to, lets say, make a basic healing potion in the #forgottenrealms how much herb materials, lets say, in ounces or lbs. is needed to make a simple potion? have an idea if what is needed but you give solid information i can build from 😀 😛 i know different potions use different types of materials, but an estimate or something, it feels weird making something up 😛
— PastorGall (@PastorGall) August 8, 2018
i think i figured it out, looking at the Sages and Specialists Xanathar’s, 5e PHB, and 5e DMG books, ive discovered that the game does it backwards; pricing the potions first by rarity then a worked formula on crafting it using a type of reverse engineering 😛 thanks though heh The thing to remember is that some herbs you crush and powder, dry (mortar and pestle), so two big double handfuls of leaves goes down into shreds that don't even fill the palm of your hand, and other herbs you boil down (distill) to derive a tincture, and therefore you might…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 8, 2018
…need ten times as much, or even more, than the dry method. A FEW herbs are so puissant that trace amounts are all that's needed, but the majority, from green growing leaves, take a "goodly amount."
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) August 8, 2018