Alchemy Elixirs

Alchemy Elixirs can be powerful magic in their own right.

Elixirs in bold originally appeared in the Roleplayer #13 article "Historical Alchemical Elixirs for GURPS Magic"

Elixirs can be turned into magic items called Alchemical Charms (to separate them from other forms of Charms)

A "?" or N/G is due to the reference not providing that information.

An alternative version (conditional spell ala "bottle magic") appears in Thaumatology: Ritual Path Magic

Elixir Price

Paut is the only elixir to have a price expressly affected by Tech Level (GURPS Thaumatology) though it may be logical to assume this is true of all Elixirs.

Based on Thaumatology recommendation of 1/30 of Standard Starting Wealth one gets this table using GURPS Magic's TL3 as the baseline.

TL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Starting Wealth	$500	$750	$1k	$2k	$5k	$10k	$15k	$20k	$30k	$50k	$75k	$100k
Material Cost (1/100)	$5	$7.50	$10	$20	$50	$100	$150	$200	$300	$500	$750	$1000
Retail Cost (1/30)	$16⅔	$25	$33⅓	$66⅔	$166⅔	$333⅓	$500	$666⅔	$10k	$16⅔k	$25k	$33⅓k

Since Classic had a Paut dose cost $700 at TL2 while GURPS Thaumatology had it only $33⅓ at the same level one should assume the cost tables in Classic are over inflating the cost of elixirs. A rough rule of thumb is an elixir costs $33 for each day to make at TL3. Batch production reduces this cost.

Elixirs

Market Values are common-magic setting/rare magic settings

Animal Control Elixirs

Name	Spell Equivalent	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Beast-Speech	Beast Speech	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	2d minutes	$300	$850/$1350
Bird Control	Animal Control	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	3dx5 minutes	$200	$550/$900
Dragonslaying	None	4 weeks	Alchemy-1	Pastille	Instant	$100+Dragon blood ($500)	$1,300/$2,000
Horsemanship	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Ointment	2d hours	$50	$250/$500

Combat Abilities Elixirs

Name	Spell Equivalent	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Battle	Bravery	2 weeks	Alchemy-2	Any but pastille	1 hour	$150	$350/$700
Endurance	None	6 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1d hours	$300	$1,400/$2,400
Fetching and Carrying	None	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any	1d+1 hours	$200	$300/$400
Invulnerability	None	6 weeks	Alchemy-4	Any but pastille	1d+1 hours	$1,000	$2,100/$3,100
Leadership	None	7 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1d hours	$400	$1,650/$2,850
Speed	Haste	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	3dx4 minutes	$200	$550/$850
Stealth	None	3 weeks	Alchemy-2	Any	1 hour	$300	$500/$2,000
Strength	Might	2 weeks	Alchemy-2	Any but pastille	1 hour	$100	$250/$500

Cosmetic Elixirs

Unless noted otherwise these Elixirs appear in Classic: Technomancer. Market Value for Technomancer Elixirs is per Industrial Alchemy.

Name	Spell Equivalent	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Body Oil	Illusion	N/G	Alchemy-?	Ointment	2d hours	N/G	$7,500; MI2 69
Hair Growth	Hair Growth	1 week	Alchemy	Ointment only	Permeant	$40	$83.40
Hair Removal	Haircut	1/2 week	Alchemy	Ointment only	Permeant	$30	$61.75
Rapunzel’s Shampoo	Hair Growth	N/G	Alchemy-?	Ointment only	Permeant	N/G	$18,500; MI2 69
Sunblock	None	1/2 week	Alchemy	Ointment only	4 hours	$20	$41.75; Technomancer p 49
Tooth Care	None	1/2 week	Alchemy	Ointment only	1 month	$20	$41.75; Technomancer p 50
Weight Loss	None	12 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion only	Permeant	$1,000	$3540.00; Technomancer p 50

Hostile Elixirs

Name	Spell Equivalent	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Aging	None	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	Permanent	$300	$825/$1,350
Death	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	Instant	$100	$500/$800
Disease Potion		N/G	Alchemy-?	N/G	Normal	N/G	$75,000
Fear	Fear	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any Special	As Fear Spell	$50	$225/$400
Foolishness	Foolishness	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille pastille	1d hours 1d minutes	$150	$500/$850
Frustration	Curse	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	One day	$100	$650/$1,150
Hatred	None	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any	1 hour	$125	$300/$500
Jealousy	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1d hours	$50	$400/$750
Lecherousness	None; disadvantage	10 days	Alchemy-1	Any	1d hours	$200	$500/$700
Madness	Madness	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any	1d hours	$100	$200/$400
Odium	None	4 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1d+2 hours	$300	$1,000/$1,700
Self-Love	None	4 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1d+1 hours	$20	$750/$1,450
Unluckiness	None; disadvantage	6 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	1 day	$400	$1,600/$3,000
Weakness	Debility	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille pastille	1d hours	$50	$400/$700

Magical Abilities Elixirs

Name	Spell Equivalent	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Attractiveness	None	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	2d+1 hours	$100	$600/$1,000
Balzac’s Ink	Special; Great Wish	25 weeks	Alchemy-10	Liquid	Permeant	$50,000	$250,000 per dose
Fire Resistance	Fire Resistance	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	1d hours	$300	$500/$700.
Flight	Flight	10 weeks	Alchemy-3	Any but pastille	1 hour	$500	$3,000/$4,700
Gambling	Bless with Limit	4 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion or powder	1 hour	$200	$900+
Invisibility	Invisibility	16 weeks	Alchemy-4	Potion or ointment	1dx10 minutes	$1,000	$3,000/$6,000
Levitational Salts	Levitation	15 weeks	Alchemy-1	Potion	Only during night time	$1,000	$3,700 per dose; Alchemical Baroque
Luck	Luck	6 weeks	Alchemy-3	Any form	2d game-hours	$200	$1,300/$2,300
Magic Resistance	Magic Resistance	5 weeks	Alchemy-3	Any	1 hour	$500	$1,600/$3,200
Pain Resistance	Resist Pain; advantage	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	1 hour	$200	$600/$1,000
Paut	Manastone/Powerstone	10 days	Alchemy-3	Potion, special	Instant	Varies	Based on TL
Transformation	Shapeshifting	12 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	2d hours	$800	$3,000/$5,000
True Sight	Aura	4 weeks	Alchemy-2	Any but pastille	1d minutes	$200	$550/$1,300
Water Breathing	Breathe Water	5 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion only	1d hours	$50	$600/$1,100
Water-Walking	Walk on Water	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	3dx4 minutes	$150	$700/$1,200

Medical Elixirs

Medical Elixirs also include Health and Necromatic (in italics) Elixirs.

Name	Spell Equivalent	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Alchemical Antidote	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-3	Any but pastille	Instant	$250	$400/$1,000
Awakening	Awakening	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	Instant	$150	$500/$900
Birth Control		1/2 week	Alchemy	Powder or potion	3 months	$10	$21.75
Eternal Rest		4 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion or ointment	Permanent	$2,000	$4,100/$6,200
Fertility		20 weeks	Alchemy-5	Any but pastille	1 hour	$1,500	$6,000/$11,000
Final Rest	Final Rest	2 weeks	Alchemy	Potion or powder	1 week	$100	$103.50
Alchemical Growth Hormone	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-2	Injection	Permanent	$1,500	$10,000 per dose MI3 76
Healing	Minor/Major Healing	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	Instant	$50	$120/$250
Health	Cure Disease	4 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion only	Instant	$200	$750/$1,200
Hybridization		10 weeks	Alchemy-4	Powder or potion	1 mating	$500	$2,250/$4,000
Lichdom	used in conjunction with Lich Spell.	50 weeks	Alchemy-7	Potion	Special	$13,500	Illegal in most areas
Long Slumber	Sleep	25 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	Indefinite	$4,500	$9,000/$14,000
Mummy Powder		2 weeks	Alchemy-0	Powder	1 week	$800	$3,000; MI3 79
Orcbalm		N/G	Alchemy-?	Ointment	Instant	N/G	$500 per dose
Reanimation	Summon Spirit/Death Vision	12 weeks	Alchemy-3	Ointment only	One question	$2,000	$4,100/$6,200
Regeneration	Regeneration	20 weeks	Alchemy-4	Ointment only	Permanent	$300	$5,000/$11,000.
Resurrection	Resurrection	50 weeks	Alchemy-6	Potion only	Permanent.	$12,000	$25,000/$40,000
Sleep	Sleep	1 week	Alchemy-1	Any	16-HT hours	$50	$120/$250.
Tranquility	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	2d hours	$100	$500/$900
Universal Antidote	None	2 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion or powder	8 hours	$350	$750/$1,150
Youth	Youth	50 weeks	Alchemy-9	Potion only	Permanent	$6,000	$25,000/$60,000+

Mental Abilities Elixirs

Name	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Charisma	3 weeks	Alchemy-2	Any but pastille	1d hours	$100	$350/$550
Hardheartedness	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Potion only	2d hours	$100	$500/$1,000
Memory	6 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1 hour	$400	$1,500/$2,500
Foresight	10 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	Instant	$200	$2,000/$3,700
Wisdom	5 weeks	Alchemy-2	Potion or powder	1 hour	$600	$1,500/$2,400

Mental Control Elixirs

Name	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Drunkenness	3 days	Alchemy-1	Powder only (in wine)	1d hours	$100	$130/$300
Friendship	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	1d hours 3d minutes	$300	$550/$1,000
Forgetfulness	3 weeks	Alchemy-4	Potion only	1 hour	$100	$700/$1,200
Gullibility	2 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille	1d hours	$150	$500/$900
Love	3 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	Permanent	$600	$900/$2,000
Truth	4 weeks	Alchemy-1	Any	1 hour	$200	$1,100/$2,000

Skill and Physical Abilities Elixirs

Name	Time to make	Default	Form	Duration	Material Cost	Market Value
Craftsmanship	4 weeks	Alchemy-2	Any	1d hours	$40	$1,100/$1,800
Keen Sight	10 days	Alchemy-1	Ointment only	3dx5 minutes	$250	$400/$700
Music	4 days	Alchemy-1	Any but pastille pastille	1d hours 2d minute	$150	$300/$400

Additional Information

• Metatronic Alchemy – Generic Universal Eggplant

References

• GURPS Magic, p. 213-219 
• Classic: Magic Items 2 
• Classic: Magic Items 3 
• GURPS Thaumatology, p. 48-50 
• Thaumatology: Alchemical Baroque pg 13