mirrorburn Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 im new to Morrowind, only Level 2 Alchemist/Thief. But ive been given a Jouneymans Alembic. Unfortunatly I dont have a manual or anything. Can anyone tell me what exactly this thing does? Who would this be useful to? Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Before we answer your question we need to know why you haven't got 'a manual or anything'. One would hate to think that you were using anything other than a LEGITIMATE copy of the game!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirrorburn Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 well its because I bought a copy off amazon and its one of those naff "Prima Games" boxes. The manual comes on a disc and uses Adobe Acrobat to read it apparently. Unfortunately I havent purchased Adobe Acrobat. So....whats this Alembic anyway? p.s. I did infact once read through the Xbox versions manual, but didnt ever see it mentioned. Either I missed it (quite likely) or it wasnt there. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Okay, I'll believe you. Though as far as I know Abode Acrobat is a free download just go into their website. An alembic is a piece of alchemical equipment used by alchemists and by you if alchemy is a skill you wish to practise. There are four pieces of such equipment - mortar, alembic, retort and calcinator varying from apprentice to grand master in quality. If you mean what specifically was it used for then it was apparatus for distilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirrorburn Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 apparatus for distlling? Okay...again i'll stress how new I am before asking this..... I am skilled in Alchemy. So what and why would I need to distill anything? What benefits does distilling give me? Do you distill the potions you create? does it make them stronger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 You stand a better chance of making potions with all four pieces of equipment. Go to the mages guild in Caldera, climb the tower and steal a full set. When you practice alchemy you'll see them appear. The mortar is for putting stuff in to be ground (by a pestle), the retort is for purification and the calcinator for reduction by heating. As far as MW is concerned as far as I can see it is the number (one piece to all four pieces) and quality of the items rather than their original use that signifies. Is this clearer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirrorburn Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 yes, thanks for your help Malchik. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batesmotel34 Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I think that a mortat is the minimum requirement for making any alchemical potions but may be wrong. So at a minimum you will need to get that to use your alembic. I think the retort, calcinator and/or alembic will improve your potion in various ways but aren't required and may well not affect the chance of making a potion successfully. I'm sure you can find more information by searching the forums at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Corbett Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 You need a mortar and pestle. There are other things -- like an alembic -- that make your potions more potent and less toxic. With all four pieces of the alchemical equipment, you'll be much better an alchemist than you would be with just a mortar and pestle. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Weaponeer Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 It would have made more sense if it worked like this: First you mix the ingredients with the mortar and pestle, then you use the Alembic to distill/clean it, which rids it of any bad effects like paralyze, drain strength, etc., Calcinator should make the weaker effects a bit stronger, but make the potion weight heavier as well. ... That's a good mod idea, but how to do it... That would be a hard thing to script. Or would it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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