Broken Promises

Broken Promises is a unique Consumable(Potion) that can be consumed for both a positive and a harmful effect.

A parasite swims in the bottom of this bottle, fat with strength

Properties

• Potions
• Single Use
• Rarity: Common
•  Weight: 0.1 kg / 0.2 lb
• Price: 1 gp
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  UID

  CONS_Hag_Broken_Promises

Effect

Bonus action

• Consume the potion to inflict  Broken Promises on yourself.

Condition: Broken Promises

 Broken Promises

Duration: Until Long rest

• Strength is increased by 2 for Duration: Until Long rest.
• Strength is decreased indefinitely by 1 after Long Rest.

Cursed

Where to find

At the end of the Overgrown Tunnel in the Acrid Workshop. Set on a stone shelf alongside ten other dangerous potions made by Auntie Ethel.

Notes and Trivia

• While having beneficial uses unlike most other potions Auntie Ethel has in her workshop, it is dangerous if not removed with Remove Curse before a Long Rest as there is no means to regain the lost strength.
  • As of patch 5, casting Remove Curse simply triggers the switch to -1 str early. As such, the potion now must be worked around in one of the following ways:
    • Killing the character in question (they must actually be dead, not simply rolling death saves) and then bringing them back via withers or a scroll of revivify will remove the effect, but this will also remove certain other other "permanent" effects such as Loviatar's Love.
    • You could respec at withers into a build that simply doesn't utilize your strength score. (Ain't no rule saying that paladins and war clerics and the like can't use finesse weapons.)
    • You can switch to the Club of Hill Giant Strength as your main weapon.
    • If you plan on taking a story path that would remove one character from your party roster permanently, (such as sacrificing someone to BOOOAL), you could give the potion to the character in question.
      • Simmilarly, you could give the potion to a Withers hireling you plan on later dismissing.
    • You can also opt to simply not consume the potion until the final stretch of the game, wherein you don't expect to *need* another long rest until the credits roll.
• One of three unique potions in the Acrid Workshop which has any beneficial properties. Unlike the others, this has a harmful side effect if not removed. Possibly a reference to its name; 'Broken Promises'.