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What do potions taste like?

  • Pablo
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    March 7, 2013 11:41 PM EST

    Out of all the hundreds of combinations of crafting potions in Skyrim.  Ever wonder what that fortify Smithing of 140% tastes like?

  • Kyrielle Atrinati
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    March 7, 2013 11:42 PM EST

    Terrible.  That's what.

  • Bobbo
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    March 8, 2013 9:59 AM EST
    Health potions then? How do they taste?
  • Bryn
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    March 8, 2013 10:02 AM EST
    I would assume it depends on the ingredients. Flowers and wheat would probably taste bitter
  • Nikolaj Poulsen
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    March 8, 2013 10:38 AM EST

    Mmh, a nice mixture of dwarven oil, vampire dust and garlic. Yummers!

  • Deleted Member
     
    March 8, 2013 3:47 PM EST

    Piss of course! "If you mix it with piss, it turns into candy. Delicious candy." +1 to anyone who gets the reference

    In all seriousness, they probably taste like sugar water. If I was an alchemist, I'd carry around a bag of sugar and put some into whatever I made, since the components sound pretty foul. The actual liquid of the potion has to be water or something similar, since a lot of the components are dry and wouldn't create anything fluid.

    If my alchemist was a Khajiit she'd probably use Moonsugar instead, because hilarity would ensue. I love the idea of potions progressively getting the character high by small degrees, that would be fun to roleplay.

  • Dieter
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    March 8, 2013 4:33 PM EST

    It tastes like rainbow.

  • Slashy McSplatter
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    March 8, 2013 4:39 PM EST

    -Rothfuss

  • Slashy McSplatter
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    March 8, 2013 4:54 PM EST

    Wise Man's Fear is a great book, and I am reading The Name of Wind now.

  • Slashy McSplatter
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    March 8, 2013 5:01 PM EST

    Even if it's giant's toe and swamp fungal pods, the resulting drink probably tastes like chicken.  Take a look at your favorite junk food ingredients, they may not seem very tasty by themselves, but you love the end result.

  • Deleted Member
     
    March 8, 2013 6:56 PM EST

    A winner is you!

  • Pablo
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    March 8, 2013 6:57 PM EST

    Yeah but all these extra ingredients would result in a failed potion mix.

  • DanTR
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    March 8, 2013 7:47 PM EST

    Expert alchemists likely know how to make a potion's taste good. And probably aprentice alchemists make potions that taste like Cliffracer meat.

  • Farkas
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    April 30, 2013 3:58 AM EDT

    Smithing- 140% ? Tastes like charcoal... with rawhide...maybe with orichalcum to thicken it?

  • JCA99
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    May 15, 2013 7:29 PM EDT
    If you combine a giant's toe and a skeever tail... Well, lets just say I'd have trouble keeping it down.
  • Krilkaazzoor
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    November 17, 2013 8:30 AM EST

    gods, i'd imagine it would not taste very good, no would it? hmm, lets see..,.yeah...I'd go with disgusting.

  • Ernesto Carmona
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    November 29, 2013 11:22 PM EST

    like our medicine tastes bad but it helps

  • Okan-Zeeus
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    November 30, 2013 12:03 AM EST

    Probably depends mostly on the ingredients. Still, I can't picture any of them tasting good...

  • Imazio
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    January 9, 2014 10:07 PM EST
    Giants toe, and wheat. Gross