The Thrice-Boiled Kettle
A handsome stone structure characterized by its prominent copper flue and large display windows filled with translucent jars. The interior is a masterwork of organization, featuring honey-colored wood shelving that reaches the ceiling and a massive stone counter polished to a mirror finish. Vials of varying colors are arranged by potency and element, each meticulously labeled in a precise hand.
The Thrice-Boiled Kettle
The interior carries a pungent but clean scent of peppermint, burnt sugar, and a hint of metallic ozone. It feels industrious and studious; the rhythmic clink of glassware and the low hiss of a simmering cauldron provide a constant background melody.
A handsome stone structure characterized by its prominent copper flue and large display windows filled with translucent jars. The interior is a masterwork of organization, featuring honey-colored wood shelving that reaches the ceiling and a massive stone counter polished to a mirror finish. Vials of varying colors are arranged by potency and element, each meticulously labeled in a precise hand.
Fastidious and slightly paranoid about hygiene. He treats alchemy as a hard science and has little patience for 'hedge wizardry' or sloppy measurements.
History
Laboratory Access
For a fee of 10 gold pieces per day, level-appropriate adventurers may rent one of the back benches. This grants a +2 circumstance bonus on Craft (Alchemy) checks due to the high-quality equipment, provided they do not mind Vesper peering over their shoulders to critique their technique.
Catalog of Curatives
The shop maintains a steady stock of standard alchemical items. This includes Potions of Cure Light Wounds, Alchemist's Fire, Antiplague, and Antitoxin. Vesper also sells a unique 'Kettle-Brew' coffee that grants a +1 bonus on Fortitude saves against fatigue for four hours, though the crash afterward is legendary.
Hazard Protocols
The building is equipped with several overhead 'quenching casks' filled with sand and water. In the event of a fire or explosion, pulling a master lever near the exit will flood the main laboratory. Customers are warned that anyone causing a spill is responsible for the professional cleaning costs, usually starting at 50 gold pieces.
Denizens
Fastidious and slightly paranoid about hygiene. He treats alchemy as a hard science and has little patience for 'hedge wizardry' or sloppy measurements.
A brawny young man with singed eyebrows who handles the heavy mortar-and-pestle work and physical deliveries.
A quick-witted halfling who manages the ledgers and translates Vesper's complex technical jargon for the average customer.
Rumors & Plot Hooks
- 1.The Kettle sells a secret elixir that can temporarily allow a person to breathe underwater.
- 2.Vesper is being pressured by a local thieves' guild to produce illegal inhaled poisons.
- 3.The copper boiler is actually an ancient relic that Vesper found during his military service.
Classified Entry
Vesper is secretly distilling a cure for a local noble's rare, magical affliction, but he is missing a critical component: the preserved stinger of a giant wasp, which he is too fearful to procure himself.
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