Alchemy: Mental Elixirs

Alchemy: Mental Elixirs

GURPS Magic provides only five mental elixirs. Potion of Charisma makes the subject more charismatic. Potion of Foresight causes prophetic visions. Potion of Hardheartedness dispels love. Potion of Memory enhances memory. Potion of Wisdom increases IQ.

Potion of Charisma

This light blue potion adds 1d levels of Charisma (p. B41).

Duration: 1 hour.

Form: Potion.

Cost: $750 (singular); $270 (5-batched).

Recipe: $75; 4 days; defaults to Alchemy-3.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Potion of Charisma, +180%; Magical, -10%; Potion, -25%) [25]. Notes: «Potion of Charisma» is Charisma 4 (Magical, -10%) [18]. The bonus was converted to 1d as per p. B269.

    

Potion of Foresight

The subject receives a vision about an important event in his future. The subject must make an IQ roll. Potion of Foresight only gives information that the subject’s “future self” could learn and that would matter to him. The GM is not obliged to give a straightforward answer; this effect produces a vision, which may require some interpretation. The margin of success should determine the clarity of the vision and how easy it is to interpret.

Duration: Instantaneous.

Form: Potion.

Cost: $2,270 (singular); $855 (5-batched).

Recipe: $237; 32 days; defaults to Alchemy-8.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Potion of Foresight, +780%; Magical, -10%; Potion, No Extended Duration, -85%) [79]. Notes: «Potion of Foresight» is Precognition (Active Only, -60%; Magical, -10%; Reduced Fatigue Cost 2, +40%; Reduced Time 10, +200%; Reliable 8, +40%) [78].

  

Potion of Hardheartedness

This gray potion protects and cancels the effect of the Love elixir and similar effects. The subject also becomes immune to Sex Appeal attempts, and all his current infatuations are nullified. A natural infatuation is nullified for 1 hour, and remains nullified until the subject next sees the object of his infatuation.

Duration: 1 hour.

Form: Potion.

Cost: $480 (singular); $170 (5-batched).

Recipe: $48; 2 days; defaults to Alchemy-2.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Potion of Hardheartedness, +90%; Magical, -10%; Potion, -25%) [16]. Notes: «Potion of Hardheartedness» is Immunity to Love (Magical, -10%) [9].

  

Potion of Memory

This purple potion grants the subject the Eidetic Memory advantage (p. B51).

Duration: 1 hour.

Form: Potion.

Cost: $360 (singular); $130 (5-batched).

Cost (Herbal): $288 (singular); $105 (5-batched).

Recipe: $36; 1 day; defaults to Alchemy-2.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Potion of Memory, +50%; Magical, -10%; Potion, -25%) [12]. Notes: «Potion of Memory» is Eidetic Memory (Magical, -10%) [5].

  

Potion of Wisdom

This blue potion adds 1d to the subject’s IQ. This affects skills, Per, and Will, but does not affect spellcasting.

Duration: 1 hour.

Form: Potion.

Cost: $1,890 (singular); $680 (5-batched).

Cost (Herbal): $1,512 (singular); $545 (5-batched).

Recipe: $189; 20 days; defaults to Alchemy-7.

Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Advantage, Potion of Wisdom, +560%; Magical, -10%; Potion, -25%) [63]. Notes: «Potion of Wisdom» is IQ+4 (Accessibility, Not for spellcasting, -20%; Magical, -10%) [56]. The bonus was converted to 1d as per p. B269.