D&D 5E Question about potions

[Yunru]

Oh come now, everyone knows healing potions taste like almonds.

I thought everything tastes of Eye of Newt?

 

[rgoodbb]

I thought everything tastes of Eye of Newt?

.....................and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing.

Of all these options, you went for eye of newt?

 

[Yunru]

.....................and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing.

Of all these options, you went for eye of newt?

I thought we were making a potion of healing not... that!

 

[Istbor]

Oh come now, everyone knows healing potions taste like almonds.

Hmmm... Now I want to make my healing potions taste like Nutella...
And now I want Nutella... dangit.

 

[tardigrade]

Last session my (expertise-in-Arcana) character asked to identify a potion. DM: "Why don't you try a sip?" Me: "OK". DM: "You die. No save."

...

 

[Kalshane]

I require my PCs to take the time Identify other magic items, but I just tell them what potions they find are. While the "sip it and see what happens" game can occasionally lead to amusing results, I prefer to have the PCs spend more time during the session adventuring.

 

[Thurmas]

The first question I'd ask is, are they known potions that could be identified by someone with knowledge of potions, or are they the wizard's own original concoctions that have never been replicated before? Original potions could be impossible to ID without a little experimentation, and even that may be iffy. For example, a small taste of a potion may make you feel lighter then air. But does that mean it was a Fly, Levitate or Feather Fall potion?

If they are original potions, maybe you give them original, slightly insane labels from a wizard a bit off his rocker. The before mentioned lighter than air potion could just be labeled "floaty." A potion of Barkskin just says "crusty." A potion of Stinking Cloud is labeled "Stinky," and isn't drunk at all but thrown at a location (enjoy the taste of that one). A potion label "Halloween Props" is really animate dead, and small amounts are poured on corpses to animate them.

 

[jasper]

I thought everything tastes of Eye of Newt?

is that newt's left eye or right eye. And before she lit beacon what done looks like a grail?

 

[SkidAce]

is that newt's left eye or right eye. And before she lit beacon what done looks like a grail?

I'm afraid there's only one punishment for that post.....

 

[aco175]

"I got better."