Healing Potions; Magic or Not?

Don Hawthorne · 04-01-2019, 10:12 AM

Settle a disagreement?

The ITL rules say that Alchemists create Healing Potions.

They also very clearly state that “An Alchemist is a magician...”

Does that mean that Healing Potions are “magical”, and if so, would player characters thus be prohibited from taking any into the Death Test(s)? (This assumes player characters have access to purchasing them.)

Yeah, I know it’s a “play it how you want” question, but it’s the firm definition of the nature of a Healing Potion — magic or not magic — that we’re really looking for.

Thanks in advance!

Skarg · 04-01-2019, 10:18 AM

Yes, healing potions are definitely magical, and even more definitely not allowed into Death Tests. Death Tests also explicitly prohibit poisons and chemical potions.

hcobb · 04-01-2019, 10:23 AM

This implies that Master Physickers have magical training sufficient to only blow themselves up some of the time in an Alchemy lab. Ergo we don't have to explain everything they do in terms of 21st Century medicine.

Shadekeep · 04-01-2019, 10:32 AM

Yes. Alchemy is magic-based, Chemistry is science-based. Or put another way, chemistry draws on the natural properties of the source materials, whereas alchemy draws on the metaphorical, or supernatural, properties of the same.

04-01-2019, 10:12 AM	#1
Don Hawthorne Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California, USA	Healing Potions; Magic or Not? Settle a disagreement? The ITL rules say that Alchemists create Healing Potions. They also very clearly state that “An Alchemist is a magician...” Does that mean that Healing Potions are “magical”, and if so, would player characters thus be prohibited from taking any into the Death Test(s)? (This assumes player characters have access to purchasing them.) Yeah, I know it’s a “play it how you want” question, but it’s the firm definition of the nature of a Healing Potion — magic or not magic — that we’re really looking for. Thanks in advance! __________________ "None of us is as smart, nobody else as stupid, as we'd like to believe." "If you would know a man's character, only observe how he plays a game."

04-01-2019, 10:18 AM	#2
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	Re: Healing Potions; Magic or Not? Yes, healing potions are definitely magical, and even more definitely not allowed into Death Tests. Death Tests also explicitly prohibit poisons and chemical potions.

04-01-2019, 10:23 AM	#3
hcobb Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacheco, California	Re: Healing Potions; Magic or Not? This implies that Master Physickers have magical training sufficient to only blow themselves up some of the time in an Alchemy lab. Ergo we don't have to explain everything they do in terms of 21st Century medicine. __________________ -HJC

04-01-2019, 10:32 AM	#4
Shadekeep Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Aerlith	Re: Healing Potions; Magic or Not? Yes. Alchemy is magic-based, Chemistry is science-based. Or put another way, chemistry draws on the natural properties of the source materials, whereas alchemy draws on the metaphorical, or supernatural, properties of the same.