I need a potion name

Fire's calm

Another Funky Thought

Of this idea and the one above it, you could use the above if you want your players to have to use their imagination. This one is more humourous, and could be easily applied to most special concoctions, and should be kind of obvious what it is if they get the joke.

D) In the refridgerator there is a liquid that is an interesting shade of yellow, similar to sulphur but translucent and more diffuse. The container has no label of any kind, but has a shape identical to that of a bottle of Gatorade. If you don't want to give it away, you might just say something like " the bottle from an energy drink, " or something like that.

The magically-inclined lady's mace alternative:

What about putting it in a small silver flask? A very tasteful one, such that a lady might carry, maybe even monogrammed on one side.

On the reverse, one finds very discrete lettering which reads: "Stolen Kisses."

li'l brown jug how I love thee

The martini shaker is definitely cool! See now, when you say noir, I go all Hammet and Chandler inside. No mad scientist's lab, thanks. I'd prefer an old oaken desk or filing cabinet with a drawer that sticks. Pull hard and it revelas hanging files filled with dusty folders and forgotten notes from the late 1920's. Maybe a set of books kept by some bootlegger's accountant, or a case the DA was putting together. Of course, one of the folders contains an old style brown liquor bottle - no manufacturer's label, naturally. There wouldn't be one. Instead, the bottle has a thin wire around the neck attached to a paper tag that reads "The Good Stuff". The cap is intact and remarkably, what's inside seems like it's still drinkable.

also maybe
"Top Shelf Hooch"
"Rotgut"
"XXX"
"Spade's Private Reserve"


Edit: Duh. "Ol' Firewater" too.

Sialla said:

All it has to be is a reasonably nonporous container of a reasonable size.

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Okay, nonporous containers in a modern setting: glass, ceramic, wood coated with some kind of sealant (pitch, wax, a glass liner), metal. Plastic isn't so good because it tends to stain and react with what's inside it, depending on the substance.

Of course that's if we're talking liquid. If the potion is powdered, pastilles, chewing gum, a dehydrated block, etc., it could be in pretty much anything. Waxed paper is good, as is plastic wrap.

You could have the potion be in parts that must be combined to activate. e.g. a glass bottle with a smaller bottle inside it, where you have to break them and mix, like a light stick. Or a packet of little pastilles labelled "Mix With Vinegar", like those Easter-egg coloring kits. Or a pre-measured 'coffee liner insert' that, when you put it in the basket of your Mr. Coffee, fills the carafe with potion. Or a "Fiery Boullion" cube that must have 6 oz. of boiling water poured over it and left to steep for five minutes.

I also like the idea of "Potion Jerky" but that may be too far off the track...

Thanks, Sito--I know I can always count on you--mood is superb.

But Mythago's coffee filter . . that just rocks my boat. Er, world, that is. No, boat.

Definitely boat.

So much to be busy doing . . .scribble scribble scribble. .. .

Oh, and by the way:

Now I am thinking of wintergreen-flavored salsa. Ouch.

Oh! Just thought of another one. I've actually seen an antique cane like this: the top 6" and the head unscrews. The long shaft has an inset, very thin flask with a little cork stopper (that's your potion bottle) and the head is lined with glass and open at the bottom (there's your drinking glass).

the results are in . . .

Ok, so if I'd told you all what I was really up to to begin with,
I'd have been shipped off to the Meta cave.

I'm just as glad I didn't, because in addition to getting what I wanted,
I got a whole bunch of new ideas for other fun projects.

Anyway, the results are in.

"Curiously Strong Salsa" just won third prize at my company's annual
Salsa taste off.
There were 15 entries, of which I think mine was about the second hottest.

It was pretty wild stuff. LOTSA garlic, lotsa roasted red peppers and
about 6 types of chilis, including a dash of chipotle and some thai peppers,
but mostly roasted red and green serranos, which I love beyond all reason.

It was the sort of sweet, salty salsa that burns your lips and tongue,
fills your sinuses with sensation, and then slips away without ripping up your throat,
leaving behind a long lingering finish with a whiff of smoke,
and then,
a few moments after you've swallowed it,
you start thinking that
another chipful would be a really really good idea.

Which is exactly the effect that I wanted.

I didn't win the prize for best presentation, but I certainly did get
a lot of complements on the box and the name.

Many thanks for all your suggestions. I may find uses for more of them--I never waste anything if I can help it.

Sending you all kisses with lips of fire. . .

Sialia

hmmm. intruiging.

martha stewart's breath mints. garunteed to give you a new outlook on life. or your enemies. hay, who cares. she's demonspawn anyway.