What is a Potion?
The term “potion” covers a whole range of consumable substances that provide chemical, alchemical, magical, or pseudo-magical effects. These include: potions or elixirs which are drunk; salves, balms, ointments, oils, or greases rubbed into the surface or things (or people); incenses that are burnt; etc. The list is limited only be the GMs’ (or indeed the players’) imagination. In theory any potion can be made in any of these forms, in practice potions are made in the form that is most convenient or useful. Thus the form in which a potion is supplied is dictated by the manner in which it is intended to be used. Using Potions As a general rule a potion must be applied directly to the area or item it is intended to effect and this tends to dictate the form the potion takes. For example healing potions tend to be produced as balms, salves or ointments since they must be applied directly to the wound while poison antidotes are normally supplied as drinkable liquids since the poisons they c
