what do potions taste like?

[Yqatuba]

I imagine healing potions as cherry flavored (probably because they are usually red in video games). Water breath potion would probably taste like fish oil. Bull's strength potion like beef bullion. I don't want to think about what a cat's grace potion would taste like.

[Val'bryn2]

There is no set flavor. It's pretty much set by the crafter

[Heather 540]

In my current game, a lot of potions taste like goblin spit. This is because most of the potions we use are either made by our warforged wizard, or a goblin druid who will drink a potion and then spit it back into the bottle so he can use it again later. As you can imagine, everyone else prefers the other guy's potions.

[BadBird]

Almond Extract. Try it, and tell me I'm wrong.

[Adjoint]

Depends on whether you add strawberries or not. See Asterix the Gaul for reference.

[Klorox]

BadBird wrote:

Almond Extract. Try it, and tell me I'm wrong.

Dunno, where I live almond flavor/smell is indication of a most mighty poison.

[Adjoint]

Klorox wrote:

BadBird wrote:

Almond Extract. Try it, and tell me I'm wrong.

Dunno, where I live almond flavor/smell is indication of a most mighty poison.

You clearly haven't tried his 'potion' before telling him he's wrong.

[gatherer818]

Adjoint wrote:

You clearly haven't tried his 'potion' before telling him he's wrong.

Might be difficult to do unless he has Speak With Dead as an extract.

[Darigaaz the Igniter]

Here's a nice chart from the 3.5 era

[Meirril]

Generally speaking, there is no set flavor for any potion. If the GM wants to say that every potion of the same type tastes the same, so be it. Or every potion could have a unique flavor. Even when both were created by the same person using the same formula 2 potions of the same type could taste different.

This question is very much like asking what the ingredients of a potion are. As far as the rules are concerned, it doesn't matter. According to the rules the only ingredient is gold, time and magic. Of course we all imagine the gold is actually used to purchase ingredients from some shop.

[Derklord]

Darigaaz the Igniter wrote:

Here's a nice chart from the 3.5 era

"Cure Light Wounds Clear" Stopped reading there. There's no way a health potion that doesn't look blood-ish can survive on the open market!

Edit: Potion of invisibility is also "clear". Yeah, when you're close to dying, and desperately need a healing potion, having to discern betwen one of those and a potion that prevents your teammakes from finding and healing you is exactly what you want!

[djdust]

love potions smell like turpentine and look like india ink.

[MidsouthGuy]

I read a Pathfinder Tale in which the main character described a healing potion as having "the typical bitter with a hint of almonds flavor of most potions." So based on this, if it is considered official, I would imagine almond flavored cough syrup to be the usual taste of most potions.

[deuxhero]

They taste like water. Otherwise you'd risk gag reflex when trying to chug them as fast as possible.

[avr]

"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down..."

[Klorox]

Derklord wrote:

Darigaaz the Igniter wrote:

Here's a nice chart from the 3.5 era

"Cure Light Wounds Clear" Stopped reading there. There's no way a health potion that doesn't look blood-ish can survive on the open market!

Edit: Potion of invisibility is also "clear". Yeah, when you're close to dying, and desperately need a healing potion, having to discern betwen one of those and a potion that prevents your teammakes from finding and healing you is exactly what you want!

Well, of course healing potions look bloodish, in the old times troll blood was the main operative ingredient....

and Elf blood was used to make longevity potions, but those disappeared in 3.00

[ENHenry]

Klorox wrote:

Derklord wrote:

Darigaaz the Igniter wrote:

Here's a nice chart from the 3.5 era

"Cure Light Wounds Clear" Stopped reading there. There's no way a health potion that doesn't look blood-ish can survive on the open market!

Edit: Potion of invisibility is also "clear". Yeah, when you're close to dying, and desperately need a healing potion, having to discern betwen one of those and a potion that prevents your teammakes from finding and healing you is exactly what you want!

Well, of course healing potions look bloodish, in the old times troll blood was the main operative ingredient....

and Elf blood was used to make longevity potions, but those disappeared in 3.00

Potion: Bull's Strength

Color: Light Brown
Smell: Grassy
Texture: Gritty
Flavor: Sour

I don't WANT to know how this potion was made, I just don't! *turns green*

[Dave Justus]

tastes like victory

[Taudis]

I imagine them tasting like real world tinctures - alcoholic and herby.