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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thia Halmades" data-source="post: 2667984" data-attributes="member: 35863">*chews nails, thinks*One of the ideas that I had for developing flavor in my world is brand-name merchandise, which I'm going to shoot for in the Ravenloft campaign.  It isn't unheard of; for example, we have Startivarius violins; Zildjian drums; Son of Sandler leather boots; all sorts of things can be 'brand named' or 'designer.'Amusing justification: You have a young guy developing his initial business who's making cheap (CHEAP) but effective weapons.  You have another developer who has a trademark style (one of the only ones who can make, say, Mercurial weapons).  Another guy who's an elementalist, but can only produce Medium Grade (max bonuses: +4) magic weapons.The thought of these people (who are no longer random NPCs, but are now individuals with strengths and weaknesses in development) is interesting to me as a world-building exercise.  Would Strativarius attempt to sabotage Zildjian?  Would they have a polite exchange of ideas?  Would they start mass-producing weapons to edge out smaller competitors?  Perhaps an evil, greater motive?Sorry, just how I think.  I'm with DamionW on this - I'm in accord that it should be justified.  And on a mechanical level I totally agree (I sort of have to agree) with Cheiromancer, but I do think (if you've played Morrowind) that it's possible to get different 'grades' of a potion; that it would be a simple matter (and an interesting one) to Rule 0 spoiled potions, a potion of Cure Serious Wounds/Blindness, but Cheiromancer's point - that it's a spell, and as such stacks against the total cost of the potion, is unfortunately irrevocable.I would almost suggest doing a Rule 0 destabilization.  The potion was poorly prepared; rather than have a "spell" associated with it, simply build a chart of possible detrimental effects.  For example: Your CMW potion inflicts Nausea for a number of rounds equal to total points healed.  The goggles which render you Blind would make sense as a training tool for any number of combat-oriented stealth/monk groups.  Those are actually pretty ph4t, Damian.*glanes sideways... STEAL*I've gotten more awesome magic item material off of this thread than I have in years.  I love outside the box thinking.</blockquote>

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