Alchemy

“	Troubled by the travails of life? Antagonized by ailments, agonies, or aches? Do you find your performance in battle ... less than satisfying? Here is the cure! Tinctures, elixirs, essences and essential saltes; Experience better living through Alchemy! Yes, alchemy; the art of the ancients, and now the science of the future! The Brotherhood of Alchemists (an affiliate of the Brotherhood of Transcendence) have combined modern ingredients with ancient wisdom to create potions to improve every aspect of existence! Good health, mystic power, the serpent's speed, or the hare's swiftness; here you will find them all, refined, sublimed, calcified, amalgamated, and distilled into a bottle. Proven safe in ... dozens of laboratory experiments! Straight from the crucible to you -- certified pure and efficacious by the High Conclave of Wizardry. Or they will be. Soon. Very soon, as sure as the approval hearings end. You know those wizards ... But enough digression! Act while the athannor is hot, and improve your life now! Come buy, come buy! But do take care -- these potions are precious, and make tasty targets for thieves and marauders. All the more reason to use them quickly! Drink up!	”
	- Alchemist NPC

Alchemy is an NPC vendor category that deals in usable inventory items.

List of Potions

Health, Mana, and Stamina Recovery

These potions apply a heal-over-time buff effect. The healing will fade if the user takes damage, attacks, casts a spell, or moves. The effects of this healing are doubled if the player is sitting.

• Sublimation of Garlic

"A heady, aromatic mixture that promotes and speeds natural healing."

+1% health once every second for 30 seconds (2.5% while sitting!)
Weight: 1 Base Gold Value: 400

• Relgor's Restorative Elixir

"Brewed from basilisk bile, this thick liquor dispels fatigue from the limbs."

+1% stamina once every second for 30 seconds (2.5% while sitting!)
Weight: 1 Base Gold Value: 400

• Caster Oil

"Made from real casters! This thin liquid invigorates the spirit, restoring mana."

+1% mana once every second for 30 seconds (2.5% while sitting!)
Weight: 1 Base Gold Value: 400

Buffs

• Fillig's Milk of Mandrake

"This foul concoction purges poisons and impurities from the blood, slightly strengthening the drinker's natural endurance."

+20 constitution for 300 seconds
Breaks on duration
Weight: 1 Base Gold Value: 600

• Essence of Litharge

"This chalky paste, when rubbed into the limbs and extremities, quickens the sinews and boosts the user's reflexes in combat."

-15% attack delay for 300 seconds
Breaks on duration
Weight: 1 Base Gold Value: 600

• Azure Star Foot Ointment

"Rub this liquid onto your feet, and the burning sensation is sure to quicken your pace!"

+15% movement rate for 120 seconds
Breaks on duration, damage, attacking, and casting
Weight: 1 Base Gold Value: 600

• Attack Speed

"This potion will increase your attack speed while using a weapon!"

Attack Delay -36% for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Mana Regeneration Potion

"This potion will increase your mana regeneration!"

Mana Regeneration +135% for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Strength Potion

"This potion will increase your strength by 55!"

Strength +55 for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Spirit Potion

"This potion will increase your spirit by 55!"

Spirit +55 for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Intelligence Potion

"This potion will increase your intelligence by 55!"

Intelligence +55 for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Dexterity Potion

"This potion will increase your dexterity by 55!"

Dexterity +55 for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Defense Potion

"This potion will increase your defense by 145!"

Defense +145 for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Constitution Potion

"This potion will increase your constitution by 55!"

Constitution +55 for 3600 seconds
Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments!
Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit.
Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 200

• Greater Concoction Potion

"This potion will increase your constitution, dexterity, strength, intelligence, spirit, defense, mana regeneration, and attack speed!"

Constitution +55 for 3600 seconds Strength +55 for 3600 seconds Intelligence +55 for 3600 seconds Spirit +55 for 3600 seconds Dexterity +55 for 3600 seconds Defense +145 for 3600 seconds Mana Regeneration +135% for 3600 seconds Attack Delay -36% for 3600 seconds Does not stack with healer blessings or wizard enchantments! Cannot be consumed while in combat and can be interrupted while drinking if hit. Weight: 5 Base Gold Value: 2000

Trivia

• Potions offering buffs are considered power rank 35. This means they can be removed by effect removal abilities at power rank 35 and up.
• By placing multiple potions in your hot bar it is possible to have more than one potion activate at once. Simply press the corresponding keybinds to activate the potions simultaneously and both potions will apply at once. This will only work for potions of different types (e.g., you cannot use two Sublimation of Garlic at once). Using the same technique, you can sneak and apply a potion at the same time (buff potions only). Doing so will give the appearance of a burnt potion until the cast time has elapsed.

History

Alchemy was added to Shadowbane on April 19th, 2005 and later expanded on September 27th, 2006. The addition of alchemy was meant to combat "Buff Bot Syndrome", a problem that occurred with the advent of unlimited free accounts.

Wolfpack Studios announcement from April 2005 wrote:

You can hire your very own alchemist! Buy a contract on a rank 2 steward and put him to work in your local magic shop. You can order him to brew one of six potions -- three healing potions at rank 1, and three buff potions at rank 4. If you're cheap and lucky, you can also find potions on monster corpses.