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The Apothecary

The realm depends on your help: mix ingredients and create potions to cure wild, fantastical illnesses that befall your fellow citizens. But be warned, you are all on your own. Enjoy figuring out which ingredients work and which don't -- curing or killing those who ask for your help!

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Citizens of your realm are being cursed with wild, fantastical illnesses. George has octopus tentacles growing from his ears and Elenora can't stop burping up slugs! You're the Apothecary: gather ingredients and mix them to create potions to cure as many citizens as you can. But be warned, you are all on your own in figuring out which ingredients work and which don't. Mix the wrong ingredients and you're more likely to kill them than cure them.

--Confront over 50 different illnesses, ranging from steam spouting from ears to gnomes growing out of legs.
--Find and gather over 125 ingredients across 5 different biomes.
--Manage your inventory, gathering new ingredients as you run out.
--Use your 5 senses (visual, auditory, gustatory, physical, and olfactory) to help you determine which ingredients to use.
--Gain the favor of your rulers and your realm: the more people you cure, the more respected you become.
--Learn as much as you can about the ingredients through discovery: find as many rare ingredients as possible to make super potions.