Editing Big Easy Voodoo Noir (section)

===Potions and Talismans===
Fortune favors the Prepared. For the magician who needs that bit of power right now, not an hour from now after the carefully prepared ritual, because of the, you know, the ''shooting at us'' problem. An item can be imbued with an effect by making the target of the ritual ''the user of this talisman, at the appropriate time''. Potions work the same way, though they are more frequently used to grant an effect that last for a while. Some items are designed to break when used, these one-shot talismans are easier to make. Others can be recharged, either through a simple ritual, a complex recasting, or meeting certain conditions (leave it overnight in a glass of whiskey, next to an open window). 

sometimes you'll be able to pull just the right thing out of your bag, particularly if you can give me a flashback of when and how it was prepared. This works really well if you've taken some time earlier to say "I'm going to spend X hours in my ritual space making some useful things for later."