Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-24108228-20150521225317

Potion Brewing = Alchemy Alchemy = Science Science = Real Thing Real Thing = Realistic

Therefore potion brewing is realistic :D Just try not to do any further thought on the matter. =Alchemy= I'm not swimming in time to write and I'd like maximised thread length rather than a suggestion that actually gets in, so I'm omitting a fair chunk of my usual post length.

How to Brew Potions
Preparing= To brew potions, you'll need the following: First, place the cauldron, and fill it with water. Now, add the herb. This makes the cauldron a potion brewing cauldron, so you can add potion ingredients to make potions. This change reverts once the water is used up. Brewing= Now that you have a potion brewing cauldron, add your potion ingredient. For this example, we will be adding a single piece of pure bluesteel for the hypothetical "Potion of Clubs", which increases damage done by clubs. You add the pure bluesteel, and the potion is ready. You cannot add any more ingredients.
 * A Cauldron
 * A Ladle
 * Herbs
 * Glass Cups
 * Potion Ingredients

You now remove the potion from the cauldron using a ladle (as you would a stew), and place it in a glass cup, using up a portion to make an "Unfermented Potion of Clubs". Each potion creates two portions, so our one pure bluesteel was enough to make two potions of clubs. This wouldn't be half as confusing if portion and potion weren't so similar. Fermenting= Up until now, chemistry has not been involved, but this is where it comes in. To ferment your potion of clubs, you need to use your craft tool to process the potion of clubs (assuming you have the chemistry level), and this will take one minute. After this time, you can ferment it again, assuming you have enough levels, to make a potion of clubs, with a potency of two (which would replace the "Portions" on the Eat/Drink GUI). This would increase the effect of the potion by an amount variable from potion to potion, but always lower it's duration time by 1/2. The potion of clubs lasts exactly 100 seconds, so when it is upgraded to a potion of clubs with two potency, it only lasts for 50 seconds.

However, I can do this again. If I want a potion with potency three, I can ferment the potency two potion to get it, and if I want one with potency four, I can ferment the potency three potion. This will mean that the potion's duration will become 1/3 or 1/4 of the original, respectively, so potions with a potency of 3 have 33 seconds, and potions with potency four have 25 seconds. If some no-life was able to get a potency 100 potion, it would only last for one second (but it would be a good one second).

And finally, the skill requirements. These are fairly simple, you simply get the level it requires to ferment the potion in the first place (which varies, but would probably range from 1 to 7), and add 1 for each time you ferment it again. If the potion of clubs required a level of 3 to ferment, a potion of clubs with potency 2 would require level 4, potency 3 needs level 5, and potency 10 needs level 12. Tl;Dr= Shove a herb and your potion ingredient into a cauldron, bung the result in a glass, and ferment it for one minute to make it drinkable. To make the potion stronger but last for less time, you can ferment it multiple times.

How to Use Potions
Drink them, obviously. What were you thinking? Potions are effectively poison, with more effects. They can be consumed by themself, or infused into food, and eaten that way. The only difference is that positive potions, when infused, will have their effect's strength divided by the amount of portions the food has. If potency is not applicable, such as in the gills potion described below, duration is split instead.

Examples: A potion of health gives an extra 100 max health to the player who consumes it. If you put this food in a bugshark, you have to divide the 100 max health bonus by the 10 portions for a total of 10 max health. A potion of HAX gives admin powers to the player who consumes it. Since admin powers don't have a potency effect, you divide the amount of time they last for (303 seconds) by the number of portions (we'll use teraphyx meat, so 3), to get 101 seconds when you eat it.

Potions
The current list of somewhat fleshed out ideas:

Thoughts? 