Where do they make those potions?

[lukelightning]

In AD&D, clerical potions were created by infusing the liquid in front of the altar.

Leading to the infamous "baby baptized in oil of slipperyness" incident. Last I checked the baby was seen sliding down Goblin Pass at 60' per round...

 

[kenobi65]

They import them from potion-making sweatshops in Kara-Tur.

 

[Presto2112]

They probably have them shipped in from other temples, like the tavern owner has his ale, or buys his ale from someone else who does.

My D&D bug? Most of the dungeons I EVER see NEVER have a privy! There's not even a midden outside of the dungeon!

I have designed a dungeon with a latrine! There's a gelatinous cube at the bottom of it (it's deep enough that the cube's pseudopods can not reach anyone's bum. There's also a teleportation trap somewhere in the dungeon that drops you into the latrine with the cube.

 

[MarkB]

I have designed a dungeon with a latrine! There's a gelatinous cube at the bottom of it (it's deep enough that the cube's pseudopods can not reach anyone's bum. There's also a teleportation trap somewhere in the dungeon that drops you into the latrine with the cube.

As I recall, one of the major lairs in Red Hand of Doom includes a waste-disposal chute with a Gray Ooze at the bottom of it.

 

[blargney the second]

House Cannith.

 

[Mycanid]

They probably have them shipped in from other temples, like the tavern owner has his ale, or buys his ale from someone else who does.

My D&D bug? Most of the dungeons I EVER see NEVER have a privy! There's not even a midden outside of the dungeon!

What about A2 ... that had 'em.

Although I know what you mean ... but isn't that one of the best things about 'em?

 

[Mycanid]

I have designed a dungeon with a latrine! There's a gelatinous cube at the bottom of it (it's deep enough that the cube's pseudopods can not reach anyone's bum. There's also a teleportation trap somewhere in the dungeon that drops you into the latrine with the cube.

Ouch. What a job getting out if you defeat the cube! :\ A LONG climb.

 

[Mycanid]

Odds are that divine potions are made in the same magical fonts as holy water, which would mean that they are made on or near the central altar/idol of the temple, or perhaps a side altar/idol with its own font... At least, that's the way it used to be done in 1E and 2E, and there's no real reason to change that. Most of the "production time" for a divine potion would involve praying and chanting and such, which is most appropriate in a consecrated temple.

Sounds good to me, to be honest.

 

[Presto2112]

Ouch. What a job getting out if you defeat the cube! :\ A LONG climb.

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[Mycanid]

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Ya see, I went on this camping trip once and someone actually fell into one of these things! It had not been rebuilt in a long time and the wood in the back was weak. A group of kids were playing hide and seek. One kid hid in the outhouse. Another snuck up behind the outhouse and jumped up to see if he could see anyone in the outhouse through the window and ... CRASH!

Seriously, the kid could have died. Fortunately he landed on a mini shelf (it was an erratically dug hole I guess). We had to pull him out with a rope. Oh man ... did he STINK! We had to throw buckets of water at him until a lot of the material washed off (swimming in the nearby river was obviously NOT an option). Then we threw him in the shower with all his clothes on. Then we go him a new change of clothes. Then we threw away his old clothes. Then we made him take ANOTHER shower. Wonder if the poor kid will ever live it down?

But it gave me a ... umm ... perspective on some things.

Which is why I posted what I did. :\