may be prophetic…but no guarantees.
Potion of Vitality	1 Primal Reagents 1 Restorative Reagents 1 Magic Infused Sap or Troll Pine Cone 3 Substrates OR 1 Primal Reagents 1 Restorative Reagents 2 Mudroots 4 Substrates	Remove all exhaustion, diseases, and poisons from the drinker. For the next 24 hours, when healing with hit dice, treat each die as if it rolled the maximum value.
Potion of Maximum Power	3 Primal Reagents 1 Fey Orchid, Serpent Eye, or Heavenly Feather 4 Substrates	The next time the drinker casts a 4th level (or lower) spell within a minute of drinking the potion, treat each damage die as if it rolled the maximum value.

Type

Journal, Scientific

Medium

Paper

Authors

• Patrick Smith