As we were playing this weekend, we realized the difficulty in actually identifying a potion without quaffing it.
Other than the Liquid Analysis, I was wondering what other folks had done in the past?
We were leaning towards a small amount ingested but that seemed too simplistic. We had considered using Alchemy (the skill) but its description states specifically non-magical.
Labels... seriously who wouldn't want to label their potions?
EG: C crit to the chest, dieing in a few rounds, gasping to the fighter... "the tall bottle with the swirling stars in it... no.. you idi... oth.. one.."
True story from a LARP. My friend got together a group for a little cave crawl. The group was a little overpowered (ok, a lot overpowered) for what it turned out to be, so he decided to sit it out, wait outside. We go through the kobold caves and when we come out, find my friend lying unconscious on the ground, with two kobolds next to him. What happened? One of the kobolds snuck up behind him and knocked him out. They pulled two potions off his body. One was labeled "Resist Paralysis" and the other "Poison Resistance". So, they drank them. First potion paralyzed the drinker, second one was lethal poison.
So.... label potions, yes... but who are the labels intended for? Clever labeling saved all his other possessions from being taken.
