Well, the DM's hand is pretty heavy here, but they aren't losing thier money. Specifically, they can't use any of thier money to get out of this jam. Good to spring on parties with so much money they always try cash first. After this curse is lifted though, they'll still have all thier loot. Go to Comment
A very useful and innovative plot device. The equivalent of temporarily depriving a martial party of their equipment (until they can escape and regain it), this temporarily deprives a more diplomacy/money focused party of their gold. Go to Comment
An interesting and novel concept, though I think implementing this into a game is going to be difficult since it looks all too much like the heavy hand of the DM releaving them of their loot. Go to Comment
After Siren's final observation, I can't help but burst into laughter and gives this its deserved vote. Among all the powerful alchymystic preparates and assorted extracts, there are bound to be some which are not so easy to use, or look funny (actually, most of the stuff is bound look funny, not to speak of the smell ;) ).
Unsupported pop culture reference... it might need silly freetext
Other than that, it is a useful item.
So why is the salve butter? Why not a more stable ointment? Other than the magic of the association (only found by those who have seen the 20th century commercial), why butter?
Is it served at waysites and inns between the two countries and at the border, to catch the evil illusionists of the other side? Go to Comment
Stealth value comes to mind, as well as simple chemistry 101: Critical ingredients are hydrophobic, requiring an oil base, or else the solution separates out. We're now watching lard, cooking oil, and butter dueling it out as useful bases, given the lack of a petro-chemical industry. And really, it's kind of hard to slip someone whale fat in a sandwich.
Just the thing for those mage's who cast charisma boosting spells. I thought that guy looked like Fabio...I was blinded by his scintillating man-locks. Pass me the butter promptly. Go to Comment
Yes indeed. This is one of those things that could come up as originally an accident, but then the uses are thought out and thus no 'potion of disbelief' was created. Because we all know that normal ordinary people don't carry around bottles of strange liquids, but it certainly wouldn't be weird to be carrying butter to town. The spy applications are quite ponderable...
*random codex thought: Ordinary spy gear. All the things a spy might carry that would fit into his persona easily and without comment...* Go to Comment
A bit whimsical. I like it; the idea of an ointment to see through illusion sounds reasonable.
Pop-culture references to "almost" butter aside, they'd have to use something as the base for an ointment. Of course, butter wouldn't keep as well as some other materials; they would need to use it before it spoiled.
If it was hard to distinguish from regular butter, some amusing confusion could ensue... Go to Comment
i hate tinger gnomes and i hate the idea that it can take away from the whole Fantasy thing as well as he said i would never use anything like that they had no need for it or the same views we had i mean when gun powder was first made it was something sciecntifc why get more complex then that when they dont need to Go to Comment
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