A restraining order potion would make a mint!
Like a potion that just charms someone without making them fall in love? I’m pretty sure D&D has a spell that does exactly that, and just about any spell can be made into a potion IIRC.
You mean, instead of an eros potion it’d be a portion of agapa, philia, or xenia?
Most likely because “be nice to strangers” or “don’t defile the dead” can be easily enforced with violence without being rapey.
(And, worth noting, modern anti-depresssnts are kind of a philautía potion already, since they help with “love of self.”)
Like a friendship potion?
That would be a great item for a DND session. Could be sold by an incompetent or novice potion maker, or at some magic potion equivalent of a scratch and dent store. Or the dollar store version of a love potion.
That variant is called “date rape drug”.
I didn’t even think of this when I posted this, but I get like 5 of these comments… 💀
friendzone potion, you give it to someone crushing on you or hates you to turn them around. Some might argue showing up with beer / weed is a friendzone potion.
Because humans are really, really hung up about sex in general, and we make it complicated. The idea of a potion that cuts right through all the bullshit sounds pretty good to just about everyone at some point in their lives.
Does the drug the voodoo practitioner gives to their zombies count as a submissive potion?
You mean like the story around its use being non romantic?? There’s tons like that. Otherwise idk what you are asking…
In Harry Potter, Voldemort’s mother used love potion on Voldemort’s father and he left after the spell wore off
We have an issue with date rape drugs here in USA. Its street name is roofie. Rohypnol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug
Aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flunitrazepam
Usually combined with alcohol to make a non-romantic potion
Rick Potion #9
They’re called “ruthies”.
Like, Viagra?
