Potion of chaos
| ! | |
| Object ID | 80 |
|---|---|
| Potion ID | 14 |
| Base value (Au) | 100 |
| Item level | 3 |
| Random generation | Potion pool |
| Weight | 20 |
| Fragility | 5 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Unidentified appearance | Random container |
| Cursed name | Antinomy! |
The potion of chaos shifts alignment toward Chaos. It awards experience only when the player was already on the chaotic side before drinking.
Generation and appearance
It is a common level-3 random potion with a shuffled container appearance. Random copies begin uncursed with a generated nonnegative plus.
Data and mechanics
Each copy weighs 20, has fragility 5, a base value of 100 Au, and item level 3. Plus and BUC do not change the result, and drinking it never identifies the potion.
Effects and interactions
| BUC state | Result |
|---|---|
| Blessed | Shifts alignment 0 through 19 points toward Chaos. |
| Uncursed | Shifts alignment 0 through 19 points toward Chaos. |
| Cursed | Shifts alignment 0 through 19 points toward Chaos; same result as noncursed. |
If alignment is already chaotic (negative), drinking the potion gives experience equal to ten times the magnitude of the resulting alignment and prints a positive chaotic message. At neutral or lawful alignment, it still shifts toward Chaos but prints inner turmoil and grants no experience. An already-chaotic player gains experience even when the random shift is zero.
Strategy
Use it when moving toward Chaos is desired. Its experience return is much better after alignment is already negative, while drinking on the lawful or neutral side gives no XP. Do not spend resources changing BUC for this effect; every state is identical and none self-identifies.
Trivial
"Antinomy!" is also the cursed label of the potion of quenching thirst.