what does a CLW potion taste like in your world?

[Hand of Evil]

Player 1: I need a healing potion.
Player 2: Here you go.
Player 1: Why is it green, healing potions are red?
Player 2: Oh, I put food dye in it to make it a more pleasing color.
Player 1: Does that effect its abilities?
Player 2: Nope, just makes it look better.
Player 1: Don't you think it will cause confusion with the potion of strenght?
Player 2: Nope, I used a red dye for that.
Player 1: What?
Player 2: Just drink it!
Player 1: Crap! That tasted like piss!
Player 2: Damn, That was the piss from the bladder of that Mindflayer we killed last week. Damn, I could have gotten 1000 gold for that. Damn, damn, damn!

 

[basaipete]

In my game healing/cure potions are a viscous yellow liquid that smells and tastes awful. In the tradition of cod liver oil, medicine should not taste good The only notable variation of this is that dwarven clerics have developed a healing potion that looks and tastes remarkably like dark beer

I have tried very hard to be consistant in my game with potion colors, textures, and taste for the past 18 years of my ongoing campaign. While this means that players figure out what potions are what over time, it also rewards them for keeping track.

 

[NewLifeForm]

In no way similar to, yet quite unlike, Tea



Healing potions in my campaigns are mostly clear red liquids that taste like a berry sweetened herbal tea. The darker the color the stronger they are, but they begin to taste more bitter and more like the herbs that were used to make them.

And just for fun...

Invisibility Potions - Empty bottles-move them around and you here 'swishing' sounds
Strength - Often look and smell like milk-they do a body good-got strength?
Shape Change - oily rainbow colored liquid in which the colors don't mix
Firebreath - Looks like red sodapop with orange fireworks in it-tastes like 5 alarm hot sauce

NewLifeForm

 

[Nightfall]

Hand o Evil,

That was awesome. Good one man.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Hand o Evil,

That was awesome. Good one man.

Thank you.

 

[Nightfall]

My pleasure. Now anyone else?

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Ny-Quil.

 

[Nightfall]

Well that's not TOO bad unless it's the modified formula of the current year. Back in the 1980s, people could really enjoy that stuff!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

That is only if you drink it of course. Another option in my campaigns are potions as injection shots.

 

[Nightfall]

Now THAT could be kind of neat. I mean injecting a cure potion after battle or a bersesker's rage potion before a fight..be kind of neat.