Potions are essential in the wizarding world, especially at St. Mungo's. While Potions is a core class at Hogwarts, brewing your own is optional.

Brewing Requirements

Potion brewing doesn't require dice rolls or DM supervision. If the requirements are met, a PC can brew in the background. The DM will confirm the recipe and ingredient quality.

Requirements:

• Access to a potions laboratory (equipped with a cauldron, stirring rods, heat source, and water).
• A potioneer's kit.
• Knowledge of the recipe.
• The necessary ingredients.

Learning Recipes

About half of all recipes are learned at Hogwarts. Each year, the Potions textbook includes five new recipes. To learn more, students can:

• Search the Hogwarts library.
• Seek tutoring from advanced potioneers.
• Go on adventures.
• Deconstruct existing potions (requires a lab, kit, Specialis Revelio spell, and a Wisdom (Potion-Making) check).

Obtaining Ingredients

Ingredients can be found in various locations, and their value is high due to their magical uses and the dangers of harvesting.

• Plant-based ingredients usually require Herbologist's Tools.
• Animal-based ingredients usually require a Potioneer's Kit.
• Ingredient quality (Poor, Normal, Superior) depends on harvesting skill.

Potion Effectiveness

Potion effectiveness depends on the brewer's skill and ingredient quality.

• Proficiency refers to Wisdom (Potion-Making) AND the kit used to harvest the ingredients (potioneer's kit for creatures or herbologists kit for plants).
• Skill can compensate for Poor ingredients, but Exceptional potions always require Superior ingredients.