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Help me add a scent to potions/poisons (I can't smell)
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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5158816" data-attributes="member: 18701"><p>I'd like to describe the scent of a potion or poison when PCs find them. The thing is, I don't have a sense of smell, so it makes it hard to come up with examples for what a liquid might smell like.</p><p></p><p>Would anyone be willing to help me out here and write up an example of what each potion/poison might smell like so I can use that for my descriptions?</p><p></p><p>I also plan to write up the taste. If you want to help with that also, it would be appreciated <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Aid - </p><p>Barkskin +2 - </p><p>Barkskin +3 - </p><p>Barkskin +4 - </p><p>Barkskin +5 - </p><p>Bear's endurance (+4 Con) - </p><p>Bless weapon - </p><p>Blur - </p><p>Bull's strength (+4 Str) - </p><p>Cat's grace (+4 Dex) - </p><p>Cure light wounds (1d8+1hp) - </p><p>Cure moderate wounds (2d8+3hp) - </p><p>Cure serious wounds (3d8+5hp) - </p><p>Darkness - </p><p>Darkvision - </p><p>Daylight - </p><p>Delay poison - </p><p>Displacement - </p><p>Eagle's splendor (+4 Cha) - </p><p>Endure elements - </p><p>Enlarge person - </p><p>Flame arrow - </p><p>Fly - </p><p>Fox's cunning (+4 Int) - </p><p>Gaseous form - </p><p>Good hope - </p><p>Greater magic fang +1 - </p><p>Greater magic fang +2 - </p><p>Greater magic fang +3 - </p><p>Greater magic fang +4 - </p><p>Greater magic fang +5 - </p><p>Greater magic weapon +1 - </p><p>Greater magic weapon +2 - </p><p>Greater magic weapon +3 - </p><p>Greater magic weapon +4 - </p><p>Greater magic weapon +5 - </p><p>Haste - </p><p>Heroism - </p><p>Hide from animals - </p><p>Hide from undead - </p><p>Invisibility - </p><p>Jump - </p><p>Keen edge - </p><p>Lesser restoration - </p><p>Levitate - </p><p>Mage armor - </p><p>Magic circle against (alignment) - </p><p>Magic fang - </p><p>Magic stone - </p><p>Magic vestment +1 - </p><p>Magic vestment +2 - </p><p>Magic vestment +3 - </p><p>Magic vestment +4 - </p><p>Magic vestment +5 - </p><p>Magic weapon - </p><p>Misdirection - </p><p>Neutralize poison - </p><p>Nondetection - </p><p>Owl's wisdom (+4 Wis) - </p><p>Pass without trace - </p><p>Protection from (alignment) - </p><p>Protection from arrows 10/magic - </p><p>Protection from arrows 15/magic - </p><p>Protection from energy (type) - </p><p>Rage - </p><p>Reduce person - </p><p>Remove blindness/deafness - </p><p>Remove curse - </p><p>Remove disease - </p><p>Remove fear - </p><p>Remove paralysis - </p><p>Resist energy (type) 10 - </p><p>Resist energy (type) 20 - </p><p>Resist energy (type) 30 - </p><p>Sanctuary - </p><p>Shield of faith +2 - </p><p>Shield of faith +3 - </p><p>Shield of faith +4 - </p><p>Shield of faith +5 - </p><p>Shillelagh - </p><p>Spider climb - </p><p>Tongues - </p><p>Undetectable alignment - </p><p>Water breathing - </p><p>Water walk - </p><p></p><p>Here is a list of 3.5 poisons. Hopefully it would be possible to make up a smell based on the names.</p><p></p><p>Aboleth Oil - </p><p>Adlevine Extract - </p><p>Alforna - </p><p>Anemis - </p><p>Arsenic - </p><p>Asabi Mist - </p><p>Balor Bile - </p><p>Banelar Essence - </p><p>Basilisk Breath - </p><p>Bebilith Venom - </p><p>Black Adder Venom - </p><p>Black Lotus Extract - </p><p>Bloodroot - </p><p>Blue Whinnis - </p><p>Bonespear Poison Fusion - </p><p>Brain Dust - </p><p>Burning Angel Wing Fumes - </p><p>Burnt Othur Fumes - </p><p>Carrion Crawler Brain Juice - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Colossal - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Gargantuan - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Huge - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Large - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Medium - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Small - </p><p>Centipede Poison, Tiny - </p><p>Chilblain Brain Juice - </p><p>Choldrith Toxin - </p><p>Conflagration Ooze Essence - </p><p>Creeping Nullscourge - </p><p>Cretel Leaf Residue - </p><p>Crippling Vine - </p><p>Culum Powder - </p><p>Dark Reaver Powder - </p><p>Darklight Brew - </p><p>Deathblade - </p><p>Devilseye - </p><p>Dragon Bile - </p><p>Drow Poison - </p><p>Eyeblast - </p><p>Fang Dragon Venom - </p><p>Faralin - </p><p>Fish Glue - </p><p>Giant Wasp Poison - </p><p>Gray Whinnis - </p><p>Greenblood Oil - </p><p>Greensickness - </p><p>Haluroot - </p><p>Horror Weed Extract - </p><p>Ice Toad Bile - </p><p>Icegaunt Dust - </p><p>Id moss - </p><p>Illithid Mindscorch - </p><p>Insanity Mist - </p><p>Ishentav - </p><p>Lich Dust - </p><p>Lifebane - </p><p>Lockjaw - </p><p>Malyss Root Paste - </p><p>Megapede Poison - </p><p>Mesmer Paste - </p><p>Mist of Nourn - </p><p>Nitharit - </p><p>Oil of Taggit - </p><p>Pit Fiend Venom - </p><p>Psychotropic Rot - </p><p>Purple Worm Poison - </p><p>Purple Worm Poison, Colossal - </p><p>Raeliss Smoke - </p><p>Redek Vine Extract - </p><p>Retch - </p><p>Rill Leaf - </p><p>Roach Paste - </p><p>Roshon Vapor - </p><p>Sasson Juice - </p><p>Sassone Leaf Residue - </p><p>Scorcher Fumes - </p><p>Scorpion Poison, Colossal - </p><p>Scorpion Poison, Gargantuan - </p><p>Scorpion Poison, Huge - </p><p>Scorpion Poison, Medium - </p><p>Scorpion Poison, Small - </p><p>Scorpion Poison, Tiny - </p><p>Scorpion Venom, Colossal - </p><p>Scorpion Venom, Gargantuan - </p><p>Scorpion venom, Large - </p><p>Shadow Essence - </p><p>Shreef Oil - </p><p>Shrieking Terror Saliva - </p><p>Sleeping Weed - </p><p>Slow Taint - </p><p>Slowswarming - </p><p>Snow Spider Blood - </p><p>Snowflake Lichen Powder - </p><p>Spider Venom, Colossal - </p><p>Spider Venom, Gargantuan - </p><p>Spider Venom, Huge - </p><p>Spider Venom, Large - </p><p>Spider Venom, Medium - </p><p>Spider Venom, Small - </p><p>Spider Venom, Tiny - </p><p>Striped Toadstool - </p><p>Sufferfume - </p><p>Svaklor Venom - </p><p>Svaklor Venom, Greater - </p><p>Swarming Spiderbite - </p><p>Terinav Root - </p><p>The Calling - </p><p>Thever Fumes - </p><p>Thever Paste - </p><p>Underdark Blight - </p><p>Ungol Dust - </p><p>Urthanyk - </p><p>Vapid Leaf Extract - </p><p>Vilestar - </p><p>White Pudding Essence - </p><p>Wild Dwarf Knockout Poison - </p><p>Wooly Mammoth Eye Juice - </p><p>Wraith Sheen - </p><p>Wyvern Poison - </p><p>Wyvern Poison, Gargantuan - </p><p>Wyvern Poison, Huge - </p><p>Yeti Oil - </p><p></p><p>Gravedust - </p><p>Boneshard Paste - </p><p>Sunlight Oil - </p><p>Bloodwine - </p><p>Celestial Essence - </p><p>Lichbane - </p><p>Liquid Mortality -</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 5158816, member: 18701"] I'd like to describe the scent of a potion or poison when PCs find them. The thing is, I don't have a sense of smell, so it makes it hard to come up with examples for what a liquid might smell like. Would anyone be willing to help me out here and write up an example of what each potion/poison might smell like so I can use that for my descriptions? I also plan to write up the taste. If you want to help with that also, it would be appreciated :) Aid - Barkskin +2 - Barkskin +3 - Barkskin +4 - Barkskin +5 - Bear's endurance (+4 Con) - Bless weapon - Blur - Bull's strength (+4 Str) - Cat's grace (+4 Dex) - Cure light wounds (1d8+1hp) - Cure moderate wounds (2d8+3hp) - Cure serious wounds (3d8+5hp) - Darkness - Darkvision - Daylight - Delay poison - Displacement - Eagle's splendor (+4 Cha) - Endure elements - Enlarge person - Flame arrow - Fly - Fox's cunning (+4 Int) - Gaseous form - Good hope - Greater magic fang +1 - Greater magic fang +2 - Greater magic fang +3 - Greater magic fang +4 - Greater magic fang +5 - Greater magic weapon +1 - Greater magic weapon +2 - Greater magic weapon +3 - Greater magic weapon +4 - Greater magic weapon +5 - Haste - Heroism - Hide from animals - Hide from undead - Invisibility - Jump - Keen edge - Lesser restoration - Levitate - Mage armor - Magic circle against (alignment) - Magic fang - Magic stone - Magic vestment +1 - Magic vestment +2 - Magic vestment +3 - Magic vestment +4 - Magic vestment +5 - Magic weapon - Misdirection - Neutralize poison - Nondetection - Owl's wisdom (+4 Wis) - Pass without trace - Protection from (alignment) - Protection from arrows 10/magic - Protection from arrows 15/magic - Protection from energy (type) - Rage - Reduce person - Remove blindness/deafness - Remove curse - Remove disease - Remove fear - Remove paralysis - Resist energy (type) 10 - Resist energy (type) 20 - Resist energy (type) 30 - Sanctuary - Shield of faith +2 - Shield of faith +3 - Shield of faith +4 - Shield of faith +5 - Shillelagh - Spider climb - Tongues - Undetectable alignment - Water breathing - Water walk - Here is a list of 3.5 poisons. Hopefully it would be possible to make up a smell based on the names. Aboleth Oil - Adlevine Extract - Alforna - Anemis - Arsenic - Asabi Mist - Balor Bile - Banelar Essence - Basilisk Breath - Bebilith Venom - Black Adder Venom - Black Lotus Extract - Bloodroot - Blue Whinnis - Bonespear Poison Fusion - Brain Dust - Burning Angel Wing Fumes - Burnt Othur Fumes - Carrion Crawler Brain Juice - Centipede Poison, Colossal - Centipede Poison, Gargantuan - Centipede Poison, Huge - Centipede Poison, Large - Centipede Poison, Medium - Centipede Poison, Small - Centipede Poison, Tiny - Chilblain Brain Juice - Choldrith Toxin - Conflagration Ooze Essence - Creeping Nullscourge - Cretel Leaf Residue - Crippling Vine - Culum Powder - Dark Reaver Powder - Darklight Brew - Deathblade - Devilseye - Dragon Bile - Drow Poison - Eyeblast - Fang Dragon Venom - Faralin - Fish Glue - Giant Wasp Poison - Gray Whinnis - Greenblood Oil - Greensickness - Haluroot - Horror Weed Extract - Ice Toad Bile - Icegaunt Dust - Id moss - Illithid Mindscorch - Insanity Mist - Ishentav - Lich Dust - Lifebane - Lockjaw - Malyss Root Paste - Megapede Poison - Mesmer Paste - Mist of Nourn - Nitharit - Oil of Taggit - Pit Fiend Venom - Psychotropic Rot - Purple Worm Poison - Purple Worm Poison, Colossal - Raeliss Smoke - Redek Vine Extract - Retch - Rill Leaf - Roach Paste - Roshon Vapor - Sasson Juice - Sassone Leaf Residue - Scorcher Fumes - Scorpion Poison, Colossal - Scorpion Poison, Gargantuan - Scorpion Poison, Huge - Scorpion Poison, Medium - Scorpion Poison, Small - Scorpion Poison, Tiny - Scorpion Venom, Colossal - Scorpion Venom, Gargantuan - Scorpion venom, Large - Shadow Essence - Shreef Oil - Shrieking Terror Saliva - Sleeping Weed - Slow Taint - Slowswarming - Snow Spider Blood - Snowflake Lichen Powder - Spider Venom, Colossal - Spider Venom, Gargantuan - Spider Venom, Huge - Spider Venom, Large - Spider Venom, Medium - Spider Venom, Small - Spider Venom, Tiny - Striped Toadstool - Sufferfume - Svaklor Venom - Svaklor Venom, Greater - Swarming Spiderbite - Terinav Root - The Calling - Thever Fumes - Thever Paste - Underdark Blight - Ungol Dust - Urthanyk - Vapid Leaf Extract - Vilestar - White Pudding Essence - Wild Dwarf Knockout Poison - Wooly Mammoth Eye Juice - Wraith Sheen - Wyvern Poison - Wyvern Poison, Gargantuan - Wyvern Poison, Huge - Yeti Oil - Gravedust - Boneshard Paste - Sunlight Oil - Bloodwine - Celestial Essence - Lichbane - Liquid Mortality - [/QUOTE]
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