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Drugs in Thedas

Magical

Lyrium - Used as a liquid or a dust and makes the user feel strong and warm, and causes everything to sound lyrical. Added to liquor to make Aqua Magus. Used by Templars. Addictive. 

Dragon’s Blood - Imprints memories. Implied to feel warm. Used to create Reavers

Felicidus Aria - Used for perfume or potions believed to impart wisdom but also cause rapid aging. 

Stimulants

Smoke (Unnamed) - Implied tobacco referenced in Scout Harding’s Codex.

Elfroot - Magical Marijuana

Opiates

Smoke (Unnamed) - Implied opiate in Varric’s Codex in DAII

Hallucinogens

Purple Berries (Unnamed) - Hallucinogen referenced by Blackwall. 

Blood Lotus - Hallucinogen

Wyvern Venom - Hallucinogen. Added to liquor to make Aquae Lucidius. 

Deathroot - Hallucinogen (Violent - Implied to cause blood lust.) 

Aphrodisiacs

Orichalcum - Aphrodisiac (Ironically smells bad)

Unknown

Witherstalk - Unspecified effect on the mind when used in combination with other plants. Implied side effect of warmth. 

Smoke (Kohl) - A black powder considered particularly illicit within the Circle of Magi. 

Drug (Unnamed) - Colorless, faintly sweet-smelling liquid. Available in Orzammar. Appears to cause disorientation. 

Alcohol

Named Liquors - Alley King’s Flagon, Chasind Sack Mead, Garbolg’s Backcountry Reserve, Golden Sythe 4:90 Black, Legacy White Shear, Sun Blonde Vint-1, Wilhelm’s Special Brew, Aqua Magus, Dragon’s Piss, Hirol’s Lava Burst, Mackay’s Epic Single Malt, West Hill Brandy, Antivan Sip-Sip, Finale By Masaad, Absence, Abyssal Peach, Butterbile 7:84, Alvarado’s Bathtub Boot Screech, Flames of Our Lady, Carnal 8:69 Blessed, Silent Plains Piquette, Vint-9 Rowan’s Rose

Medicinal

Elfroot -  Can be used orally or topically. Soothes coughs, relieves indigestion and flatulence. Speeds healing and numbs pain.  

Spindleweed - Soothes fevers. Popular folk remedy. 

Embrium - Clears the lungs

Rashvine - Hardens the skin if prepared properly and applied topically. Toxic if ingested. 

Crystal Grace - Unspecified medicinal purpose.

Prophet’s Laurel - Can be applied orally, topically, or smoked. Unspecified medicinal properties. 

Amrita Vein - Soothes aches and ailments. 

Silverite - Can be used to cure poisons.

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I love this so much

What if someone got bitten by a vampire, but didn’t realize it. So then they go around and keep misidentifying all the symptoms, like

“Dude, you haven’t gone outside in a while.” “Yeah, last time I went out I got this wicked sunburn.”

“Are you still up?” “Yeah, I started bing watching this show on Netflix.”

“Dude, I’m seriously craving something right now.” “Like what?” “I dunno. Pizza rolls?”

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Please reblog and add your nationality in the tags along with what you answered! I'm very curious about this; and it's not to shame anybody, so don't be rude!

Reblogging to remember this.... because wow this was totally my head canon, and wow that’s amazing! :)

amell, surana, jowan, and anders, just kids stuck in a tower.

(this was going to be the first of two parts, with the second showing the four of them as full adults, grown into their roles as heroes and rebels, but a whole lot of real life shit happened, so that’s on the back burner for now.)

This is incredibly helpful. This definitely something I wish had when first diagnosed With Autism. It all checks out with my understanding. Some of the methods for dealing with sensory overload are things I do myself to help with it. There’s still heaps of other pieced of advice that look super useful or address things I noticed but couldn’t put into words. So reblogging to remember this easier & because it is super useful.

I decided to create something that I wish I had when I first got diagnosed with autism - so here’s my comic for ASDComicTakeover! You can find out more about the project here!

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A Black Widow movie would be awesome!

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The idea of Squibs and the treatment of them in Harry Potter Wizarding World has always interested/sadden me. To treated so poorly by everyone yet never fit in with neither Muggles (because they can see things Muggles cannot and likely know about magic but cannot talk to anyone about and have to lie to everyone) or wizards (who shun & mistreated). Even if a squib in that world studied all the books and knowledge about magical theory and stuff that doesn’t actually require spell casting, even if they would do better at all the tests that their wizard/witch peers do, since squibs cannot cast their opinions and insights are shunned... I really want to play in a Harry Potter tabletop roleplaying game as a Squib for this reason or maybe run one. It’s just so heartbreaking and fascinating to have character like a squib there but it’s so odd that Squibs never get much attention nor development in any canon works. The recent release of Fantastic Beasts hammers down the Squib situation more with implied opinions and behaviour the wizarding world has towards Squibs in that universe. 

It bothered me that there were no Squibs allowed in Hogwarts. Fine, I can get that Squibs would not be able to do any wand magic, and would not be able to fly a broomstick. They still apparently possess enough innate magic to see the school and other magically hidden locations. Out of the classes at Hogwarts that the kids take, a Squib could take and benefit from the following classes: History of Magic, Astronomy, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, MUGGLE STUDIES, Potions (there will be little foolish wand-waving here), Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and partially theoretical classes on Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms.

That’s a long list of classes. And some of them are particularly upsetting to me because there’s stuff like History of Magic being left out- that’s their own history they’re being barred from learning. Since Squibs are often forced into the Muggle world, a Squib would make an ideal Muggle Studies teacher and would no doubt be able to teach a more realistic and informative class than someone going off of biased wizarding texts. Squib kids looking into living in the Muggle world would absolutely benefit from learning Muggle studies, especially if they’re from a mainly pureblood family who doesn’t venture out all too often.

And then there’s the rest of them! Arguably you could have a Squib gifted with prescience, and Divination is supposed to be a very accessible branch of magic. Squibs being excellent at taking care of magical plants and animals and making groundbreaking advancements, Squibs working in tandem with each other to breed different magical herbs for potions, Squib potion masters creating all sorts of amazing concoctions. Squibs working with muggleborns and using logic and science to advance magic theoretically, Squibs being huge pro-muggleborn/pro-muggle advocates, Squibs making star charts and Squibs going into the muggle world to use their healing potions in their jobs as nurses and doctors.

Squibs being so completely shut out of magical education was such a sore point for me in the books, especially viewing the treatment of our only prominent Squib- an angry, bitter, glorified janitor often at the mercy of brats with wands. I’m not justifying or endorsing his abusiveness at all, but this was an awful character to use to explore people without magic in a society that bases your worth on it. A lot of time Rowling seems to validate Wizarding prejudices more than she challenges them. While I really enjoy reading the headcanons about Hogwarts being very accessible to people with disabilities, I can’t bring myself to see that as the case with Squibs being treated as they are.