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Mastery of these recipes allows an apothecary to brew preparations valuable to ritual magicians versed in the [[Magical skills#Ritual Magic|lore of Day]]. With one of these potions a ritualist can wield the magic of the [[Day Realm|Day realm]] more effectively, but they also become more susceptible to the influence of that realm. Like the [[Magnum Opus]], preparation of these recipes involves a slightly more alchemical than herbal approach. Herbs are carefully measured out with mithril, silver and copper spoons, sublimed in [[Materials#Weltsilver|weltsilver]] crucibles and distilled and condensed to draw out their essential natures.
Mastery of these recipes allows an apothecary to brew preparations valuable to ritual magicians versed in the [[Magical skills#Ritual Magic|lore of Day]]. With one of these potions a ritualist can wield the magic of the [[Day Realm|Day realm]] more effectively, but they also become more susceptible to the influence of that realm. Like the [[Magnum Opus]], preparation of these recipes involves a slightly more alchemical than herbal approach. Herbs are carefully measured out with mithril, silver and copper spoons, sublimed in [[Materials#Weltsilver|weltsilver]] crucibles, and distilled and condensed to draw out their essential natures.


Prior to the liberation of [[Reikos]] in 379YE, Imperial apothecaries who had mastered the Lambent Essences knew how to prepare both [[#Effulgent Primessence|Effulgent Primessence]] and [[#Lucent Quintessence|Lucent Quintessence]]. During the rout of the [[Druj]] [[orc|orcs]] of the Stone Toad from the Highborn territory, many doocuments detailing the techniques of the Buruk Tepel fell into the hands of scouts, soldiers, and adventurers alike. Some of these notes originated not with the barbrians, but with Highborn scholars of the herbal arts - and the details of [[#Radiant Transcendence|Radiant Transcendence]] found in those notes clearly originated with a so-far unnamed apothecary from High Chalcis. The potion was clearly built on principles familiar to practitioners of the Lambent Essences, and appeared to possess only minor interest for the savage Buruk Tepel. Knowledge of how to brew this potent (if expensive) new elixir quickly spread through the Empire - partially due to the work of certain [[Navarr]] [[striding|stridings]] with an interest in magic of the [[day magic|Day realm]].
Prior to the liberation of [[Reikos]] in 379YE, Imperial apothecaries who had mastered the Lambent Essences knew how to prepare both [[#Effulgent Primessence|Effulgent Primessence]] and [[#Lucent Quintessence|Lucent Quintessence]]. During the rout of the [[Druj]] [[orc|orcs]] of the Stone Toad from the Highborn territory, many documents detailing the techniques of the Buruk Tepel fell into the hands of scouts, soldiers, and adventurers alike. Some of these notes originated not with the barbarians, but with Highborn scholars of the herbal arts - and the details of [[#Radiant Transcendence|Radiant Transcendence]] found in those notes clearly originated with a so far unnamed apothecary from High Chalcis. The potion was clearly built on principles familiar to practitioners of the Lambent Essences, and appeared to possess only minor interest for the savage Buruk Tepel. Knowledge of how to brew this potent (if expensive) new elixir quickly spread through the Empire - partially due to the work of certain [[Navarr]] [[striding|stridings]] with an interest in magic of the [[day magic|Day realm]].


==Effulgent Primessence==
==Effulgent Primessence==
This delicate, clear liquid often glows slightly in shadowed areas. It rapidly sublimes when exposed to air, becoming a fine vapour that is inhaled by a ritual magician to enhance their perception of the magic of Day. By helping the ritualist to focus their thoughts, they can achieve a synergy with the concepts and themes embodied by that realm.
This delicate, clear liquid often glows slightly in shadowed areas. It rapidly sublimes when exposed to air, becoming a fine vapour that is inhaled by a ritual magician to enhance their perception of the magic of Day. By helping the ritualist to focus their thoughts, they can achieve a synergy with the concepts and themes embodied by that realm.


Overuse of effulgent primessence can lead to increasing lassitude. It becomes increasingly hard to care about physical things, and there are some rare cases where magicians have starved to death, lacking the inclination to move from their couches to satisfy their hunger or thirst. Users remain coherent, intelligent and capable of rational discourse, which can often hide the signs of effulgent primessence abuse.
Overuse of Effulgent Primessence can lead to increasing lassitude. It becomes increasingly hard to care about physical things, and there are some rare cases where magicians have starved to death, lacking the inclination to move from their couches to satisfy their hunger or thirst. Users remain coherent, intelligent and capable of rational discourse, which can often hide the signs of Effulgent Primessence abuse.


* '''Form:''' Infusion.
* '''Form:''' Infusion.
* '''Description:''' This clear liquid glows slightly with an inner radiance even in shadow. The liquid bubbles and beings to evaporate when exposed to the air. A tiny droplet on your tongue has a delicate, delicious flavour that you cannot quite place.
* '''Description:''' This clear liquid glows slightly with an inner radiance even in shadow. The liquid bubbles and beings to evaporate when exposed to the air. A tiny droplet on your tongue has a delicate, delicious flavour that you cannot quite place.
* '''Roleplaying Effects:''' You become calm and cerebral, fascinated by thoughts, ideas and knowledge. You are disinclined to physical action where mental action might be sufficient. Your movements and thoughts become precise and ordered
* '''Roleplaying Effects:''' You become calm and cerebral, fascinated by thoughts, ideas and knowledge. You are disinclined to physical action where mental action might be sufficient. Your movements and thoughts become precise and ordered
* '''Mechanical Effects:''' If you possess the [[Magical skills#Ritual Lores|Day Lore]] skill then you gain one additional effective rank to the next day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. This is a [[Potion#Tonics|tonic]]; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends..
* '''Mechanical Effects:''' If you possess the [[Magical skills#Ritual Lores|Day lore]] skill, then you gain one additional effective rank to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. This is a [[Potion#Tonics|tonic]]; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.
* '''Recipe:''' Two drams of [[marrowort]] and one dram each of [[True Vervain|true vervain]], [[Cerulean Mazzarine|cerulean mazzarine]] and [[bladeroot]], and one [[Game items#Mana Crystals|crystallized mana]].
* '''Recipe:''' Two drams of [[Marrowort]] and one dram each of [[True Vervain]], [[Cerulean Mazzarine]] and [[Bladeroot]], and one [[Game items#Mana Crystals|mana crystal]].


==Lucent Quintessence==
==Lucent Quintessence==
This translucent liquid appears to have a slightly different shade from different angles. It is often diluted with fresh water before it is consumed as it has an almost overwhelming flavour of aniseed that some people find unpleasant. It is brewed from the distilled essences of four different herbs which combine with the essence of the drink and allow them to align their thoughts strongly with the realm of Day. Complex ideas and strange geometries become easier to comprehend, allowing the drinker to more readily manipulate Day magic with mortal consciousness.
This translucent liquid appears to have a slightly different shade from different angles. It is often diluted with fresh water before it is consumed ,as it has an almost overwhelming flavour of aniseed that some people find unpleasant. It is brewed from the distilled essences of four different herbs, which combine with the essence of the drink and allow them to align their thoughts strongly with the realm of Day. Complex ideas and strange geometries become easier to comprehend, allowing the drinker to more readily manipulate Day magic with mortal consciousness.


* '''Form:''' Liquid.
* '''Form:''' Liquid.
* '''Description:''' This clear liquid seems to have a slightly different colour from different angles. It smells strongly of aniseed, and a tiny droplet on your tongue reveals it to have an almost overwhelming flavour of aniseed as well.
* '''Description:''' This clear liquid seems to have a slightly different colour from different angles. It smells strongly of aniseed, and a tiny droplet on your tongue reveals it to have an almost overwhelming flavour of aniseed as well.
* '''Roleplaying Effects:''' You become highly focused, pursuing things that interest you with stubborn doggedness. You find it difficult to show interest in things that do not engage your intellect, no matter how important it might be to others.
* '''Roleplaying Effects:''' You become highly focused, pursuing things that interest you with stubborn doggedness. You find it difficult to show interest in things that do not engage your intellect, no matter how important it might be to others.
* '''Mechanical Effects:''' If you possess the [[Magical skills#Ritual Lores|Day Lore]] skill then you can use up to 3 [[Magical skills#Magician|personal mana]] as if it were [[Game items#Mana Crystals|crystal mana]] on the next day ritual that you perform within ten minutes.
* '''Mechanical Effects:''' If you possess the [[Magical skills#Ritual Lores|Day lore]] skill then you can use up to 3 [[Magical skills#Magician|personal mana]] as if it were [[Game items#Mana Crystals|crystal mana]] on the next day ritual that you perform within ten minutes.
* '''Recipe:''' Three drams of [[marrowort]], two drams each of [[True Vervain|true vervain]] and [[bladeroot]] and one dram of [[cerulean Mazzarine|cerulean mazzarine]].
* '''Recipe:''' Three drams of [[Marrowort]], two drams each of [[True Vervain]] and [[Bladeroot]] and one dram of [[Cerulean Mazzarine]].


==Radiant Transcendence==
==Radiant Transcendence==
Radiant Transcendence is a thin salve that is applied to the hands and face. It is kept in sealed containers because once exposed to air the salve begins to heat up and will eventually consume itself in a flash of heat, leaving only a strong scent of salt water and marrowort blossom. The process of creating the salve in the first place is quite fraught - the herbs and other components must be carefully prepared and once the salve is near completion it must be sealed in an airtight container or the apothecary will lose all the ingredients and have nothing to show for it.  
Radiant Transcendence is a thin salve that is applied to the hands and face. It is kept in sealed containers because once exposed to air the salve begins to heat up and will eventually consume itself in a flash of heat, leaving only a strong scent of salt water and Marrowort blossom. The process of creating the salve in the first place is quite fraught - the herbs and other components must be carefully prepared and once the salve is near completion, it must be sealed in an airtight container, or the apothecary will lose all the ingredients and have nothing to show for it.  


The salve is refreshing, but it also encourages magicians who use it to impose their will on their surroundings to make their world more orderly, more efficient, and ''neater''. It is all-too-easy for a group relying on radiant transcendence to fall into argument about how best to arrange their ritual that lasts for so long that by the time the ritual is attempted, any benefits from using the salve has been lost.
The salve is refreshing, but it also encourages magicians who use it to impose their will on their surroundings to make their world more orderly, more efficient, and "neater". It is all-too-easy for a group relying on Radiant Transcendence to fall into argument about how best to arrange their ritual that lasts for so long that by the time the ritual is attempted, any benefits from using the salve has been lost.


* '''Form:''' Salve.
* '''Form:''' Salve.
* '''Description:''' This translucent, oily substance has thousands of tiny grains suspended in it. Once exposed to air, these granlues begin to glow faintly, and the substance becomes warmer and warmer. A tiny droplet on your tongue reveals an incredibly fresh, refreshing taste.
* '''Description:''' There are thousands of tiny grains suspended in this translucent, oily substance. When exposed to air, the grains begin to glow faintly as the substance becomes warmer. A droplet on your tongue has a refreshing flavour.
* '''Roleplaying Effects:''' Where the salve touches your skin it cleans and refreshes it. As it is absorbed, you become increasingly offended by anything you see as disordered, chaotic, random, or inefficient. You feel a strong urge to impose good order on your surroundings, and on the people around you. Disordered things appear ugly to you, while ordered things appear beautiful.
* '''Roleplaying Effects:''' This salve cleans your skin as it is absorbed. You become increasingly offended by anything you see as disordered, random, or inefficient. You feel an urge to impose order on your surroundings, and on the people around you.
* '''Mechanical Effects:''' If you possess the [[Magical skills#Ritual Lores|Day Lore]] skill then you gain three additional ranks to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. This is a [[Potion#Tonics|tonic]]; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.
* '''Mechanical Effects:''' If you possess the [[Magical skills#Ritual Lores|Day lore]] skill, then you gain three additional ranks to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the [[Realm_Lore#Gaining_additional_ranks|normal rules for effective skill]]. This is a [[Potion#Tonics|tonic]]; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.
* '''Recipe:''' Three drams of [[marrowort]], two drams of [[True Vervain|true vervain]], one dram each of [[Cerulean Mazzarine|cerulean mazzarine]] and [[bladeroot]], one [[Game items#Mana Crystals|crystallized mana]], and one ring of [[ilium]].
* '''Recipe:''' Three drams of [[Marrowort]], two drams of [[True Vervain]], one dram each of [[Cerulean Mazzarine]] and [[Bladeroot]], one [[Game items#Mana Crystals|crystallised mana]], and one ring of [[ilium]].
 
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Latest revision as of 20:31, 12 May 2023

Mastery of these recipes allows an apothecary to brew preparations valuable to ritual magicians versed in the lore of Day. With one of these potions a ritualist can wield the magic of the Day realm more effectively, but they also become more susceptible to the influence of that realm. Like the Magnum Opus, preparation of these recipes involves a slightly more alchemical than herbal approach. Herbs are carefully measured out with mithril, silver and copper spoons, sublimed in weltsilver crucibles, and distilled and condensed to draw out their essential natures.

Prior to the liberation of Reikos in 379YE, Imperial apothecaries who had mastered the Lambent Essences knew how to prepare both Effulgent Primessence and Lucent Quintessence. During the rout of the Druj orcs of the Stone Toad from the Highborn territory, many documents detailing the techniques of the Buruk Tepel fell into the hands of scouts, soldiers, and adventurers alike. Some of these notes originated not with the barbarians, but with Highborn scholars of the herbal arts - and the details of Radiant Transcendence found in those notes clearly originated with a so far unnamed apothecary from High Chalcis. The potion was clearly built on principles familiar to practitioners of the Lambent Essences, and appeared to possess only minor interest for the savage Buruk Tepel. Knowledge of how to brew this potent (if expensive) new elixir quickly spread through the Empire - partially due to the work of certain Navarr stridings with an interest in magic of the Day realm.

Effulgent Primessence

This delicate, clear liquid often glows slightly in shadowed areas. It rapidly sublimes when exposed to air, becoming a fine vapour that is inhaled by a ritual magician to enhance their perception of the magic of Day. By helping the ritualist to focus their thoughts, they can achieve a synergy with the concepts and themes embodied by that realm.

Overuse of Effulgent Primessence can lead to increasing lassitude. It becomes increasingly hard to care about physical things, and there are some rare cases where magicians have starved to death, lacking the inclination to move from their couches to satisfy their hunger or thirst. Users remain coherent, intelligent and capable of rational discourse, which can often hide the signs of Effulgent Primessence abuse.

  • Form: Infusion.
  • Description: This clear liquid glows slightly with an inner radiance even in shadow. The liquid bubbles and beings to evaporate when exposed to the air. A tiny droplet on your tongue has a delicate, delicious flavour that you cannot quite place.
  • Roleplaying Effects: You become calm and cerebral, fascinated by thoughts, ideas and knowledge. You are disinclined to physical action where mental action might be sufficient. Your movements and thoughts become precise and ordered
  • Mechanical Effects: If you possess the Day lore skill, then you gain one additional effective rank to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the normal rules for effective skill. This is a tonic; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.
  • Recipe: Two drams of Marrowort and one dram each of True Vervain, Cerulean Mazzarine and Bladeroot, and one mana crystal.

Lucent Quintessence

This translucent liquid appears to have a slightly different shade from different angles. It is often diluted with fresh water before it is consumed ,as it has an almost overwhelming flavour of aniseed that some people find unpleasant. It is brewed from the distilled essences of four different herbs, which combine with the essence of the drink and allow them to align their thoughts strongly with the realm of Day. Complex ideas and strange geometries become easier to comprehend, allowing the drinker to more readily manipulate Day magic with mortal consciousness.

  • Form: Liquid.
  • Description: This clear liquid seems to have a slightly different colour from different angles. It smells strongly of aniseed, and a tiny droplet on your tongue reveals it to have an almost overwhelming flavour of aniseed as well.
  • Roleplaying Effects: You become highly focused, pursuing things that interest you with stubborn doggedness. You find it difficult to show interest in things that do not engage your intellect, no matter how important it might be to others.
  • Mechanical Effects: If you possess the Day lore skill then you can use up to 3 personal mana as if it were crystal mana on the next day ritual that you perform within ten minutes.
  • Recipe: Three drams of Marrowort, two drams each of True Vervain and Bladeroot and one dram of Cerulean Mazzarine.

Radiant Transcendence

Radiant Transcendence is a thin salve that is applied to the hands and face. It is kept in sealed containers because once exposed to air the salve begins to heat up and will eventually consume itself in a flash of heat, leaving only a strong scent of salt water and Marrowort blossom. The process of creating the salve in the first place is quite fraught - the herbs and other components must be carefully prepared and once the salve is near completion, it must be sealed in an airtight container, or the apothecary will lose all the ingredients and have nothing to show for it.

The salve is refreshing, but it also encourages magicians who use it to impose their will on their surroundings to make their world more orderly, more efficient, and "neater". It is all-too-easy for a group relying on Radiant Transcendence to fall into argument about how best to arrange their ritual that lasts for so long that by the time the ritual is attempted, any benefits from using the salve has been lost.

  • Form: Salve.
  • Description: There are thousands of tiny grains suspended in this translucent, oily substance. When exposed to air, the grains begin to glow faintly as the substance becomes warmer. A droplet on your tongue has a refreshing flavour.
  • Roleplaying Effects: This salve cleans your skin as it is absorbed. You become increasingly offended by anything you see as disordered, random, or inefficient. You feel an urge to impose order on your surroundings, and on the people around you.
  • Mechanical Effects: If you possess the Day lore skill, then you gain three additional ranks to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the normal rules for effective skill. This is a tonic; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.
  • Recipe: Three drams of Marrowort, two drams of True Vervain, one dram each of Cerulean Mazzarine and Bladeroot, one crystallised mana, and one ring of ilium.
PotionRoleplaying EffectMechanical EffectBladerootCerulean MazzarineImperial RosewealdMarrowortTrue VervainMana CrystalLiaoIliumTotal
Effulgent Primessence You become calm and cerebral, fascinated by thoughts, ideas and knowledge. You are disinclined to physical action where mental action might be sufficient. Your movements and thoughts become precise and orderedIf you possess the Day lore skill, then you gain one additional effective rank to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the normal rules for effective skill. This is a tonic; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.110211006
Lucent QuintessenceYou become highly focused, pursuing things that interest you with stubborn doggedness. You find it difficult to show interest in things that do not engage your intellect, no matter how important it might be to others.If you possess the Day lore skill then you can use up to 3 personal mana as if it were crystal mana on the next day ritual that you perform within ten minutes.210320008
Radiant TranscendenceThis salve cleans your skin as it is absorbed. You become increasingly offended by anything you see as disordered, random, or inefficient. You feel an urge to impose order on your surroundings, and on the people around you.If you possess the Day lore skill, then you gain three additional ranks to the next Day ritual that you perform within ten minutes, subject to the normal rules for effective skill. This is a tonic; the effect of any other tonic you have drunk immediately ends.110321019