I was just thinking of another fun little thing you could add to the herbalism shop. This is just to add a bit more than just potions. The idea I had was mojo bags. For those that do not know what mojo bags are they are like a focus to attract or ward something. Many people use them to attract love, luck, or money. The can also be to ward off something like bad luck, those that wish you harm, and death.
This would be something very easy to add to the stall. The main tool would be a small flannel pouch to hold the items. Then you just use the recipes from the recipe book to create the bag, filling it with the necessary items. To give an example for a mojo bag that attracts love you would fill your bag with two lodestones covered in glitter dust. You then dip your bag in perfume or pheromones depending on if you want your bag to bring love or lust. If you want your bag to be case specific in who it attracts add something of their belonging like a lock of hair into the bag. Then whenever you carry or bag on you, it will attract lovers.
This could work well with wards like you could make a ward off evil mojo bag and as long as you carried your bag evil aligned characters could not come in physical contact with you, but they can still use magic. Now I can see how these bags may be a bit to powerful but they can easily be watered down in a number of ways. Of course the bag only works for you if you hold it. If you drop your mojo bag that wards off evil or it is taken from you by telekineses or some similar way the ward will be gone.
I think this would add a little more for the already great herbal shop. If you also wanted to peek at this website it will show you a lot of other cool voodoo and herbal things.
This is the Mojo bag page so you can read up on it. There are a few recipes on how to make some bags. If you have any questions please ask and don't be afraid to give comments and suggestions of you own
In addition to the mojo bags I was also thinking of a few more potions.
Instinct Potion
This potion sets your mind frame back to a barbaric state, losing all thought of morals. You do not care about good, evil, or law. You are fueled on the basic thoughts of survival. You gain ample energy, strength, and heightened senses, but become a danger to friend and foe. its a bit like Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde.
Elixir of Life
This rare potion can be used to resurrect a fallen alley ~since this potion can bring someone back from the dead it should contain some expensive ingredients, or one that must be bought every time you make the potion~
Itching powder
When this powder comes in contact with skin it immediately irritates the flesh, leaving itchy rashes all over. It may not be lethal, but it can come in help when trying to make get aways, tipping the scales in a battle, or just making someone extremely uncomfortable.
Forget me serum
Whomever drinks this potion will forget anything that had happened in the past 24 hours. They will wake up with a slight headache, blissfully ignorant of anything that had happened, but also confused if they find themselves in a new location. The victim may piece what happened together if they have clues to remind them of the blocked memories, such as wounds from a battle. Blocked images may not be blocked, but greatly hazy if the victim has a rather strong mind.
Transformation syrup
This potion changes the drinker into an animal. The animal that the victim will turn into depends on what final ingredient was put into the item. If they put wolf hair into the potion they will change into a wolf. If they put fish scales in they will turn into a fish, frog leg into a frog, bird bones/feather into a bird. They will stay this way for several hours before turning back.
Loathsome brew
This potion is the exact opposite of the love potion. The potion may be ingested or simply in the bloodstream. The more potion the victim takes in, the more their rage builds. The potion can be used to null the effects of the love potion and enchantment spells.
De-aging potion
Turn back time with this potion. The drinker of this potion will find that they have reverted back to a younger age. After a few hours they will revert back to their old age, unless they drink the potion again. The age turned too depends on how much you drink.
Tongue tied concoction
This potion is everything short of a silence spell. The victim of the potion will find that their tongue does not obey them, turning fluent sentences into tongue tied nonsense. The victim knows what they want to say, but simply cant. This makes spells uncastable and does not allow the victim to talk, taunt, or give commands.
Hallucination beverage
This potion can either be ingested or seep into the blood stream. The victim of the potion begins to hallucinate, not being able to tell reality from the illusions.
Spontaneous Combustion Potion
Pour this highly unstable mixture into a breakable vial. It is the perfect fire power for an alchemist. When the liquid comes in contact with the air it burns and even bursts into flames. Touching the liquid will begin to burn, even before it ignites.
Truth telling potion
The label says it all. The drinker of this potion can not help but tell the truth. They are well aware of what they want to say, but the truth is all that comes out. The victim can not lie unless they themselves do not know they are lying. They will tell you what they believe to be the truth.