I need a potion name

[tarchon]

"I'm a little teapot."
That's what the one in my lab says, anyway.

 

[Greyhawk_DM]

I need a really good name for a potion of scalding hot steam breath.

It needs to be made up of recognizable English words, and not entirely give away what the potion does.

It might suggest that the potion users mouth and throat will not be wholly immune to the effects.

I've been toying with "Brief Horrible Moments of Sanity," but if I were an adventurer who found a bottle labelled that, I'm not sure I'd be tempted to drink it to find out what it does.

The genre is for something set in contemporary U.S.A. So fire away with the 19th-20th-21st century idioms if you like

Send me ideas.

How about "Dragonsbreath"; or "Firedraught".

 

[De Arco]

Altoids-
"Curiously Strong Cinnamon"

Essense of Fumingaseos Sulpher

 

[Goobermunch]

carrion breath
the constitutional
Cthugha's blood
Draught of Cthugha

--G

 

[Sialia]

camphoraceous is a good word.
constitutional is, too.

but i'm not quite there yet . . .although I can almost smell it one the breeze from here.

keep 'em coming . .

 

[Sialia]

Elixir of Simmering Legitamacy" is definitely one of my favorites.


"Curiously Strong Salsa" also has a certain appeal.

Or something with the word "teapot" in it might really have a certain charm--it has a beguilingly innocent sound, and yet suggests steam.

I'm definitely leaning away from anything that actually has the word "fire" or "flame" in it--I like a subtler, more ambiguous approach, and it needs to sound . .. wetter. Damper. Moist. Humid?

We're getting closer guys.

 

[Oni]

Maybe it has a label that reads something like the following.


[insert illegible word] extract
[something something] imbibed [more illegible] scalding breath
Test results: subject A showed incre[illegible]

 

[BryonD]

Bouncing balls of sizzling pre-steam


hmmmm.....

I was going for an imagine of beads of water bouncing on a red hot surface.

But I think I ended up with an ad for a teen porn site.

 

[BryonD]

Scald Dog (with a marginally legible hand written note: "Overachieved, needs work")

 

[Sialia]

oooh . . ooh . .how about "Lather, Rinse, Repeat" ?

Perhaps in some foreign language?

No?

Then how about: "Parental Supervision Required"?

mmm . . no . . back to "Curiously Strong Salsa," which is the current front runner, despite my lingering fondness for "Brief Horrible Moments of Sanity," and "Simmering Legitamacy."