The Apothecary - your thoughts?

Today I am writing up the design doc for how creating cures works in the Apothecary job.

My main inspiration is the Amiga classic, Dragon's Breath.

Theme Hospital also has a part to play in inspiration for the quirky ailments and humour.

However, I would love to see your ideas as to how the mixing and crafting works (already know how the shop part works). So get your brewing hats on, polish up your cauldron and find your pestle and mortar and get posting your thoughts!

I have a terrible mix, bad sense of humor and terrible knowedge of english, so you don't take me so serious.


If you want a funny shop i sugest make a look to "holy potatoes a weapon shop mega", a craft hulk hogan potato XD.


Theme hospital is a masterpiece full of good ideas. Incapacition potions can be, venom of laught, incontinent hunger, incontinent pe pe.

One thing I always hope for in potion brewing mechanics is that the outcome isn't too fixed. In the Elder Scrolls, you add specific ingredients and you get a specific potion effect. That's not what I want in potion brewing. I would like the time at which you add an ingredient, the temperature at which you cook it, and the length at which you cook it, to have an impact on the type of effect you get, not only it's potency. And that you have to do it roughly on feeling. Guess the temperature by looking at how many bubbles there are. Guess the time by eyeballing an hourglass. Making it less an exact science makes the whole thing feel more like experimentation. It creates a sense of 'anything can happen', something I feel is missing from most potion brewing mechanics.

If you want some silly humor that stands out compared to other crafting mechanisms seen in games, why not a pet that you feed herbs and other ingredients that spits/poops you the potion in return?
The way you raise said pet would influence the potions it makes (quality, quantity, speed, etc).

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Originally Posted by GalloViking

If you want some silly humor that stands out compared to other crafting mechanisms seen in games, why not a pet that you feed herbs and other ingredients that spits/poops you the potion in return?
The way you raise said pet would influence the potions it makes (quality, quantity, speed, etc).

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I love this idea!
I'm picturing a big ol' monster that looks like some sort of super fluffy cow/dog fusion.
Feeding it things and then having to catch its magical drool in various bottles.

"The secret to good potion making is not letting other people know how it's made."

Feeding things various foods to try produce a different fertiliser is something we have in mind.

As for the apothecary, it's amusing but it needs to feel like a job, and have some craft about it.

I like the idea of bubbling pots, exact amounts, condensing tubes, grinding ingredients and jars full of weird stuff.

Well, I liked the potion brewing mechanism of Minecraft.

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Originally Posted by Aynen

One thing I always hope for in potion brewing mechanics is that the outcome isn't too fixed. In the Elder Scrolls, you add specific ingredients and you get a specific potion effect. That's not what I want in potion brewing. I would like the time at which you add an ingredient, the temperature at which you cook it, and the length at which you cook it, to have an impact on the type of effect you get, not only it's potency. And that you have to do it roughly on feeling. Guess the temperature by looking at how many bubbles there are. Guess the time by eyeballing an hourglass. Making it less an exact science makes the whole thing feel more like experimentation. It creates a sense of 'anything can happen', something I feel is missing from most potion brewing mechanics.

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I like this idea for getting different effects. This kind of experimentation could make it fun for the community to work together and share new findings. Not sure about the adding things at certain times. The days are designed to be short so it might not fit Kynseed well.

Hi! I have little knowledge of english....so don't kill me!

I work in a lab, with human plasma. The realistic concept is veeeeery slow and boring. So...I think taking theme hospital as inspiration it's a great idea.

An apothecary reminds me of Panoramix (a druid, and yes, it's not the same as an apothecary...but the origins of them!) he is a character of a comic-book series named Asterix and Obelix, and his "lab" could be an inspiration.

Also, and sorry If someone said it before, the doctor of darkest dungeon, with his mask, is very inspirational also.

Btw, a good mix between these characters would be awesome. For example, you can focus on differents kinds of threatments: herbals, chemical brewings you made, "old-gods-recipes"...

The ideas of Aynen and Galloviking are also great.

My recommendation it's NOT to use a very long time of brewing...I have enough "brewing" in my real job, thanks! :explosion: xD

Just kidding, but the use of a a lot of ingredients, the possibility of buiding your own shop and decorate it, and leveling up the instrumental, would be awesome.

Sorry for my english and see you around!

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Originally Posted by GalloViking

If you want some silly humor that stands out compared to other crafting mechanisms seen in games, why not a pet that you feed herbs and other ingredients that spits/poops you the potion in return?
The way you raise said pet would influence the potions it makes (quality, quantity, speed, etc).

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Originally Posted by Aynen

One thing I always hope for in potion brewing mechanics is that the outcome isn't too fixed. In the Elder Scrolls, you add specific ingredients and you get a specific potion effect. That's not what I want in potion brewing. I would like the time at which you add an ingredient, the temperature at which you cook it, and the length at which you cook it, to have an impact on the type of effect you get, not only it's potency. And that you have to do it roughly on feeling. Guess the temperature by looking at how many bubbles there are. Guess the time by eyeballing an hourglass. Making it less an exact science makes the whole thing feel more like experimentation. It creates a sense of 'anything can happen', something I feel is missing from most potion brewing mechanics.

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Maybe a combination of these two ideas? :think: