Potion Crafting
The world of Aerith is filled with many potent and magical resources that can be used to craft potions and poison. people that make these potion can be found in many settlements, and the ingredients can be found all across the world from many different places. Those with the knowledge rarely travel because crafting anything more than basic potions require a full work station, but they will often seek out others to get them their ingredients instead.
Requirements
To start to craft potions you require proficiency in one of the following tools, depending on the tool proficiency you have gives you different potions that you are able to craft.
Alchemist’s Supplies: Having proficiency with alchemist’s supplies allows you to craft potions using any ingredients. However you don’t know how to extract ingredients with this proficiency.
Herbalism Kit: Having proficiency with Herbalism kits allows you to both craft potions as well as extract ingredients. However you only know how to craft potions and extract ingredients that are plant based with this proficiency.
Poisoner's Kit: Having Proficiency in Poisoner’s kits allows you to craft potions using any ingredients as well as extract any ingredients. However when crafting potions you must use at least one poisonous ingredient and you can only extract poisonous ingredients.
Additional Proficiencies
Depending on what other skills you are proficient in you can unlock different potions you can craft and ingredients you can extract.
- Animal Handling: Can use and extract ingredients from beasts
- Arcana: Can use and extract ingredients from Aberrations, Elementals, and Ooze
- Medicine: Can use and extract ingredients from Humanoids, and giants
- Nature: Can use and extract ingredients from plants, and plant type creatures
- Religion: Can use and extract ingredients from celestials, and fiends
- Arcana and Animal Handling: Can use and extract ingredients from monstrosities
- Arcana and Medicine: Can use and extract ingredients from Undead
- Arcana and Nature: Can use and extract ingredients from Fey
- Arcana and Tinkerer Tools: Can use and extract ingredients from Constructs
- Arcana, History, Medicine, Nature, and Religion: Can use and extract ingredients from Dragons
Types of Ingredients
These are the types of Ingredients every ingredient will fall under one or more of these types.- Applied Ingredients: Applied Ingredients are any ingredients that are applied to a creature, usually through skin contact but it can also be through the bloodstream or put onto weapons. All Applied Ingredients are also catalyst ingredients. Also it takes an action to use a potion with an applied ingredient.
- Consumable Ingredients: Consumable ingredients are any ingredients that are use by drinking or eating the potion. All Consumable Ingredients are also catalyst ingredients. Also it takes a bonus action to use a potion with a consumable ingredient.
- Poisonous Ingredients: Poisonous Ingredients are any ingredients that harm or hinder those who are affected by the potion.
- Vigorous Ingredients: Vigorous ingredients are any ingredients that heal or boost those who are affected by the potion.
- Utility Ingredients: Utility ingredients are complicated ingredients that interact differently depending on what else you are mixing it with, but it must be mixed with either a poisonous or vigorous ingredient.
- Magical Ingredients: Magical Ingredients are any ingredients that come from magical sources.
- Catalyst Ingredients: Catalyst ingredients are any ingredients that make it possible to use the potion. A potion must have at least one of the ingredients be a catalyst ingredient to have it be considered a finished potion.
Crafting Potions
Crafting potions can be a long and exhausting process. To craft potion require multiple ability checks with ever increasing DC’s. Every time you add an ingredient to the potion you must make an ability check using one of the required tool proficiencies. Each time you add an ingredient the DC for the roll increases by ingredients DC. Once you have made a potion with at least two ingredients (one of which being a catalyst ingredient), you can choose to stop and finish the potion, or you can decide to keep crafting the potion. If you fail the check all the ingredients you have used are wasted and the potion is not made. Once you succeed a potion you learn its recipe, when you know a potions recipe you only need to make one ability check with the final DC of the potion.Restrictions
There are certain restrictions depending on where you are crafting these potions and the resources at your disposal.Just Ingredients
If you are just using the ingredients without any tools or laboratory the potions you craft can only be made to a maximum DC of 13. You are unable to craft any potions if the DC of the potion exceeds 13 and attempting to do so automatically fails the attempt.Ingredients and Tools
If you are using tools that you are proficient in you can craft potions to a maximum DC of 17. You are unable to craft any potions if the DC of the potion exceeds 17 and attempting to do so automatically fails the attempt. You are able to use multiple tools that you are proficient in, doing so increases the maximum DC by 2.
Basic Laboratory
If you are using a basic laboratory you can craft potions to a maximum DC of 22. You are unable to craft any potions if the DC of the potion exceeds 22 and attempting to do so automatically fails the attempt.
Improved Laboratory
If you are using an Improved laboratory, you can craft potions to a maximum DC of 26. You are unable to craft any potions if the DC of the potion exceeds 26 and attempting to do so automatically fails the attempt.
Advanced Laboratory
If you are using an Advanced laboratory, you can craft potions to a maximum DC of 31. You are unable to craft any potions if the DC of the potion exceeds 31 and attempting to do so automatically fails the attempt.Magical Laboratory
If you are using a Magical laboratory, you don’t have a limit to the DC of the potions you can craft.
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