Potion of resistance

A potion of resistance was a type of potion that gave its imbiber resistance to a certain type of damage.

Description
Potions of lightning resistance had liquid that was thick and blue, as well as a smell slightly reminiscent of ozone. Some were packaged within ornate bottles shaped to look as though they were made of clouds.

Powers
Potions of resistance came in ten different forms (fire, cold, acid, lightning, force, thunder, radiant, necrotic, poison and psychic), such as that which granted resistance to fire was known as a potion of fire resistance. The effect of these potions lasted for an hour.

Availability
Places and individuals in the Realms one could purchase potions of resistance from included the following establishments:
 * Adventurer Mart in Athkatla sold potions of cold resistance.
 * Arcana Archives in the city of Saradush, and later Amkethran, sold both potions of cold and fire resistance.
 * Holly's Mill in the city of Ravens Bluff sold potions of cold resistance.
 * Min Minling sold both potions of cold and fire resistance outside the local inn of Umar Hills.
 * Sorcerous Sundries in Baldur's Gate sold both potions of cold and fire resistance.
 * The traveling deep gnome merchant Therndle Daglefodd sold potions of cold resistance.

Creation
Some materials known to be used in crafting potions of fire resistance included asbestos and glacial ice.

Notable Owners

 * Hasan ibn al-Din - potion of fire resistance
 * Zar-Dandan - potion of fire resistance

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Princes of the Apocalypse • Out of the Abyss • Storm King's Thunder • Tales from the Yawning Portal • Waterdeep: Dragon Heist • Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage • Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Breath of the Yellow Rose • Hartkiller's Horn • A City on the Edge • Over the Edge • A Thousand Tiny Deaths • Putting the Dead to Rest • Stardock Under Siege • Tipping the Scales • Infernal Pursuits
 * Video Games
 * Dungeon Hack • Menzoberranzan &bull; Descent to Undermountain • Baldur's Gate • Icewind Dale • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn • Baldur's Gate III