Hey folks. I asked this question about a week ago in the tools thread but had no replies. Hoping I can ask again here...Is there an official list of potion smells, colors and tastes link? I have found a 3.5 DnD list but I am very strict with my love of the new reules, charts and such. Is there an update for 5e?
I don't think so and if I was DM I wouldn't use it anyway.
For taste and smells and other sensory things you make the decision yourself. It's about what make sense to you for the world you are in. You may even have it that two simple potions of healing, despite being otherwise identical functionally, might look and taste differently from each other because the makers were able to make them in different ways or using different magics/ingredients.
Healing, for instance, can be achieved in an evocation way (it caused invigorating energy making your body heal) and such a potion may be from a omplicated chemical reactions enhanced by a magic process or through necromancy - the school of magic that grants power over life and death - by siphoning life force from creatures and storing it as a liquid to drink later. The former may be green lively fluid that sloshes easily, smells and tastes earthy and herb-like and normal room temperature. The latter potion may look and taste similar to blood with small firey specks within it and it is warm to touch and yet as you drink you feel a coldness underlying it that sinks in - healing you, but sickly in feeling as some part of you realises something died to make it.
Thinking in these terms may make it more immersive. Especially if one of the party is making potions and comes across other potions of same quality that are different in colour, texture and taste - it can feel to them that they are actually learning more about potion making than what a roll of dice can provide as they learn the different practices and methods - and costs - of achieving same results. You cannot get this from somebody else's list they posted, official or not. I think the reason why there was no *official* list since 3.5 is because the developers realised it was a silly and restricting idea.
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There's no official list, but there are some generally accepted facts, such as potions of healing being red. Personally, I would imagine all potions feel like a thick, gloppy liquid (like pain medicine) and that they probably taste like herbs, berries, etc, as they are made of natural ingredients.
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Hey folks. I asked this question about a week ago in the tools thread but had no replies. Hoping I can ask again here...Is there an official list of potion smells, colors and tastes link? I have found a 3.5 DnD list but I am very strict with my love of the new reules, charts and such. Is there an update for 5e?
I don't think so and if I was DM I wouldn't use it anyway.
For taste and smells and other sensory things you make the decision yourself. It's about what make sense to you for the world you are in. You may even have it that two simple potions of healing, despite being otherwise identical functionally, might look and taste differently from each other because the makers were able to make them in different ways or using different magics/ingredients.
Healing, for instance, can be achieved in an evocation way (it caused invigorating energy making your body heal) and such a potion may be from a omplicated chemical reactions enhanced by a magic process or through necromancy - the school of magic that grants power over life and death - by siphoning life force from creatures and storing it as a liquid to drink later. The former may be green lively fluid that sloshes easily, smells and tastes earthy and herb-like and normal room temperature. The latter potion may look and taste similar to blood with small firey specks within it and it is warm to touch and yet as you drink you feel a coldness underlying it that sinks in - healing you, but sickly in feeling as some part of you realises something died to make it.
Thinking in these terms may make it more immersive. Especially if one of the party is making potions and comes across other potions of same quality that are different in colour, texture and taste - it can feel to them that they are actually learning more about potion making than what a roll of dice can provide as they learn the different practices and methods - and costs - of achieving same results. You cannot get this from somebody else's list they posted, official or not. I think the reason why there was no *official* list since 3.5 is because the developers realised it was a silly and restricting idea.
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Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
There's no official list, but there are some generally accepted facts, such as potions of healing being red. Personally, I would imagine all potions feel like a thick, gloppy liquid (like pain medicine) and that they probably taste like herbs, berries, etc, as they are made of natural ingredients.