A potion of sleep, also known as potion of somnolence, was a powerful potion that put the imbiber to deep sleep and was extremely dangerous in its undiluted form.[1]
Description[]
The hazy liquid of the potion was swirled with hypnotic patterns.[2] The concentrated liquid that composed a potion of somnolence created a puff of white mist when the vial was uncorked. It strongly smelled and tasted like blackberries. Drinking the potion made one's mouth tingle as if biting into a mint leaf.[1]
Origins[]
One of the types of potion of somnolence was distilled out of dark purple mushroom caps, each the size of a dinner plate. These peculiar mushrooms were found in the Feywild all around Darroch Castle, growing in sporadic clusters.[3]
Blood of a werejackal was an ingredient of another recipe for the potion of sleep. It could be a telltale sign as the blood tended to flake in the potion's liquid.[2] And some were known to use locks of nymph hair as an ingredient.[4]
Powers[]
Undiluted, potion of somnolence was an incredibly powerful and addictive substance. Just one sip of the highly watered down soporific liquid (one drop of the potion in a vial-full of drinking water) was enough to send the user to sleep in less time than it took to count down from ten. A typical dosage was just one mouthful and it was enough to last several hours.[5]
History[]
Around 1396 DR, Japheth Donard used a dangerously concentrated potion of somnolence to create a sleeping-aid-like elixir to help Anusha Marhana, a young spell-scarred human noble, to access her unusual power of projecting a ghost-like astral form in times of danger. The ability was only triggered during sleep.[6]
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Appearances[]
- Novels
- The Ring of Winter • Plague of Spells • City of Torment • Key of Stars
- Video Games
- Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor • Baldur's Gate III
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bruce R. Cordell (December 2008). Plague of Spells (Mass Market Paperback). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10, p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7869-4965-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2008). Plague of Spells. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 13, p. 281. ISBN 978-0786949656.
- ↑ Johnathan M. Richards (October 1997). “The Ecology of the Nymph”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #240 (TSR, Inc.), p. 72.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (December 2008). Plague of Spells (Mass Market Paperback). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10, p. 199. ISBN 978-0-7869-4965-6.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (2008). Plague of Spells. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0786949656.