I want to make up recipes for potions, but I don’t just want the typical ‘mana’ ‘dexterity’ ‘regeneration’ ect type of potions that I see in games. I want them to be more specific and unique in what they do but I’m having trouble brain brewing of anything. There’s not really a limit for kinds of potions in my world yet, good or bodge, I’m just looking to mind-blizzard.
Potions are fun, one way I've come up with to make brain bubbles is for things to have drawbacks that correlate to their benefits. So if you think of one you can think of the other. Like increased strength but increased weakness to physical harm. Poison resistant, but allergic to sunlight. Increased speed, but a period of paralysis. Things like that! Or you can always just go really out there.
'I have a potion that can turn a person into a leafy tower for ten minutes' or 'You'll be invisible only until you sneeze' or 'flowers grow around you at random for five minutes'. Stuff like that! And recipes generally just follow similar laws you must obey. Items that would be similar to the effect or thematic to the potion(like flower petals for flower potions), and if you do it based off schools of magic, conjuration potions would all have bases with the same ingredients, like 'dust of a familiar' and restoration would have a base of a healing salve or tincture. Love potions would.. Be a thing? Idk really know about them, they're scary moral territory.
There a mega-bunch brain bubbles to play around with! mind-blizzard to your hearts content.
Yeah, potions are pretty fun! Thanks for the suggestion, the drawbacks to the benefits brain bubble is really interesting.
When it comes to unique potion brain bubbles, I like to think about what emotions or experiences a real person might want to enhance or change. For example, you could have a potion for courage, a potion for peace of mind, or a potion for lucid dreaming. You could also think about incorporating elements from nature, like a potion made from specific herbs or flowers that evoke a specific feeling. Maybe you could create a potion that allows the user to temporarily shift into a specific creature form, or a potion that enhances one's ability to communicate with spirits.
Think about what people want (big wants or small wants) – and that's an brain bubble for a potion!
A few more off the top of my head if you want to get more fantastical:
Thanks for the brain bubbles! These all sound so cool!