Last time we started our look at Alchemy Labs by outlining some archaic tables, that really are kind of meaningless without some other backup tables and information. I mean really, “Gaining Knowledge of Physical World” as an experiment, using an “Outer Technique to affect Inner Transformation”, or “Separation” to affect “Observation” doesn’t mean much to us. Of course I’ll be working through these tables and make them a little more accessible to the common layperson (well, me actually).
This time we are going to be looking at some of the ingredients that might be found in an Alchemy Labs. Of course we need to have the classic table that can be even used for your crazy Halloween witch who is mixing all kinds of nasty brews:
| 1d10 |
Body Parts |
| 1 |
Canine |
| 2 |
Tongue |
| 3 |
Eye |
| 4 |
Nail |
| 5 |
Liver |
| 6 |
Heart |
| 7 |
Fat |
| 8 |
Blood |
| 9 |
Sweat |
| 10 |
Gizzard |
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OF A….
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| 1d10 | Animal |
|---|
| 1 |
Stag |
| 2 |
Rat |
| 3 |
Cow |
| 4 |
Yak |
| 5 |
Deer |
| 6 |
Wolf |
| 7 |
Squirrel |
| 8 |
Cheetah |
| 9 |
Rhinoceros |
| 10 |
Monkey |
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Then after those nasty little bits and pieces that can be found, we have some classical chemical compounds. This table is a list of the “Alchemical Names” matched with their “Chemical Compound” so that if your group or yourself want to know a little bit more about the chemical then it is here:
| 1d20 | Chemicals |
|---|
| 1 |
Aqua Fortis |
Nitric Acid |
| 2 |
Pearlash |
formed by baking potash in a kiln. |
| 3 |
Slaked Lime |
Calcium Hydroxide |
| 4 |
Dutch White |
a pigment, formed from one part of white lead to three of barium sulfate. |
| 5 |
White Arsenic |
arsenious oxide, formed by subliminating arsenical soot from the roasting ovens. |
| 6 |
Fulminating Silver |
silver nitride, formed by dissolving silver(I) oxide in ammonia. Very explosive when dry. |
| 7 |
Salt of Tartar |
potassium carbonate, formed by evaporating lye. |
| 8 |
Chrome Yellow |
lead chromate – PbCrO4. |
| 9 |
Plumbago |
Graphite |
| 10 |
Thion Hudor |
lime sulfur, formed by boiling flowers of sulfur with slaked lime. |
| 11 |
Lapis Solaris |
Barium Sulfide |
| 12 |
Nitrum Flammans |
Ammonium Nitrate |
| 13 |
Aqua Regia |
Nitric Acid and Spirit of Salt |
| 14 |
Lye |
potash in a water solution, formed by leaching wood ashes. |
| 15 |
Colcothar |
ferric oxide, formed by burning green vitriol in air. |
| 16 |
Caustic Soda |
sodium hydroxide, formed by adding lime to natron. |
| 17 |
Auric Hydroxide |
formed by precipitation by potash from gold dissolved in aqua regia. |
| 18 |
Chrome Orange |
chrome yellow and chrome red. |
| 19 |
Glass of Antimony |
impure antimony tetroxide, formed by roasting stibnite. A yellow pigment for glass and porcelain. |
| 20 |
Pearl White |
Bismuth Nitrate |
So we’ve got Animals, Chemicals, and now we are going to needs some Plants to round out our ingredients needed for the lab.
| 1d6 |
Extraction Method |
| 1 |
Expression |
when the oil is very plentiful and easily obtained, as in lemon peel. |
| 2 |
Distillation |
is used with maceration, but in many cases, it requires expert chemical knowledge and the erection of costly stills. |
| 3 |
Steeping |
is generally accomplished by steeping in alcohol, as vanilla beans. |
| 4 |
Macerated |
is used to create smaller bits of the whole, as in making peppermint extract, etc. |
| 5 |
Anion |
Anion exchange sorbents are derivatized with positively charged functional groups that interact and retain negatively charged anions, such as acids |
| 6 |
Cation |
Cation exchange sorbents are derivatized with functional groups that interact and retain positively charged cations, such as bases. |
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OF….
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| 1d12 | AleFruit |
|---|
| 1 |
Blackberry |
| 2 |
Cherry |
| 3 |
Raspberry |
| 4 |
Coffee |
| 5 |
Currant |
| 6 |
Fruit |
| 7 |
Elderberry |
| 8 |
Guarana |
| 9 |
Coconut |
| 10 |
Banana |
| 11 |
Cantaloupe |
| 12 |
Cranberry |
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