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Some Dungeon Masters have
difficulty describing the contents of potion bottles, magical elixirs,
and like liquid substances.
The lists below give the
appearances of liquids,
colors, tastes, and smells. In combination with
APPENDIX
I: DUNGEON DRESSING (q.v.) or by itself, these various descriptive
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words will serve the DM
in good stead when preparing level keys or when "winging it".
<note that I turned these
into random generation tables, in the first colum>
| d10 | Appearance/Consistency: | Transparency: |
| 1 | bubbling | clear (transparent) |
| 2 | cloudy | flecked (transparent and other) |
| 3 | effervescent | layered (color or transperancy) |
| 4 | fuming | luminous (determine transperancy) |
| 5 | oily | opaline (glowing) |
| 6 | smoky | phosphorescent (determine transparency) |
| 7 | syrupy | rainbowed (transparent) |
| 8 | vaporous | ribboned (determine transparency) |
| 9 | viscous | translucent |
| 10 | watery | variegated (determine colors) |
| d28 | Taste and/or Odor: | d28 | Taste and/or Odor: | d28 | Taste and/or Odor: |
| 1 | acidic | 11 | herbal | 21 | salty |
| 2 | bilious | 12 | honeyed | 22 | soothing/sugary |
| 3 | bitter | 13 | lemony | 23 | sour |
| 4 | burning/biting | 14 | meaty | 24 | spicy |
| 5 | buttery | 15 | metallic | 25 | sweet |
| 6 | dusty | 16 | milky | 26 | tart |
| 7 | earthy | 17 | musty | 27 | vinegary |
| 8 | fiery | 18 | oniony | 28 | watery |
| 9 | fishy | 19 | peppery | - | |
| 10 | greasy | 20 | perfumy | - |
Colours:
| 1. METALLIC | 2. WHITE (#FFFFFF) | 3. GRAY (#7F7F7F) | 4. BROWN
(#804000) (#A52A2A) |
5. BLACK (#000000) |
| 1. brassy | bone | dove | chocolate
(#C85A17) (#D2691E) |
ebony |
| 2. bronze | colorless | dun | ecru | inky |
| 3. coppery | ivory (#FFFFF0) | neutral | fawn | pitchy |
| 4. gold (#D4A017) (#FFD700) | pearl | - | mahogany | sable |
| 5. silvery (#C0C0C0) | - | - | tan | sooty |
| steely | - | - | terra cotta | - |
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<note: i am using
symbolic colors ('the exceptions' : based on the classic Netscape 4.7)
here>
<this is explained
in the <notes> at Appendix K ...>
'Symbolic Colours' : this is supposed to
make it EZ for people to color their pages ...
(you don't have to
think about it)
| white | ||||||
| silver | red | orange | yellow | green | blue | purple |
| black | ||||||
<the above 'color values' have hierarchy
over the HTML values>
<fill in the rest with the #HTML numbers
...>
<in theory, the symbolic colors are base/defaults: any shade of green could be used ... >
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Black: The Earth - darkness - negation
Blue: The Heavens - truth
- spirituality
Clear: The Sun - luck
Green: Venus - reproduction
- sight - resurrection
Red:
Hemorrhaging
control - heat
White: The
Moon - enigmatic
Yellow:
Secrecy
- homeopathy - jaundice
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