The idea would be around what I am calling Arcanist Alchemy (in case there may be other Alchemy also)
Tools:
Heavy Iron Ring Stand
Glass Bottles
Medium Liquid
Mortar and Pestle
Purpose:
The purpose of the idea is to create a mechanism in which an Arcanist can make portable and temporary items which allow the remote application of Arcanist effects.
Process: (My initial thoughts)
The Arcanist will need two primary things, a medium and a glyph.
The medium, I think, should be something other than water. There could be an opportunity to introduce additional additional Alchemcial tools for this, such as retorts and burners (needing oils) to distill the liquid. Perhaps just allowing a basic solution to be purchased at the start.
The glyph, An activator which can be drawn onto any existing circle in place of Beldi. This would allow the glyph to trigger on the presence of a medium entering.
The bottle of medium would need to be placed upon a Heavy Iron Ring stand which would also be placed into the circle. The Iron could serve as a funnel for when the effect triggers, to help direct it up and into the bottle.
Once activated the circle would disappear as normal, and the Ring stand and Bottle of effect (further called a potion) would remain.
Obviously, our understanding of this would be new, and the medium(s) we are starting off with would not be as great as we would like. This would result in the potions having a shelf life similar to food (or irl pharmaceuticals) where their potency drops off after or over time. My initial thoughts are that the effect would simply dissipate all at once as the medium looses its ability to hold it.
In order to prevent hoarding, I think the basic solution and entry level craftable solutions should have a shelf life in the single digit hours. The duration could be extended by recipes for more advanced (expensive) mediums.
I will not add too much commentary on this, as this is kind of our of my depth of knowledge at the moment, but the topic of wanting to use gemstones was brought up. By grinding up gemstones into powders, they could be introduced into the medium prior to evocation, to do .. something.
Use:
Potions would be able to be used in one of two ways:
1- A potion can be consumed by drinking it. This would impact the effect of the potion onto the user, consuming energy. An Empty glass bottle would remain to either be reused or smashed on the ground.
2- A potion can be thrown at a target. The bottle would shatter on the target. Energy would be consumed from the thrower, and the target gets the effect placed on them.
How do we achieve this:
I have no idea at the moment.
