You’re stocking treasure and lo, a potion result! Well that’s nifty. You add an extra, just because; potions are convenient little one-shot wonders and there’s generally a nice variety to choose from, stumble over, and accidentally mix.
Then the group starts asking all kinds of questions about the things that aren’t just “what does it do” and your neurons freeze up like you licked an icebox. Augh! Details! Why!
heeeellllppppp —
So here are some tables to spruce up your potions (or anything else that might come in a small vaguely bottle-like container), inside and out ~
Container: Shape | Container: Material I | Container: Material II | Container: Colour |
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01. tubular | 01. blown glass | 01. celadon | 01. cobalt |
02. spherical | 02. oxbone | 02. jade | 02. amber |
03. ovoid | 03. cedar | 03. agate | 03. ginger |
04. mawed skull | 04. cockleshell | 04. flower petals | 04. leaf green |
05. heart | 05. horn | 05. lacquer | 05. milk |
06. prism | 06. crystal | 06. steel | 06. charcoal |
07. jewel | 07. silver | 07. coral | 07. rose |
08. pyramidal | 08. leather | 08. oak | 08. cinnabar |
09. rectangular | 09. human bone | 09. bronze | 09. smoke |
10. human skull | 10. amber | 10. porcelain | 10. sandy |
11. teardrop | 11. tortoiseshell | 11. dragonscale | 11. golden |
12. talon | 12. feathers | 12. angel bone | 12. iridescent |
Contents: Appearance | Contents: Colour | Contents: Scent | Contents: Taste | Contents: Texture |
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01. murky | 01. carmine | 01. mint | 01. acidic | 01. bubbling |
02. glittering | 02. heliotrope | 02. citrus | 02. sweet | 02. gritty |
03. opaque | 03. sable | 03. blood | 03. bitter | 03. syrupy |
04. transparent | 04. verdigris | 04. marrow | 04. metallic | 04. gelatinous |
05. cloudy | 05. bronze | 05. ash | 05. earthy | 05. batter-like |
06. prismatic | 06. ochre | 06. honey | 06. unctuous | 06. watery |
07. shifting | 07. amethyst | 07. bacon | 07. salty | 07. effervescent |
08. layered | 08. silvery | 08. roses | 08. flat | 08. clumping |
09. quivering | 09. ivory | 08. musk | 09. putrid | 09. chunky |
10. slushy | 10. mirror | 10. ocean | 10. bready | 10. pasty |
11. drying | 11. golden | 11. grass | 11. flesh | 11. smooth |
12. solid | 12. pearl | 12. myrrh | 12. electric | 12. sandy |