what does a CLW potion taste like in your world?

[MetalBard]

I've always imagined CLW potions in my world looking like selzer water and tasting faintly of mountain berries. I know, not very original, but since it's CLW I figure it's gotta be a mildly pleasant experience drinking it.

 

[Zenodotus of Ephesus]

So, describe form, the taste, color (texture if applicable) for a basic cure light wounds healing potion (or equivalent) in your game.

Bactine

 

[HeavyG]

[RW] It tastes like hit points ! [/Ralph Wiggum]

 

[der_kluge]

Bactine

Heh. I don't think you're supposed to drink bactine!


That reminds me of the joke about the woman that was given Preperation H to cure her hemerrhoids and she later tells the doctor that she still has them, and that the stuff he told her take tasted horrible!

 

[Zenodotus of Ephesus]

[RW] It tastes like hit points ! [/Ralph Wiggum]

Heh. I don't think you're supposed to drink bactine!

Ruh-Roh!

 

[ltclnlbrain]

Mmm, almonds.

Healing potions are red; the thicker the potion, the more potent it is.

 

[Pbartender]

I've always imagined CLW potions in my world looking like selzer water and tasting faintly of mountain berries. I know, not very original, but since it's CLW I figure it's gotta be a mildly pleasant experience drinking it.

No, no... You gotta make them taste BAD, to discourage those stupid meat shields from losing so many hit points.

 

[Storyteller01]

Mmm, almonds.

Yesssss...... almonds. the flavor of cyanide...

 

[Sparta Kerleon]

Almonds...

It seems like, in a lot of groups I was in, cure light wounds potions (your basic, run-of-the-mill low-level healing potion) are blue, and have a taste not unlike almonds.

I'm amazed nobody's noticed this yet...

An experienced character learns to identify potions by memory—for example, the last time she tasted a liquid that reminded her of almonds, it turned out to be a potion of cure moderate wounds.

There you go. Although I do note that cyanide (which, as has been noted, also tastes like almonds) is so named for a reason. (Yes, yes, I know the more toxic ones are colorless or white, but still.)

Personally, I usually picture healing potions (of the C*W set, anyway) as being clear, about the consistency of shampoo, and tasteless.

 

[snarfoogle]

Cure Potions IMC are green. The darker the green, the more potent (or less dilluted) the potion, so a potion of CCW is nearly black.

Woah. That's what I do. Except mine taste BAD. Medicine in the real world, to slowly help against a moderate disease can taste bad. A potion of CLW can completely restore you from a longsword gash in seconds. It's not going to taste good. And, of course, there are unidentifiable bits of gristle and dust-like particles which make you gag. But hey, you're healed, so maybe it was worth it.