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{{Substance
| image      = Smelling Salts.png
| caption    = A flask of smelling salts.
| name       = Smelling Salts
| aliases    = Spirits of Ammonia
| locations  = 
| discovered = 
| date       = 
| creators   = [[Alchemist]]s, [[apothecaries]]
| created    = 
| hisrefs    = <ref name="DD-p59"/>
| type       = Salts
| components = [[Ammonia]]
| color      = 
| properties = Pungent smell
| markings   = 
| phyrefs    = <ref name="DD-p59"/>
| uses       = Medicine, [[material component]]
| cost       = 
| userefs    = <ref name="DD-p59"/>
| items      = 
}}
'''Smelling salts''' were overwhelmingly pungent [[ammonia]] crystals valued for their mind-waking power.<ref name="DD-p59">{{Cite book/Demihuman Deities|59}}</ref>

==Availability==
Smelling salts were among the minor [[herb]]al and alchemical medicinal products created by [[alchemist]]s, [[apothecaries]], and [[hedge wizard]]s.<ref name="Dra163-p24">{{Cite dragon/163/Hedge Wizards|24}}</ref><ref name="LoD-p73">{{Cite book/Lords of Darkness|73}}</ref>

The salts could be obtained from [[deer]] [[antler]]s via an alchemical process that concentrated the ammonia.<ref name="NW">{{Cite game/Neverwinter}}</ref>

==Usage==
* Smelling salts were useful for waking up those who had been knocked unconscious or put to sleep, magically or otherwise.<ref name="Dra69-p64">{{Cite dragon/69/Ready for anything!|64}}</ref> It could even break some mental [[enchantment]]s.<ref name="Dra234-p10">{{Cite dragon/234/Nocturnal Crusade|10}}</ref>
* ''[[Brightmantle]]'' used smelling salts or similar ammonia-based substances as a [[material component]].<ref name="DD-p59"/>
* ''[[Modify memory]]'' could use smelling salts as a [[metamagic]] component.<ref name="UA-p145">{{Cite book/Unearthed Arcana|145}}</ref>

==Appendix==
===Appearances===
{{Appearances
| adventure refs      = ''[[Sovereign of the Mines]]''
| novels              = ''[[Dissolution]]'';''[[Unclean]]''
| video games         = ''[[Neverwinter (game)|Neverwinter]]''
| organized play      = ''[[Ladies Knight]]''
}}

===External Links===
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===References===
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