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Title: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on September 18, 2023, 09:03:17 pm

Main thread here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=182038.0)

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Guild Members:
Da'Lir (Jerick) Guild master
Bim the Great (Megam0nkey)

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Spoiler: Known Ingredients (click to show/hide)

Name:	Effect:	Ph:	Instability:	Notes:
Bardgrass	Potion Base	+2	+2	Great for using to whistle
Badger Fern	Intoxication:1	+1	+1	Usually powdered and smoked, banned in some parts of the world
Cornberries	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+1	Small tight clusters of bright yellow berries, known to be mildly toxic to eat
Monduks Snout	Re-Hydration	+3	+3	A mushroom that grows in a funnel shape to collect and catch water, lives usually long for a mushroom
Varn Thorns	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+3	Varn bushes have flat branches that lie flat on the ground that whip up when a central spot is stepped on. They're covered in small, detachable, hooked, seed-carrying, thorns that hook into clothes and fur.
Snow Blight Berries	(Effects Unknown)	-2	+3	A white, salty berry that is said to ward off frost wherever it falls
Crow's Eye	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+2	A black flower with deep purple highlights around the petals. Typically grows in and around rocks and bushes. The center of the flower forms a soft sphere.
Wanderer's Respite	(Effects Unknown)	+1	+4	An edible, tall-stemmed plant that flowers with a light blue flower with thin petals. Very visible from a distance and known for its fragrance.
Gurd Root	(Effects Unknown)	+4	+5	A difficult-to-find root only found beneath the permafrost. It is a dull grey colour but is associated with vitality. Currently, there are no records connecting the root to any flower or plant and it is unknown how it proliferates.
Singing Reeds	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+2	Typically found along the banks of water features. The tops of these reeds grow into a shape that creates a distinctive whistling noise when the wind blows through them, alerting travelers to the presence of water.
Averhorn flowers	(Effects Unknown)	+2	+2	The Averhorn is a coniferous tree that produces a vibrant white and red flower that is very unusual for its native climate
Moon Coin Mushroom	(Effects Unknown)	-3	+2	Moon Coin mushrooms are small flat silver disks that grow at night and fade quickly in the morning light
Ember Wheat	(Effects Unknown)	-4	+5	A thin trail of perpetual smoke is emitted from the seeds of this plant. These seeds are warm to the touch and will melt slowly through snow and perma frost if scattered on frozen ground.
Spike Bush Bark	(Effects Unknown)	+3	+4	These plants form a short thick spike that grows it's way through the frost.
Carrion Vine	(Effects Unknown)	-2	+6	These unsettling plants take root in and exclusively grow in corpses. Dead deer is their preferred habitat
Climber's Boon	(Effects Unknown)	-4	+5	Loved by climbers and hated by architects. Climbers boon is a thick, woody vine that solidly anchors its roots deep into the rock (or building) it's growing on. Has a reputation for being unmovable
Taffer Sap	Potion Base	-1	1	Taffer tree sap is a pungent thick liquid that is sometimes used as an adhesive.
	(Effects Unknown)

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)

Spoiler: Alchemy Mechanics (always subject to possible change) (click to show/hide)

Basics:
Between updates, each member may only attempt one task at a time but can attempt to brew as many potions as they want. The alchemy guild will never post tasks that take place outside of town (that's for the cartographers and the adventurers). To attempt a task post the name of the task you are attempting in bold at the top of your post. RP stuff included in your post that would make the task easier is taken into account for the dice roll that decides the result. So if you want you can explain how you'd try to do it. But just posting that you're attempting it is fine. If someone comes in from another guild with a request you can attempt it before it's officially posted as a task. If multiple people are attempting a task only one person can succeed at priority is given to the player who posted first.

Brewing Potions
To brew a potion you need a set of alchemy equipment. If you don't have your own you can use the guild's. The alchemy equipment determines the max instability that is safe for a potion. If you try to brew a potion above the instability the equipment can handle I'll roll on a (currently unwritten) table of effects. Many of these effects are negative but not all of them are. If the instability is double that of the equipment you are using you will always fail. The other number you need to worry about is the Ph of a potion. Magical ingredients have a wild effect of the Ph of liquid when refined. It's one of the key ways of identifying if an ingredient is magical or not. The more potent an ingredient the bigger effect it'll have on the Ph of your potion. A final Ph between 5.5 and 8.5 is recommended for a drinkable potion (though maybe you just want to make acid?). The Ph and instablility of all ingredients is cumulative but the effects aren't. When two examples of the same effect are added to a potion only the most potent one is counted. Some effects can cross-react in sometimes surprising ways so keep an eye out for unusual results and remember the recipe.

To post a potion please post the number of each ingredient you're adding bolded and in square brackets. Also please have every potion you are making in one post it makes it easier for me and future guildmasters to avoid missing a potion you're making. Every potion needs an ingredient with the "Potion base" effect and no other single ingredient can outnumber the base ingredient. So [1*Bardgrass, 2*Badger Fern] would fail but [1*Bardgrass, 1*Badger Fern, 1*Undiscovered ingredient] would work. You don't have to post your potion recipes in this thread. You can DM them to the current guildmaster but if and only if you're using your own alchemy equipment. If you're using the guild's equipment you're making your potions in full view of everyone and have to post the recipe in the thread. Finally, guild masters are too busy with the day-to-day administration of the guild and therefore can't evaluate the effectiveness of their own potions which means guild masters can't attempt tasks or brew potions (unless they're the only active guild member).

Ingredients
Currently, ingredients are only available from the guild storage and guild tasks. But once other guilds get going they should help serve as an alternative source of them. Guild members are expected to keep track of their own ingredients. However, the ingredients in the guild storage are available for anyone to use.

Rules changes
I am fallible and the rules are flexible. Feel free to experiment with things or to ask for changes or to correct me when I inevitably get things wrong.

Edited in clarifications:
Potion bases will never be marked as (Effects Unknown)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability: 8 )
Ingredient inventory: 20*Bardgrass, 15*Badger Fern
Guild Coffers:

Da'Lir shuffled around his tent setting up the few delicate bottles and tools that had survived the journey. Slowly making his newly formed guild ready for business. He had picked some Bardgrass on the way there, that wasn't hard the stuff practically grew everywhere. Aside from that, he had some Badger Fern but unsurprisingly he hadn't seen any growing around here. Those were the only two herbs he'd really dealt with since he'd been exiled. Before that, he usually used aquatic plants but there was going to be little luck getting plants from beneath the west sea out here. Though he'd been surprised by just how many people had been willing to hire an alchemist who wouldn't ask nor answer any questions. And he'd been just as surprised by how quickly some of that business had gotten violent. But he was free of all that nonsense now. Free to start over. He thought he'd forgotten how to feel pride but he could feel the faint stirring of that long-neglected emotion as he hammered a sign into the ground in front of his humble tent. It read; Keyforged Outpost's Alchemist Guild. Now open for business!

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: MadMonkey on September 19, 2023, 12:23:50 am

Over in The Adventurers Guild (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=182039.0) we are thinking some monsters will drop body parts suitible for potions. One common one might be monsterous eyeballs since most monsters have those!

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on September 19, 2023, 08:03:21 am

Excellent, send over any bits you feel might be useful for potion brewing and I'll figure out their basic properties are, if it's magical or not, and what the Ph and instability of them are. Far more bits of a monster maybe useful than you might expect; horns and claws can be ground down to powder, feathers burnt to usable ash, many creature's blood can make excellent potion bases. Just bring back all the ichors and chunks you can easily move and I'll sort out what's useful from what's not and we can negotiate prices from there.

Also, would the adventurers guild be open to being commissioned to go fetch rare herbs? The most potent ones have an awful habit of growing in dangerous, hard-to-reach places.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Megam0nkey on September 21, 2023, 01:56:28 am

Bim shall harvest some badgergrass, conjuring a minor spirit of wind to collect it for him.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on September 21, 2023, 05:27:11 am

Spoiler: Known Ingredients (click to show/hide)

Name:	Effect:	Ph:	Instability:	Notes:
Bardgrass	Potion Base	+2	+2	Great for using to whistle
Badger Fern	Intoxication:1	+1	+1	Usually powdered and smoked, banned in some parts of the world
Cornberries	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+1	Small tight clusters of bright yellow berries, known to be mildly toxic to eat
Monduks Snout	(Effects Unknown)	+3	+3	A mushroom that grows in a funnel shape to collect and catch water, lives usually long for a mushroom

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)
• Harvest Cornberries from around town while they're in season (relatively simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get fewer cornberries the more players are attempting this task at the same time, won't always be available)
• Search for Monduks Snout mushrooms (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Search for new ingredients growing around town (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, chances of finding something new goes down as the number of ingredients discovered with this goes up, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability: 8 )
Ingredient inventory: 20*Bardgrass, 15*Badger Fern
Guild Coffers: 50

Quote from: Megam0nkey on September 21, 2023, 01:56:28 am

Bim shall harvest some badgergrass, conjuring a minor spirit of wind to collect it for him.

[Rolling 1d20 Result: 2] Wind spirits it turns out aren't that good at identifying plants. It makes things worse when Bim slips up and instructs it to harvest badgergrass rather than bardgrass. The wind spirit does its best and delivers a massive quantity of weeds, grass, twigs, and leaves. Despite that bardgrass is so plentiful and widespread that there is still a fair amount of it in the pile. Though sorting through the mass of plants is tedious it provides some unexpected boons. Not all the things the wind spirit brought back are useless. The pile contains cornberries and monduks snout mushrooms. As a user of magical arts Bim can easily tell that there is some magic making them potential ingredients. Though he cannot tell what effects they have.
Bim finds 11 bardgrass, 5 cornberries and two monduks snouts
(Gentle reminder to keep track of your own personal stash of ingredients. Since it's possible for you to get them in other threads such as in the adventurers guild it makes it much easier to keep track that way.)


While Bim deals with the pile of junk his wind spirit brought him Da'Lir scuttles about gathering and securing his gold reserves. He'd made a respectable profit through some less scrupulous alchemies in the past and was now putting that money into his new guild. He was unsure how he was going to make back that money but right then it didn't matter much to him. He wanted this new guild he was building to succeed and flourish.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: RoseHeart on September 21, 2023, 08:05:55 am

I have an idea for a for an Alchemy and Cartography guilds colab. We the Cartography Guild can provide a list of known locations. You the Alchemy Guild can determine where ingredients grow, with some possibly being found in multiple locations.

This will be an activity for all players. To pick alchemy ingredients.

Members of the Alchemy Guild can obtain an ingredient once a day. All other players can receive an unidentified ingredient once a day, and bring it here.

Based on where it was harvested from, an Alchemy member will roll a die for the gatherer and identify it for them from the list of possible ingredients!

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on September 21, 2023, 09:05:43 am

Ohh that sounds fun. I wonder what kind of locations you'll come up with.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Megam0nkey on September 21, 2023, 04:18:49 pm

Test out these new materials!

Firstly, mix Monduks Snout in a potion with a Bard Grass base, mixed with a Badger Fern
Secondly, Determine if Monduks Snout is a potion base, if it is, use it as one with Cornberries and a Badger fern

bim will use his own equiptment, being a wizard and all, hes bound to have some.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on September 22, 2023, 11:11:21 am

Alright, a few clarifications first:
About the equipment; I am going to assume his is a Basic set of equipment. All the fragile, specialised, awkwardly-shaped, and expensive glassware that makes up the more advanced stuff are not exactly the kind of things you haul off to an unclaimed frontier. The basic set has a max instability of 5 (hold on five? Did I set basic equipment to five? That's way too low. You'd have a hard time making cough syrup with that before something went wrong) 8. Basic equipment has and has always had a max instability of 8.

Potion bases will never be marked as (Effects Unknown).
Admittedly I only just realised how potentially awkward to figure out they could be. The uncertainty around if something is or isn't a Potion Base pretty much guaranteed failed potions. So no, you'll know if something is a base.

Tasks and brewing potions aren't mutually exclusive.
Just so you know there's no limit to brewing potions. Even when hard at work on a demanding task every proper alchemist can make time to make potions.

And finally, can I ask you to call out when you're taking something out of (or putting something into) guild storage? I did initially miss that you were using Badger Fern from the storage.
Now on to the fun stuff:



Bim mixes; [1*Monduks Snout,1*Bardgrass,1*Badger Fern].
There are two very minor cross-reactions between the ingredients; Instability down, Ph down.
The potion is stable enough for the tools you're using (no roll on the instability table)
Total Ph: 10, undrinkable but perhaps usable in other ways.
The potion has two effects; Intoxication at a potency of one. At a potency of one, this effect is very similar to alcohol but with the caveat that the intoxication is magical in nature. However, it wears off just as quickly.
Re-hydration at a potency of one. This effect instantly re-hydrates the drinker even from the verge of dying of dehydration. (The higher the potency the longer it will be before the drinker expirences thirst again)

Spoiler: Known Ingredients (click to show/hide)

Name:	Effect:	Ph:	Instability:	Notes:
Bardgrass	Potion Base	+2	+2	Great for using to whistle
Badger Fern	Intoxication:1	+1	+1	Usually powdered and smoked, banned in some parts of the world
Cornberries	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+1	Small tight clusters of bright yellow berries, known to be mildly toxic to eat
Monduks Snout	Re-Hydration	+3	+3	A mushroom that grows in a funnel shape to collect and catch water, lives usually long for a mushroom
Varn Thorns	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+3	Varn bushes have flat branches that lie flat on the ground that whip up when a central spot is stepped on. They're covered in small, detachable, hooked, seed-carrying, thorns that hook into clothes and fur.
Snow Blight Berries	(Effects Unknown)	-2	+3	A white, salty berry that is said to ward off frost wherever it falls
Crow's Eye	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+2	A black flower with deep purple highlights around the petals. Typically grows in and around rocks and bushes. The center of the flower forms a soft sphere.
Wanderer's Respite	(Effects Unknown)	+1	+4	An edible, tall-stemmed plant that flowers with a light blue flower with thin petals. Very visible from a distance and known for its fragrance.
Gurd Root	(Effects Unknown)	+4	+5	A difficult-to-find root only found beneath the permafrost. It is a dull grey colour but is associated with vitality. Currently, there are no records connecting the root to any flower or plant and it is unknown how it proliferates.
Singing Reeds	(Effects Unknown)	-1	+2	Typically found along the banks of water features. The tops of these reeds grow into a shape that creates a distinctive whistling noise when the wind blows through them, alerting travelers to the presence of water.
Averhorn flowers	(Effects Unknown)	+2	+2	The Averhorn is a coniferous tree that produces a vibrant white and red flower that is very unusual for its native climate
Moon Coin Mushroom	(Effects Unknown)	-3	+2	Moon Coin mushrooms are small flat silver disks that grow at night and fade quickly in the morning light
Ember Wheat	(Effects Unknown)	-4	+5	A thin trail of perpetual smoke is emitted from the seeds of this plant. These seeds are warm to the touch and will melt slowly through snow and perma frost if scattered on frozen ground.
Spike Bush Bark	(Effects Unknown)	+3	+4	These plants form a short thick spike that grows it's way through the frost.
Carrion Vine	(Effects Unknown)	-2	+6	These unsettling plants take root in and exclusively grow in corpses. Dead deer is their preferred habitat
Climber's Boon	(Effects Unknown)	-4	+5	Loved by climbers and hated by architects. Climbers boon is a thick, woody vine that solidly anchors its roots deep into the rock (or building) it's growing on. Has a reputation for being unmovable
Taffer Sap	Potion Base	-1	1	Taffer tree sap is a pungent thick liquid that is sometimes used as an adhesive.
	(Effects Unknown)

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)
• Harvest Cornberries from around town while they're in season (relatively simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get fewer cornberries the more players are attempting this task at the same time, won't always be available)
• Search for Monduks Snout mushrooms (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Search for new ingredients growing around town (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, chances of finding something new goes down as the number of ingredients discovered with this goes up, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Brew and deliver 3 unspecified potions to the adventurers' guild (Reward; A selection of unidentified alchemy ingredients)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability:
Ingredient inventory: 20*Bardgrass, 14*Badger Fern
Guild Coffers: 50

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: MadMonkey on September 22, 2023, 09:26:12 pm

The Unsung Heros have returned from The Southern Marshes with some potential potion supplies. Bruv is willing to give the items in exchange for 3 potions.

Spoiler: The Loot (click to show/hide)

6 yellow mushrooms
6 bat eyeballs
6 bat wings
2 giant frog eyeballs
1 gray moss

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on September 24, 2023, 07:18:35 am

Added your request to the task list!

Now currently I'm working on the cartography guild's request for lists of usable plants. My fellow alchemists are encouraged to add ingredients to help fill out the table if they want. (I'll figure out the effects and all the cross-reaction stuff for the things they add). I've got a bunch of stuff done for the north (though it's making it clear I need a better way to list the ingredients, the spoiler is getting long)

Near north sub-arctic scrubland
Varn Thorns
Snow Blight Berries
Crow's Eye
Wanderer's Respite
Climber's Boon

Northern Bogs
Snow Blight Berries
Crow's Eye
Singing Reeds

River and lake banks
Snow Blight Berries
Wanderer's Respite
Singing Reeds
Taffer Sap

Coniferous Forest
Varn Thorns
Averhorn flowers
Moon Coin mushroom
Carrion Vine
Taffer Sap

Permafrost
Gurd Root
Ember Wheat
Spike Bush Bark

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on October 04, 2023, 10:13:21 am

Potion Ingredients (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rflqy54fRnOMtG0KTgPp1ML28HR2w9iRq6g4qJUD83g/edit?usp=sharing)

Spoiler: Northern gathering spots result tables (click to show/hide)

Near north sub-arctic scrubland

Name	Roll Result
Varn Thorns	1-5
Snow Blight Berries	6-10
Crow's Eye	11-14
Wanderer's Respite	14-17
Climber's Boon	17-20

Northern Bogs

Name	Roll Result
Snow Blight Berries	1-10
Crow's Eye	11-16
Singing Reeds	16-20

Coniferous Forest

Name	Roll Result
Varn Thorns	1-5
Averhorn flowers	6-10
Moon Coin mushroom	11-14
Carrion Vine	14-17
Taffer Sap	17-20

Permafrost

Name	Roll Result
Gurd Root	1-2
Ember Wheat	3-10
Spike Weed Bush Bark	10-20

The Northern areas have now been surveyed and an initial gathering of potential ingredients has been found. Any non-guild member can post in this thread which area they'd like to go picking in once a day and either I or a guild member will roll a d20 and tell you what you found. Guild members are assumed to be quite good at finding plants and can simply pick an ingredient they'd like to get. Check the potion ingredient link at the top of the post to get a list of the ingredients and what is currently known about them.

Da'Lir will pick some Snow Blight Berries from the Near north sub-arctic scrubland and add them to the communal storage.

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)
• Harvest Cornberries from around town while they're in season (relatively simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get fewer cornberries the more players are attempting this task at the same time, won't always be available)
• Search for Monduks Snout mushrooms (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Search for new ingredients growing around town (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, chances of finding something new goes down as the number of ingredients discovered with this goes up, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Brew and deliver 3 unspecified potions to the adventurers' guild (Reward; A selection of unidentified alchemy ingredients)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability:
Ingredient inventory: 20*Bardgrass, 14*Badger Fern
Guild Coffers: 50

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on October 12, 2023, 10:10:50 am

Potion Ingredients (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rflqy54fRnOMtG0KTgPp1ML28HR2w9iRq6g4qJUD83g/edit?usp=sharing)

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)
• Harvest Cornberries from around town while they're in season (relatively simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get fewer cornberries the more players are attempting this task at the same time, won't always be available)
• Search for Monduks Snout mushrooms (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Search for new ingredients growing around town (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, chances of finding something new goes down as the number of ingredients discovered with this goes up, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Brew and deliver 3 unspecified potions to the adventurers' guild (Reward; A selection of alchemy ingredients)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability: 8 )
Ingredient inventory: 20*Bardgrass, 14*Badger Fern, 1*snowblight berries, 4*cornberries
Guild Coffers: 50

(https://i.imgur.com/bwrFmRo.png)
Seeing as how there's not much activity going on in the alchemist guild at the minute Da'Lir takes the time to attend to some of the posted possible tasks personally. He goes and attempts to Harvest Cornberries while they're still in season. (result: 6). Unfortunately Da'Lir gets hungry and eats several of the berries he finds despite their toxicity. He doesn't seem to mind though, perhaps some of the pond scum he also ate while foraging soaked up some of the toxins. Or perhaps he is simply used to eating strange things. He does bring back 4*cornberries without eating them, which he promptly donates to the guild storage.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: RoseHeart on October 21, 2023, 09:30:29 pm

(https://i.imgur.com/wUnmYRY.png)
"I would like to craft a healing potion!"

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on October 23, 2023, 08:50:04 am

Da'Lir chittered excitedly as someone entered the guild hall
(https://i.imgur.com/AdMLhIt.png)
"You are interested in making potions? Excellent, excellent. We have tools and equipment for potion brewing. Normally guild members would take priority when using them but..."
His eye-stalks glanced around the empty tent.
(https://i.imgur.com/bwrFmRo.png)
"There's not much of a queue at the moment. Now you wanted to make a health potion, was it? I'm afraid I'm not that familiar with the ingredients available to us at the minute. I lived on an island far out west and dealt mostly with the merchants from the deep tribes from way below the surface. Do you know they have their own esoteric form of alchemy down there? Potions brewed with brine, pressure, and volcanic heat and sulfur. They don't use flasks or bottles and just manipulate the flow of water to control their concoctions. Fascinating... What was I talking about again? Oh yes healing potions! Yes, sorry. I'm afraid I haven't experimented much with these ingredients and couldn't tell you a recipe for a healing potion. Most of the more interesting and useful effects occur when two ingredients that react to each other are put in the same potion and I haven't been mixing much lately,"
"Besides it's bad form to ask an alchemist for their recipies. Potion-making is very determinative, assuming your equipment can handle the instability then the same combination of ingredients will produce the same result for everyone. The skill with alchemy is figuring out the recipe in the first place. It's part of why most alchemists prefer to have their own equipment and send in their potions for examination quietly, or at least that is the case in more...established guild halls"

(https://i.imgur.com/AdMLhIt.png)
"If you want to try and find a recipe for a health potion I'd recommend starting by getting some gurd root. It looked like it might have some useful properties for that kind of thing. You can find it in the northern reaches, though it isn't that common. There might be easier but less obvious ways to make healing potions. I might pick up some for you next time I'm out gathering that way though, I've a fair idea where I might find some. I might in the future decide to charge non-members for using the communal stash of ingredients but for the time being, there is no point leaving them there to rot. Take what you need (though do tell me what you're taking). Once you have the ingredients you want to experiment with together post what they are and the amounts you're using in the guildhall in square brackets [] and I'll come and help you assess what you've made"
 

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: MadMonkey on October 23, 2023, 12:12:30 pm

(https://i.imgur.com/xXFrl0J.png)
"Stopping in to get the potions The Adventurer's Guild ordered. What? They haven't been started yet? I would brew them myself but I'm no alchemist. I don't care what potions I get, I just need three of them."

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on October 24, 2023, 01:02:24 pm

Potion Ingredients (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rflqy54fRnOMtG0KTgPp1ML28HR2w9iRq6g4qJUD83g/edit?usp=sharing)

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)
• Harvest Cornberries from around town while they're in season (relatively simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get fewer cornberries the more players are attempting this task at the same time, won't always be available)
• Search for Monduks Snout mushrooms (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Search for new ingredients growing around town (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, chances of finding something new goes down as the number of ingredients discovered with this goes up, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Brew and deliver 3 unspecified potions to the adventurers' guild (Reward; A selection of alchemy ingredients)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability: 8 )
Ingredient inventory: 17*Bardgrass, 141*Badger Fern, 1*snowblight berries, 1*cornberries
Guild Coffers: 50

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"My apologies. It seems no alchemist has taken on your request, I'll handle that myself then,"

Da'Lir gathered up some ingredients from the guild stash 3 badger ferns, 3 bardgrass and 3 corn berries and after a surprisingly short period of time, he brews 3 potions. 3*[1*Badgerfern, 1*cornberry, 1*Bardgrass]

Da'Lir mixes 3 [1*Badgerfern, 1*cornberry, 1*Bardgrass] potions
There is a cross-reaction new effect Skin Blisters: potency 2 (old effects from cross-reacting ingredients replaced)
The potion is stable enough for the tools being used (no roll on the instability table)
Total Ph: 9, drinkable (but why would you want to?).
The potion has effects of Skin Blisters at potency 2, any flesh exposed to this liquid will be rapidly covered in blisters. This effect is sudden and very, very painful. Expect anything hit by this to be very distracted.

"Here you are, some bottles of chemical nastiness for you. Will these do?"

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: MadMonkey on October 24, 2023, 01:55:14 pm

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"Thank you! This will be very handy if the Adventuerer's Guild ever needs to torture someone!"

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on October 24, 2023, 02:46:33 pm

Potion Ingredients (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rflqy54fRnOMtG0KTgPp1ML28HR2w9iRq6g4qJUD83g/edit?usp=sharing)

Spoiler: Available Tasks (click to show/hide)

• Harvest Bardgrass from around town (simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get less bardgrass the more players are attempting this task at the same time)
• Harvest Cornberries from around town while they're in season (relatively simple difficulty with no limit on the number of people who attempt it but you get fewer cornberries the more players are attempting this task at the same time, won't always be available)
• Search for Monduks Snout mushrooms (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)
• Search for new ingredients growing around town (Always a gamble, you're not guaranteed to find anything, chances of finding something new goes down as the number of ingredients discovered with this goes up, no limit on the number of people who attempt it)

Spoiler: Guild Stats (click to show/hide)

Alchemy equipment: Basic Alchemy equipment (max instability: 8 )
Ingredient inventory: 17*Bardgrass, 11*Badger Fern, 1*snowblight berries, 1*cornberries, 6 Tabrah Mush, 6 bat eyes, 6 bat wings, 2 giant frog eyeballs, 1 shiver moss, 1 gurd root
Guild Coffers: 50

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"Excellent, excellent. If you ever do feel the inclination to dabble with alchemy you're welcome to come by. Provided you aren't going crazy with the ingredients it's safe enough to experiment"

Da'Lir takes the reward identifies them as:
Tabrah Mush; Small yellow mushrooms that look like they're made of soft melted wax
Bat Eyes; Eyes cut from a bat, still unpleasantly juicy.
Bat Wings; The leather wings of a bat preserved and prepared for potion making
Giant Frog eyes; Known to have no direct potion effects but is said to have some spectacular cross-reactions with other ingredients that are unique.
Shiver Moss; A grey moss that appears to shake and shiver when touched
(Further details on the ingredient list)

Once identified Da'Lir promptly adds them to the guild stockpile. Then he heads off for a quick herb gathering trip (herb gathering isn't random for guild members) and returns with a gurd root, which he also adds to the guild stockpile.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: a1s on October 30, 2023, 09:00:34 am

Aywen Ayes enters
"What can I get for these?"
Aywen places 8 bat wings and 8 bat eyeballs on the table.

Title: Re: Keyforged Alchemists Guild
Post by: Jerick on October 30, 2023, 12:50:02 pm

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"Hrrrm, fresh I see. I'll give you 1 gold apiece,"