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Title: Apothecary's Journal
Post by: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
(OOC: Thought this would help, I have way too much practice with this on Minecraft PVP Servers)
The cover of the book reads "Drake Sparhawks Apothercarial Journal"


Glossary
Chapter 1
(Note: These are common potions)
I have recently taken on the hobby of brewing Potions, and serving as an Apothecary to some, this has been interesting.
In this journal, of my many journals, I will be recording my findings.

First and foremost, the best beginners potion, Awkward Potion, no grand effect as this potion is a potion base, you can make any potion with this base, so it is suggested you start making a farm for the ingredients straight away.
This potion seems to make the drinker socially awkward.


Ingredients for Batch of Awkward Potion
Process




Instant Health

(There are two sketchings of a man with a gnarly gash across his chest, and the second of the potion being poured upon it.)
(Nickname: Medicine)

Ingredients for one batch of Health Potion
Process


Potion of Weakness

(Note: This is more of a sedative, for patients who do not comply, it pains me to do such things, but i must.)
(Nickname: Catsnail)
Ingredients for one batch of Weakness Potion

Process
By now i think you know the procedure, correct?
You put the Base Potions in the potion slots, and the ingredients in the ingredient slots, simple stuff, right?




Potion of Night Vision
(There is a sketching of a man with shining eyes in a cavern)
(Nickname: Eyebright)

Ingredients for one batch of Night Vision



Potion of Invisibility
 
where did the assassin go?
(There is a sketch of the lower half of a man, and a half filled glass bottle being drank by the invisible upper half)
(Nickname: Assassins Drug)


Ingredients for one batch of Invisibility



Potion of Regeneration

(Nickname: Kingsaver)

Ingredients for one batch of Regeneration


Potion of Poison

(There is a sketch of a mans armour burning and breaking as his face and uncovered areas are doing the same) (Note: I know that I'm supposed to be a healer of sorts, but... This is necessary...) (Note 2: If drank, it will burn the victim from the inside out, much more effective.) (Note: This poison is almost a perfect mirror of Cytotoxic venom from Brown Recluse, except this solution is 10x the effect of the Cytotoxic Venom taken from Brown Recluse.)(Nickname: Death Medicine)

Ingredients for one batch of Poison



Chapter 2


I have found some Blaze rods, from slaying Blazes in the Netherworld, I originally meant to using these rods to make new Brewing Stations, but, it seems I have overlooked something last time I have found one of these, when touched with bare hands, it fills me with energy...
Bad energy, anger and hate and bloodlust, I immediately put them in my bag, it gave me a lurching feeling, as if those where the souls of the blazes I have slain...

I am intrigued by these rods, i kept two to save just for research, the other 3 i made into brewing stands.
I crushed one up with a Mortar and Pestle, and it made a fine powder very easily, this powder is extremely hot, and from the smell... spicy..?



In my research i made a new potion, one that can make a person have a major jolt of adrenaline, and make them more powerful, the potion has a very strange effect though, I will jot it down in a Sketching, I have named this potion, Ira Anima, which is a rough translation in latin to Angry Soul

Potion of Strength
(There is a sketch of a man with black eyes, wielding a sword)
(Nickname: Ira Anima)

Ingredients for one batch of Strength Potion


I have also mixed this powder with a Slime Ball, it has a fascinating effect when added to potions, it makes the user immune to heat, and fire, and even lava, I have nicknamed this potion Ignis Immunis, a rough translation of latin meaning Fire Immunity.


Potion of Fire Resistance
(There is a sketch of a man wading in a pool of lava)
(Nickname: Ignis Immunis)


Ingreidents for one batch of Fire Immunity



WIP
Title: Re: Alchemical Guide.
Post by: Maxi96203 on 03-12-2012
i'm pretty sure this isn't alchemy

i might be wrong
Title: Re: Alchemical Guide.
Post by: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
Quote from: Maxi96203 on 03-12-2012
i'm pretty sure this isn't alchemy

i might be wrong
By video game standards it is.


Edit: Brewing potions might be correctly viewed as alchemy, due to it all being about chemical reactions from liquid, its basically medieval chemistry.
This more fantasy driven part of alchemy is for abnormal liquids that emit or make supernatural phenomenon

Title: Re: Alchemical Guide.
Post by: Maxi96203 on 03-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
Quote from: Maxi96203 on 03-12-2012
i'm pretty sure this isn't alchemy

i might be wrong
By video game standards it is.


Edit: Brewing potions might be correctly viewed as alchemy, due to it all being about chemical reactions from liquid, its basically medieval chemistry.
This more fantasy driven part of alchemy is for abnormal liquids that emit or make supernatural phenomenon

i always thought that alchemy would be defined as combining two things to make a reaction that could not be explained

perhaps just calling it a chemistry guide or a potionmaking guide or an apothecary's handbook would be better
Title: Re: Alchemical Guide.
Post by: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
*snip*
I like the last suggestion, thank you.
I might put more of a roleplay element into it, trying to explain why the ingredients make those potions, and making it more of a Journal type thing in my free time.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Ragolution on 03-12-2012
Personally:

I call it either Apothecary or Herbalism.

Or potionology?

I'm pretty sure Blizzard is to blame for the misconception that alchemy is some kind of namby-pamble tea-brewer's sport.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
Quote from: Ragolution on 03-12-2012
Personally:

I call it either Apothecary or Herbalism.

Or potionology?

I'm pretty sure Blizzard is to blame for the misconception that alchemy is some kind of namby-pamble tea-brewer's sport.
Along with Bethesda, fuckin skyrim and oblivion man.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Ragolution on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
Quote from: Ragolution on 03-12-2012
Personally:

I call it either Apothecary or Herbalism.

Or potionology?

I'm pretty sure Blizzard is to blame for the misconception that alchemy is some kind of namby-pamble tea-brewer's sport.
Along with Bethesda, fuckin skyrim and oblivion man.

In their defense, WoW has been around and is more popularized and perpetuated than TES
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Ragolution on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 03-12-2012
Quote from: Ragolution on 03-12-2012
Personally:

I call it either Apothecary or Herbalism.

Or potionology?

I'm pretty sure Blizzard is to blame for the misconception that alchemy is some kind of namby-pamble tea-brewer's sport.
Along with Bethesda, fuckin skyrim and oblivion man.

In their defense, WoW has been around and is more popularized and perpetuated than TES
I guess so, but in my opinion TES > WoW
Probably not the mmo, since that one might suck ass, but you know.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: CPftw on 04-12-2012
Surely this only matters if your character is an apothecary, in which case you should already know the potion recipes before being an apothecary. Even if you don't the recipes are all on the wiki...
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: CPftw on 04-12-2012
Surely this only matters if your character is an apothecary, in which case you should already know the potion recipes before being an apothecary. Even if you don't the recipes are all on the wiki...
This will help greatly for any characters that might want to be apothecaries, including mine, this can be used as a handbook in character.
I'll add the journalistic feel in a bit, just gotta get some things done.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: CPftw on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
This will help greatly for any characters that might want to be apothecaries, including mine, this can be used as a handbook in character.
I'll add the journalistic feel in a bit, just gotta get some things done.
But the wiki has it all and you can just have a book and say *looks in journal* while looking at the wiki... It is a nice touch, I like the idea but I do not really see the point to it at the same time...
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: CPftw on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
This will help greatly for any characters that might want to be apothecaries, including mine, this can be used as a handbook in character.
I'll add the journalistic feel in a bit, just gotta get some things done.
But the wiki has it all and you can just have a book and say *looks in journal* while looking at the wiki... It is a nice touch, I like the idea but I do not really see the point to it at the same time...
Maybe, but this will have IC Value, which i just added a sprinkle of, when i have more time on my hands i will add much much more, and finish the guide.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Ragolution on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: CPftw on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
This will help greatly for any characters that might want to be apothecaries, including mine, this can be used as a handbook in character.
I'll add the journalistic feel in a bit, just gotta get some things done.
But the wiki has it all and you can just have a book and say *looks in journal* while looking at the wiki... It is a nice touch, I like the idea but I do not really see the point to it at the same time...
Maybe, but this will have IC Value, which i just added a sprinkle of, when i have more time on my hands i will add much much more, and finish the guide.

I think this would be better if you restyled it to be a instructional book. I remember I started to write a textbook for this purpose when the Thorn academy was prevalent, but I never finished it. I still liked the premise, though.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Ragolution on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: CPftw on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
This will help greatly for any characters that might want to be apothecaries, including mine, this can be used as a handbook in character.
I'll add the journalistic feel in a bit, just gotta get some things done.
But the wiki has it all and you can just have a book and say *looks in journal* while looking at the wiki... It is a nice touch, I like the idea but I do not really see the point to it at the same time...
Maybe, but this will have IC Value, which i just added a sprinkle of, when i have more time on my hands i will add much much more, and finish the guide.

I think this would be better if you restyled it to be a instructional book. I remember I started to write a textbook for this purpose when the Thorn academy was prevalent, but I never finished it. I still liked the premise, though.
Exactly, i want to make it either an apothecaries recordings of Potions or a simple instructional book
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: 2ktaco on 04-12-2012
Dosent this go in the Profile/Lore section?

And Alchemy is like Full Metal Alchemist, potions are Herbalism
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: 2ktaco on 04-12-2012
Dosent this go in the Profile/Lore section?

And Alchemy is like Full Metal Alchemist, potions are Herbalism
Maybe, im not sure, i guess if someone can move it there it might go good.


Full metal alchemist isn't really alchemy, but okay.

Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Maxi96203 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: 2ktaco on 04-12-2012
Dosent this go in the Profile/Lore section?

And Alchemy is like Full Metal Alchemist, potions are Herbalism
Maybe, im not sure, i guess if someone can move it there it might go good.


Full metal alchemist isn't really alchemy, but okay.

transmuting = alchemy
alchemy = transmuting
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Kokkaku Kishu on 04-12-2012
My only statement on the matter is this: while alchemy may have led to many medicinal and chemical advances, it and of itself is different from the making of potions. Alchemists' overall goal was to achieve the ability to take items of one value and transmute them into either gold or an elixir of infinite life (i.e. fountain of youth), with their overall goal being the creation of the "philosopher's stone", a rock capable of creating both of these from anything. If this is going to be the making of potions, i recommend renaming it to an Apothecary's Handbook
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Maxi96203 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Kokkaku Kishu on 04-12-2012
My only statement on the matter is this: while alchemy may have led to many medicinal and chemical advances, it and of itself is different from the making of potions. Alchemists' overall goal was to achieve the ability to take items of one value and transmute them into either gold or an elixir of infinite life (i.e. fountain of youth), with their overall goal being the creation of the "philosopher's stone", a rock capable of creating both of these from anything. If this is going to be the making of potions, i recommend renaming it to an Apothecary's Handbook

in thread named apothecary's handbook


"I'D RECCOMEND RENAMING IT WHAT ITS ALREADY NAMED"

facepalm
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Kokkaku Kishu on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Maxi96203 on 04-12-2012

in thread named apothecary's handbook


"I'D RECCOMEND RENAMING IT WHAT ITS ALREADY NAMED"

facepalm


I swear the name was different when i posted o_O
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Maxi96203 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Kokkaku Kishu on 04-12-2012
My only statement on the matter is this: while alchemy may have led to many medicinal and chemical advances, it and of itself is different from the making of potions. Alchemists' overall goal was to achieve the ability to take items of one value and transmute them into either gold or an elixir of infinite life (i.e. fountain of youth), with their overall goal being the creation of the "philosopher's stone", a rock capable of creating both of these from anything. If this is going to be the making of potions, i recommend renaming it to an Apothecary's Handbook

in thread named apothecary's handbook


"I'D RECCOMEND RENAMING IT WHAT ITS ALREADY NAMED"

facepalm
One sec, i need to find a medkit for my sides.


Quote from: Maxi96203 on 04-12-2012
transmuting = alchemy
alchemy = transmuting
I meant touching shit and making circles like in FMA has nothing to do with REAL transmutation.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Ragolution on 04-12-2012
Quote from: 2ktaco on 04-12-2012
Dosent this go in the Profile/Lore section?

And Alchemy is like Full Metal Alchemist, potions are Herbalism

We're just discussing shit randomly now.


Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Quote from: Maxi96203 on 04-12-2012
transmuting = alchemy
alchemy = transmuting
I meant touching shit and making circles like in FMA has nothing to do with REAL transmutation.

Grab your alembics, kids!
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
I will update this with new potions tomorrow, along with roleplay enhancements.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: 2ktaco on 05-12-2012
I would like to  note that, in roleplay, a splash potion of poison wouldnt do shit unless the targets mouth was open or, he had open wounds. The poison has to get to the blood stream. It might diffuse into the skin if left on an open patch for to long.

In short: ANY FAG TRYING TO USE A SPLASH POTION OF POISON IN RP WILL GET MY SWORD UP THEIR ASS PVP STYLE, or I'll just not count that shit unless I've been cut.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: CoolFeerman on 05-12-2012
Quote from: Shadow207 on 04-12-2012
Probably not the mmo, since that one might suck ass, but you know.


Actually the MMO looks good.
I'm getting it, anyways.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: lolKieck on 05-12-2012
Quote from: 2ktaco on 05-12-2012In short: ANY FAG TRYING TO USE A SPLASH POTION OF POISON IN RP WILL GET MY SWORD UP THEIR ASS PVP STYLE, or I'll just not count that shit unless I've been cut.
this is why we can't have the nice things
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Ragolution on 05-12-2012
Quote from: 2ktaco on 05-12-2012
I would like to  note that, in roleplay, a splash potion of poison wouldnt do shit unless the targets mouth was open or, he had open wounds. The poison has to get to the blood stream. It might diffuse into the skin if left on an open patch for to long.

In short: ANY FAG TRYING TO USE A SPLASH POTION OF POISON IN RP WILL GET MY SWORD UP THEIR ASS PVP STYLE, or I'll just not count that shit unless I've been cut.

Or maybe it's just 'acid'

Did you ever think of that, taco?

A mild acid that reacts when something (a water) is added?
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: CPftw on 05-12-2012
There are such things as contact poisons as well Taco...
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Ragolution on 05-12-2012
Quote from: CPftw on 05-12-2012
There are such things as contact poisons as well Taco...

This.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Handbook
Post by: Shadow207 on 05-12-2012
Quote from: 2ktaco on 05-12-2012
I would like to  note that, in roleplay, a splash potion of poison wouldnt do shit unless the targets mouth was open or, he had open wounds. The poison has to get to the blood stream. It might diffuse into the skin if left on an open patch for to long.

In short: ANY FAG TRYING TO USE A SPLASH POTION OF POISON IN RP WILL GET MY SWORD UP THEIR ASS PVP STYLE, or I'll just not count that shit unless I've been cut.
As i have said to many people, Gunpowder makes the potion react to skin, thank you for reminding me to add this.
Updating now, my fingers need warming.


Done, fucking forum fucked up my forum code shit...
Title: Re: Apothecary's Journal
Post by: Shadow207 on 07-01-2013
Since Aceon is back, I guess I will be updating more.


Edit: Seems as if I'm banned, not sure why.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Journal
Post by: Maxi96203 on 07-01-2013
Quote from: Shadow207 on 07-01-2013
Since Aceon is back, I guess I will be updating more.


Edit: Seems as if I'm banned, not sure why.

Pardoned.
Title: Re: Apothecary's Journal
Post by: dylancotter on 18-01-2013
Taco the poison could be an Acid if they used it in that respect also wouldnt "instant health" pretty much be Laudanam or Morphine because you wouldnt just heal up cuts you might not feel them though