The Poetry of Potions

The Alchemist’s Encyclopedia

A pony with the alchemy talent is a powerful alchemist who can use magical ingredients to make wondrous potions. To make a potion, the pony must spend an hour mixing and preparing ingredients then roll a D6 twice. The first roll corresponds to a column, the second roll to a row. After rolling, read the entry in the row and column on the table below that corresponds to the rolled results to find out what potion the pony made.
An alchemist may only have one potion made at a time, if a new one is made, the magic will seep out of the original potion.
Potions may be used by anypony, and unless stated otherwise, last for the remainder of a scene. This is usually a few minutes, though ultimately it is up to you as the GM if you want it to last longer. If a potion description says that you gain a talent, that talent has a die value equal to the alchemy talent of the alchemist that made the potion.

Potions Table

Roll 2d6 . The first number refers to the column; the second, the row.

	1 Queensfoil herb	2 Roc feather	3 Bright rainbow’s glow	4 Petals of Heart’s Desire	5 Precious gems	6 Breezie dust
1 Graywing flower	Cure-All	Stone Skin	Super Sight	Morph Potion	X-ray Vision	Super Hearing
2 Dragon scales	Ice Breath	Super Strength	Bottled Message	Smoke Bomb	Fire Breath	Hurricane Breath
3 Spider Silk	Super Duper Glue	Potion of Dowsing	Spider Climbing	Past Visions	Phase Potion	Invisibility
4 Birthday cake	Loudness Potion	Hunger Potion	Party Potion	Mind Reading	Truth Potion	Sleep
5 Tuft of cloud	Neverend Bottle	Super Smell	Love Potion	Super Speed	Seapony Potion	Levitation
6 Poison Joke	Voice Change	Grow	Gloop	Talk to Plants	Permanent Dye	Shrink

Advanced Potion Rules

For groups that prefer their potions a little less random you can, instead of rolling on the table below, use ingredients to make potions. For this method you will want to keep a track of what magical ingredients your PCs find (and make sure they get ingredients as loot, or have them available to buy in towns). When an alchemist makes a potion they must pick two ingredients and mix them together.
If both ingredients are on the table, the potion is a success. Look at where the ingredients meet on the table to discover what potion you made!
If one of the ingredients is on the table, the potion is still a success. Look at where the ingredient is and roll a D6 for the other ingredient to discover what potion was made.
If neither of the ingredients are listed, the potion looks a bit funny and has no magical effect.