The posts below were made by OSI employees:
You can lock a potion keg down or place
it in a secure container. If you put it in a secure container,
it takes up only 1 item regardless of how many potions
are in it.
-Calandryll [posted on the CoB Dev. Board]
Can they be dyed? would be nice to
color code the barrels.
--Yes, using furniture dye tubs
If its a heal barrel does it have to
be all greater heals? or can they be mixed?
--No, you cannot mix them
If I share a home with a person and
make a barrel of a potion, can he just fill a bottle knowing
I made a greater heal one? Will it be a greater heal to
him? To my secondary characters?
--As it says on the website, they need to taste id it
to know what kind of potion barrel it is (or taste id
the potion)
When is the strength of a potion determined?
--When the potion is made, by the alchemist. [strength
as in lesser, normal, greater]
-SunSword [posted on the CoB Dev. Board]
If you your warrior has not identified it,
he can still take potions from it, the potions will just
say "a yellow potion". But they will still be greater
heals.
-Calandryll [posted on the CoB Dev. Board]
Can we make potion barrels out of fished up staves?
Yup. You sure can.
-Firedog [posted on the UO Stratics alchemy board]
Can you explain the ownership
stuff in more detail?
Okey dokey:
Let's say that a potion keg is created or emptied.
At that time, it doesn't have an owner. No problem so
far.
NOW... let's say that the keg is locked down on the
ground in your house. If you or a friend of the house
comes along and places or grinds a potion into the keg,
then that person becomes the owner of the keg. Still
no problem.
Let's say then that somebody else comes along and
wants to put a potion into the keg. Well, that person
can't do that unless they first taste the keg to find
out exactly what's in it. Got it?
Ok... so let's say that that person tastes (successfully)
the contents. Then there are two people that can put
potions into the keg at any time, and only one owner.
Still with me?
Now... let's say that person #3 comes along (the actual
house owner), unlocks the keg, and puts it in his/her
backpack. Person #3 is NOT currently the owner or a
taster. If person 3 tastes the contents, then person
3 is now ABLE to place potions in the keg. If person
3 subsequently places a potion into the keg, person
3 becomes the owner, since it is in his/her backpack.
Good so far?
Next scenario. Person #3 (GM Alchemist) fills the keg
completely up and hands it over to person #4 (Loyal
Customer). Now, of course, Loyal Customer is neither
owner nor taster at this time. (Loyal Customer can,
of course, take unidentified potions out of the keg
if he/she so wishes, trusting the integrity of the alchemist
when using them.) Note that LC cannot currently become
the owner of the keg, since it is full. He can, however,
take a potion out and place it back in, thereby becoming
the owner. OR (even more clever) he can use the potion
keg up without ever becoming the owner. If he does so,
then he can happily skip his way back to GM Alchemist,
hand over the keg, and say "fill 'er up". Since GM Alchemist
has remained the keg's owner, he has no need to taste
the keg's contents or make himself an owner all over
again before filling it up for his customer.
Got it?
-Firedog [posted on the UO Stratics alchemy board]
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