Potion of quenching thirst
| ! | |
| Object ID | 66 |
|---|---|
| Potion ID | 0 |
| Base value (Au) | 0 |
| Item level | 0 |
| Random generation | Potion pool |
| Weight | 20 |
| Fragility | 5 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Unidentified appearance | Random container |
| Cursed name | Antinomy! |
The potion of quenching thirst is Omega's mechanically blank potion. Quaffing it consumes the potion but produces no effect or identifying message in any BUC state.
Generation and appearance
It is a common level-0 member of the random potion pool and receives one of the shuffled container descriptions each game. Random copies begin uncursed with a generated nonnegative plus. Its zero recognized value prevents it from being accepted into pawn-shop stock.
Data and mechanics
It is object ID 66 and potion ID 0, with weight 20, fragility 5, base value 0 Au, and item level 0. Its use function is `I_NO_OP`; the dispatcher routes value zero to an empty item function.
Effects and interactions
| BUC state | Result |
|---|---|
| Blessed | No effect; consumed without identifying itself. |
| Uncursed | No effect; consumed without identifying itself. |
| Cursed | No effect; consumed without identifying itself. |
The quaff command still prints its normal drinking message and removes one potion after dispatch. Plus and blessing can change its value calculations or damage resistance, but not its use result.
Strategy
Once identified, it has no direct tactical use. Do not spend a blessing merely to improve its effect, because there is no effect branch to improve. An unidentified zero-value potion cannot be price-tested through pawn-shop stock because the shop rejects it while generating inventory.
Trivial
No reliable creator statement explaining the joke name or its cursed label “Antinomy!” was found.