Sunday, April 06, 2008

Red wine vinegar

I was making the shopping list this weekend, and I noticed our red wine vinegar has a sell-by date. What, I wonder, happens to vinegar when it gets too old?

5 comments:

Unknown said...

It turns into good wine.

Bisous

Unknown said...

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Old Father William said...

It becomes cursed. -1 to hit and you have to roll a savings throw against poison every you use it. If savings throw fails then lose 1d4+2 HP until cure. Damage from multiple uses is cumulative (i.e. if two uses before cure is applied then 2d4+4 HP, but one cure heals everything). I recommend you not equip with this item. If you don't want to discard it, you can always sell it to dark elves.

travis said...

Wm, your eulogy for Gary Gygax was sublime, but now you're just being silly. Damage until cure - no time limit - from a potion of Vinagrus Rutilus? C'mon...

Old Father William said...

It's not a mere potion. It's cursed. I always loved cursed items. Did you ever see that episode of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" where they have the cursed "Glowing Green Box of Doom" that shows people terrible images when opened. It makes the Hawk people see molting, and it makes Dr. Asmiov see everybody get old, and it makes Gil Gerard see bad 80's nostalgia. So they try to jetison the thing into space and ... the damned thing comes back!

That's a curse, baby.