Editing Xia: Tao Alchemy

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''"Powdered white jade as the energy base, essence of tiger's testicles to stimulate inner fire and the blood of a healthy ox for mountain's strength. Drink up before it congeals!"''

=Overview=

This page is a '''Lore Sheet''' for '''Tao Alchemy''', a set of '''Magics''' that allow the brewing of alchemical potions and reagents.

Note that by their nature, alchemical preparations don't last long, so Xia can't be hoarding vast stocks of potions. Instead the preparations must be used immediately, and will have effects of limited duration.
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=Heaven's Blade Blessing=

''Powdered jade cut with silver dust draws Heaven's gaze, and yang-chi aligned oils sharpen the edge.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and a further one hour to be applied, onto any edged weapon. That weapon is now strengthened and protected, and is guaranteed not to lose its edge or be destroyed in the next physical conflict it is part of.
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="Hungry Fire" Liquid=

''Ashes, strong acids and the essences of rot and decay create a hungry liquid that eats away at all it touches.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare, and on the substances completion it must be splashed directly onto the object to be consumed. It cannot be stored, as it will eat away anything it is stored in! For the next minute or so, the liquid will eat away at anything it comes into contact with, with sufficient speed that in that minute it could fully dispose of a dozen corpses, or an iron gate.
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=Fortune's Wind Infinite Wealth Elixirs=

''Autumn leaves and the hair of healthy children both represent growth and change, leaving behind what was for fortune to come. The elixir of change is powerful magic! Making gold is just a fortunate side effect.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and must be used immediately. Apply the reagent to any base metal to turn it into another base metal. For example, you could turn lead to gold, or silver into iron.

Note that if a player character wants to use this secret to become ridiculously wealthy, then he can do so! To gain any advantage from being so wealthy, however, would require him to purchase an appropriate Major Edge with XP.
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=Inner Thunder Aphrodisiacs=

''The reduced essence of the sexual organs of predatory animals, mixed with the powdered horns of a powerful beast, mixed with still-hot embers and the blood of a warrior. Potency guaranteed.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and must be consumed immediately. Women who drink the potion are unaffected, but men will find that they are filled with sexual energy and have powerful and sustained libido and "male stiffness". This effect lasts for six or seven hours, or until lusts are fully sated.
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=Healing Salves of Nourishing Earth=

''Honey, menstrual blood and dung draws in the nourishing power of Earth. Wounds close as yin chi restores health.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and a further one hour for the application to work, during which the wounded recipient must rest fully. Restore the target's Physical Resilience to its maximum.
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=Cleansing Purgative of Elemental Water=

''Herbal broth, emetics, laxatives and soups. Taken together, they purge sickness from the body.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and a further one hour for the application to work, during which the individual will vomit and purge copiously. The target is healed of any illness, has all poison purged from his body and any detrimental magics or chi effects affecting him will be washed out.
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=Fog in a Bottle=

''Water, plus Yin Chi, that's all.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and a further one hour for the effect to spread. The alchemist creates an area of thick fog - in the open this will spread to cover several square miles. The fog will usually take several hours to clear, and make vision beyond a dozen feet distance impossible. Strong winds can clear the mist faster.
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=Mountain Stillness Hibernation Draught=

''Soporifics, sedatives and stabilisers are used, and the masque of death is achieved.''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Magic; Preparation;''

'''Effect:''' This alchemical spell takes one hour to prepare and a further one hour to fully take effect on the one who ingests it. The ingester will fall into a deep coma, which is so great that they appear to have died altogether, even under medical scrutiny. They will awake a fixed period of time later (defined by the alchemist) which can be as little as an hour or as long as a month. They suffer no harm from this condition itself, needing only a minimum of breathable air and no water or food, but during that time are entirely unrousable.
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=Master of Alchemy=

''"Refinements, not short cuts."''

''Cost:'' None.

'''Keywords:''' ''Continuous;''

'''Prerequisites:''' You can only learn this kung fu secret if you have first learnt all of the eight other alchemical secrets.

'''Effect:''' All your Alchemy spells reduce preparation times to one round, and replaces the ''Preparation'' keyword with the ''Action'' keyword. The spells still take the same amount of time to take effect, however.
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=Credits=
<br>'''This page created by ''Asklepios''. '''
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