For the wish, and only the wish, please jump to the end of this post, right after the short story that comes with it.
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This afternoon, Arleena Arlavin (the lady Dermorian on the tavern roof) was telling me about her potions. Telling me? Yea, right... she was not telling much. The only difference I could tell was the color of the strange suff she was selling, wihtout any idea on what the purpose of each bottle was. It\'s not that I do not trust Aleena (her red skin looks suspicious to a white Enkidukai like me), but my only hope was to find a potion master of some sort to help me pick the right stuff.
Golmir? Maybe...
Gellule : \"Hiya Golmir! May I ask you a quick question?\"
Golmir : Greetings, you may ask, I will answer if I know the answer\"
Gellule : \"Do you have any idea what Aleena, the lady Dermorian on the tavern roof, is actually selling?\"
Golmir : \"Well, I did not talk to her since the days of Molecular Blue\"
Gellule : \"So you don\'t have any idea what those potions are for?\"
Golmir : For drinking for sure, but I have no idea on the effects.\"
Gellule : \"Sounds like I have to give it a try... Thanks!\"
Well, I really had to give a try. And even if Golmir had been able to tell me what the effect of each potions was, I would still be wondering if the effect would be the same today.
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Do not mention the purpose of things you can buy or find around unless its very easy to guess.
Your level of knowledge in the field related to the thing you buy/find should modify its description.
If you are not knowledgable your are bound to ask someone to buy the stuff for you or take a risk.
Buying/finding something and trying it, is not a good reason for knowing everything about it next time.
Your skills should make the difference.
- A novice comes to Aleena and try to buy a potion. They all look the same and
he/she will get a random one or maybe a good one if she likes him/her.
- A potion expert comes to Aleena and try to buy a potion. He/she will be able to pick the right stuff.
- A novice walk in the forest and finds a mushroom. He/she thought that the cooking training offered at the tavern was useless. Now, he/she has no idea if this mushroom is good or not.
- Jomed\'s best student would make the difference.
This could apply to many things: potions, weapons, spells, food, animals...
Hope that\'s not a double post. At least you got the story.
-Gellule
PS: Hehe... I gave it a try. I bought a potion, and drank it: no idea what it did to me. Tasted good though.
