Potions: An Alchemist's Guide

== Foreword: On Usage and Potion Sickness ==
While Potions are a wonder to the common folk, they are often misunderstood to be a miracle cure-all. This is most assuredly not the case. The use of each individual potion is very narrow in scope medically, and potions alone can not assuage all injuries- they simply mitigate symptoms more often than not.
Further, overuse of Potions can be incredibly detrimental to one’s health, leading to a cacophony of symptoms and eventually addiction and death. Potion Sickness is a serious issue, and consuming more than two potions per 24 hours is highly discouraged for your own health and safety. Symptoms of onset Potion Sickness included fatigue, nausea, and light-headedness. Extreme overdosing may result in mana overcharge, blood thinning, and heart attacks.
Please consult a medical professional before consuming potions.
== Chapter One: The Common Four ==
=== Healing Potion ===
Healing Potions are a very useful concoction capable of reducing or even healing minor injuries. They can reduce bruising- both internal and external, heal small scrapes and cuts, act as a minor pain killer, and boost the immune system to encourage natural healing. Large injuries and internal bleeding will still require proper medical care and surgery, however a Healing Potion will stabilize an individual for a time even in these situations.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Starleaf, Sunwing Butterfly Wings, and Bone Meal.
* Starleaf must be dried for two days, ground into a fine powder, and boiled.
* Sunwing wings must be placed in cold water for ten minutes, ground into dust, then stirred into water until the mixture becomes foggy.
* The bones must be ground into bone meal.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Starleaf, Sunwing, Bone Meal.
* Stir until the concoction turns red.
=== Mana Potion ===
An individual’s Mana Pool is limited, and when depleted this can result in exhaustion and unconsciousness, as well as preventing them from continuing whatever task required such strain. Mana Potions work to refill one’s Mana Pool within seconds, making them incredibly useful for those in a dire situation.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Starleaf, Grottoshroom, and a Mana Crystal.
* Starleaf must be dried for two days, ground into a fine powder, and boiled.
* Grottoshroom must be dried for five days, ground into a dust, boiled and shook until red.
* The Mana Crystal must be ground into a rough powder.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Starleaf, Grottoshroom, Mana Crystals.
* Stir until the concoction turns light blue.
=== Stamina Potion ===
A Stamina Potion acts as a rapid energy boost, recharging an individual for a short time. This does not replace the need for proper rest and recuperation however, it merely delays the need for such in a pinch and the effect does eventually wear off, leaving you much more exhausted than you otherwise might have been. Still, it has its uses especially in combat where asking a foe for a five minute breather isn’t likely to work.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Starleaf, a Mana Crystal, Common Spider Legs, and a Banana or an Apple.
* Starleaf must be dried for two days, ground into a fine powder, and boiled.
* The Mana Crystal must be ground into a rough powder.
* Common Spider Legs must be mixed in saltwater with the Mana Crystal Powder for five minutes, then boiled until the mixture turns green.
* The Apple or Banana must be ground up into a mushy substance.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Starleaf, Common Spider Legs, Banana or Apple Paste.
* Stir until the concoction turns lime green.
=== Hydration Potion ===
Hydration is essential to ensure good health and performance, be it on the battlefield or in the wheat fields. As such, rapid rehydration is very important, and sometimes water simply will not do due to the circumstances. Hydration Potions are dense sources of water allowing you to recover the equivalent of 24 ounces of water in only an 8 ounce dose.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Starleaf, 24 ounces of water, and a Banana or an Apple.
* Starleaf must be dried for two days, ground into a fine powder, and boiled.
* The water must be purified, preferably by being boiled prior and allowed to cool.
* The Apple or Banana must be ground up into a mushy substance.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Water, Starleaf, Banana or Apple Paste.
* Stir until the concoction turns dark blue.
== Chapter Two: Resistances ==
=== Heat Resistance Potion ===
Heat Resistance Potions are essential when facing any creature that utilizes fire based attacks such as Hell Hounds or Imps. But the climate can kill you just as quickly, and you can’t kill it back, so these potions are most commonly used by travelers and adventurers trekking into the scorching deserts of Duat, or the mildly less scorching savannahs of Erie.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Starleaf, a Mana Crystal, Emberbulb, and Desert Lizard Blood.
* Starleaf must be dried for two days, ground into a fine powder, and boiled.
* Emberbulb should be handled with gloves and placed into chilled water for roughly a minute. After this, it can be ground to dust.
* The Mana Crystal must be ground into a rough powder.
* Add the Mana Crystal Dust to the Desert Lizard Blood then add a quarter cup of boiled water. Still the mixture for a minute.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Starleaf, Emberbulb, Desert Lizard Blood.
* Stir until the concoction turns a light orange.
=== Cold Resistance Potion ===
Freezing to death is by far one of my least prefered ways to die, in theory. Granted, I’ve yet to try it, but overall it sounds most unpleasant. And it is a very real possibility faced by many in the harsh winters, most especially in Svellheimr. Cold Resistance Potions maintain your body temperature, preventing it from lowering too dramatically.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Starleaf, Moongazer Frond, and Wuulder’s Cap.
* Starleaf must be dried for two days, ground into a fine powder, and boiled.
* Moongazer Frond must be dried for four days, ground into a powder, and mixed with a few drops of hot water until it turns into a thick paste.
* Wuulder’s Cap must be placed in boiling water for thirty seconds, and the solid extract must be ground into a dust.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Starleaf, Moongazer Frond, Wuulder’s Cap.
* Stir until the concoction turns a minty blue.
=== Water Breathing Potion ===
Some may claim this potion to not be a Resistance Potion, and that my Chapter titles lied to them. I would counter that it could also be called a Drowning Resistance Potion, and that you technically are not breathing in water after consuming this. Regardless, as the name makes obvious, this potion allows the consumer to obtain oxygen from water while submerged, allowing them to stay underwater for ten to fifteen minutes.
==== Brewing ====
You will require Pisces Plant, a Mana Crystal, and Wuulder’s Cap.
* Pisces Plant must be stored in freshwater until used. It must be ground into a paste.
* The Mana Crystal must be ground into a rough powder.
* Wuulder’s Cap must be placed in boiling water for thirty seconds, and the solid extract must be ground into a dust.
* Add the ingredients to the stirring cauldron in this order:
* Pisces Plant, Mana Crystal, Wuulder’s Cap.
* Stir until the concoction turns a dark indigo color.
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