Skill Check

Alchemy

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Skill Master: Lain Laurent
Rank Range: Rank 1 - 7
Topics: Potions, Herbalism, Healing, Poison, Alchemical Ingredients, Philosophy, Medicine, Transmutation
Books: Alchemical Recipes and The Healing Arts: Volume One
Where to Go: Course Link


About Alchemy

Alchemy is one of the most versatile studies in Isilendor. You can learn to brew potions, connect with the earth through herbalism and heal the wounds of many. Pursuing alchemy will help you uncover much about the 4 realms. How does a mage heal their mana with a swig? Which poison did the Akash assassin use? Where can you find the rarest of plant species? All these, and more, are questions that can be answered if you study Alchemy.

At the end of the course you will be able to acquire The Alchemy Mastery Certificate.

Task: Roll for Alchemy

Complete ONE Alchemy assignment using ONE of the below prompts.
However, you cannot choose the prompt.
Message Victariah Rauxilfen who will roll a 20-sided dice (d20). The result will determine your prompt.

  1. A chemical reaction is triggered, blasting a hole in the wall
  2. You hand over a vial believing it to be the correct one. It is not. It is poison.
  3. A cabinet collapses. Stardust has gone everywhere. How can one work in these conditions?
  4. You take a sip from an unmarked bottle. It is alcohol. You are drunk for the rest of the lesson.
  5. You break the Skill Master's favourite alembic. You are forcibly volunteered to be a test subject in return.
  6. Everything said is going over your head; your brain is completely unable to grasp what is being explained
  7. Your creation fails. You don't understand why. Everything you did was correct.
  8. Your creation succeeds, but with a strange medical side effect. Wait, why can't you taste anything anymore?
  9. You utter an insult under your breath towards the Skill Master. Unfortunately for you, he heard it.
  10. You get high praise. You have no idea what for. You have no idea what you have done. Will the world end tomorrow?
  11. Your creation fails, but you somehow convince the Skill Master that the outcome was your intention all along
  12. You fall ill; however, you successfully cure yourself by utilising the items available in the store cupboard. Hope he doesn't notice anything missing.
  13. Today, you have all the answers. Every single one of them - even the ones that have nothing to do with Alchemy. What on earth did you drink last night?
  14. You find an old notebook with instructions scribbled in the pages. You follow them to discover they work even better than the Skill Master's instructions.
  15. You mentally break down in class, followed by a sudden, earth-shattering epiphany. The Skill Master doesn't know what to do with all your emotions. He just wants to go home.
  16. You find a key to a locked drawer that the Skill Master lost ages ago. He rewards you with whatever is inside.
  17. You get into a heated philosophical debate. Somehow you win.
  18. Your creation is so good that the Skill Master adapts his approach to match yours.
  19. Someone mistakes you for the Skill Master. Utilising your skill and knowledge, you manage to impersonate them perfectly.
  20. The Skill Master cancels the lesson, claiming to be too ill. You show up to cure him. No one escapes the Alchemy lesson.


The Rules

  • After you have completed the assignment, message Victariah Rauxilfen.
  • The assignment does not need to be graded beforehand.
  • The assignment must meet lesson requirements (eg. format, questions answered).
  • If you choose a prompt without rolling the dice, it will not be counted for the reward.
  • Entry must be submitted by Monday 4th May at midnight.

The Prize


Alchemical Bundle: Love Potion No.9, Stardust and Therasine
For your hearts desires, or for those who do not desire you, please consume with caution or your world will be rosy indeed. Pure stardust is incredibly hard to come by, yet here some are! Threasine is a banned substance containing the distilled essence of a multitude of poisons.

For more detailed sources of information, see the following links:
Hall of Attainment
Guild Registry
Alchemy
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