Talk:Smoky and milky potions
Perhaps this page should be called "smoky and milky potions", as I don't think milky potions merit their own page, but true rumors links to milky potions. Ekaterin 13:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Clarification needed
Clarification is needed on the following point: does the chance of summoning only apply while unidentified, or does it still work after the potions have been identified?
Potions requiring Mitigation
The identity of the smoky potion can present the question of how to safely consume a hazardous potion. This table assumes you've already blessed them so you are not confused by booze or can voluntarily end levitation. It would seem that invisibility, polymorph and paralysis are the main headaches.
Potion | Cost | Weight | Blessed Result | Mitigation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
sickness | 50 | 20 | Lose 1 hp, abuse Con | Quickly recovered | |
confusion | 100 | 20 | Confusion, abuse Con | Unicorn horn or Heal | |
hallucination | 100 | 20 | Hallucination | Unicorn horn or Heal | |
sleeping | 100 | 20 | Sleep | Resistance | |
blindness | 150 | 20 | Blindness | Unicorn horn or Heal | |
invisibility | 150 | 20 | Invisibility | Carry Mummy Wrapping | |
polymorph | 200 | 20 | Polymorph | Polymorph control | |
acid | 250 | 20 | Lose 1-4hp, abuse Con | Resistance or recover | |
oil | 250 | 20 | abuse Wis | Quickly recovered | |
paralysis | 300 | 20 | Paralysis | Free action |
--PeterGFin 18:16, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
- Bit of thread necromancy here, but for polymorph, unchanging is better - even controlled polymorphs are likely to shuffle your stats, which is usually undesirable. Also, for paralysis, a locked closet is a decent substitute for free action, although by no means perfect. -Ion frigate 09:09, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
- You can always go for "master mind flayer" instead of your own race, that cuts down on stats changes. --Tjr 14:16, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
Ghost
Is the chance of a ghost being summoned from a milky potion based off the djinni count or something else? 75.58.121.153 11:47, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- It's the same formula, but based off the ghost count rather than the djinni count. -- Qazmlpok 12:10, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- Ghosts summoned I assume, not total ghosts generated? 75.58.121.153 12:17, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- No, total ghosts generated regardless of source (guaranteed in level, from haunted temples, and of course from milky potion. I'm not sure about bones files). Same with djinni, actually - the guaranteed djinni on the plane of air do count against smoky potion djinni. -- Qazmlpok 12:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- So once I reach the Valley of the Dead, the chance of a ghost becomes microscopic? 75.58.121.153 12:28, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- No, total ghosts generated regardless of source (guaranteed in level, from haunted temples, and of course from milky potion. I'm not sure about bones files). Same with djinni, actually - the guaranteed djinni on the plane of air do count against smoky potion djinni. -- Qazmlpok 12:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
- Ghosts summoned I assume, not total ghosts generated? 75.58.121.153 12:17, 21 July 2011 (UTC)