Sulfur

Sulfur, also known as brimstone was an alchemical substance used in potion-making with potent rotten egg smell, often associated with fiends of the Abyss.

Description
Sulfur was a naturally occurring substance that could be found and, more often smelled, in the vicinity of volcanoes, swamps, and hot springs.

Naturally Occurring

 * Carceri's atmosphere was filled with sulfurous vapors and brimstone smoke.
 * Chultan volcanoes were known to produce brimstone.
 * Vast Swamp's hot springs were warmed by the volcanic activity deep underground.

Merchants

 * Seven Suns Trading Coster in Neverwinter: A drow merchant M'tari Prin'tal was selling various alchemical supplies including sulfur circa 1479 DR.

Usage

 * Fabric dye of vermilion color was made using sulfur, alkali, and mercury.
 * Lures made out of sulfur were used in Port Nyanzaru, Chult, as a way to attract Hedetet, a scorpion-like elemental creature that was birthed from a volcano in years past.
 * Steam blast spell required some wetted powdered sulfur and two tea leaves or a drop of dragon saliva as material components.
 * Zikalan fireform, a very rarely seen on Toril spell that required a mix of salt, sulfur, and ground peppercorns to be tossed into fire.

Trivia

 * Hell hounds bodies smelled of smoke and sulfur.
 * Kruthik could not stand the smell of their dead. The creatures' insides reeked of sulfur. Kruthik ichor, innards, and body parts were a valuable commodity in the areas where these monstrous insects were common.
 * Nightmares' and red dragons' breath of fire had a heavy distinct stench of sulfur.

Appearances

 * Adventures:
 * Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
 * Novels:


 * An Opportunity for Profit
 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter