Ok, I think this can be an interesting way to stir our alchemist minds a bit apart from the game itself and give some life to the forum. Here are the rules of the game:

1. Creativity is the name of the game

2. An alchemist (the experiment leader) posts an experiment - this means he explains in detail what the result should be. It may be anything from a potion to cure baldness to the perfect recipe for transmuting say gold into water (or the other way around). The alchemist states what he thinks is the difficulty of the task (from 1 to 10) - 1 for the baldness potion, 10 for the gold transmutation.

3. For each level of difficulty the game needs to pass a round of transmutation, creating a new element that will be used in the next round.

4. Other alchemists can post ONE ingredient they think should be used for the current round. Proposing an ingredient can be just saying "I think we should put a spoon of earth in it." or can explain how the alchemist creates the ingredient in his lab and then brings it to the leader for the experiment. When 5 different proposals are up the Experiment Leader can use them (some or all of them) and states the result of the round - what came out of the cauldron after adding the chosen ingredients. He evaluates the result (this is his role, playing the story teller and describing the work he does in the laboratory).

5. After the final round the resulting potion is given out to 5 alchemists picked by the Leader to test it. They post their results (their role-playing opportunity, describing their labs and so on) and according to them the experiment is considered a success or not.

6. Every alchemist can have one experiment thread running in the forum.

We can give some rewards to the ones with most successful experiments, or something like that. All of it is purely roleplaying and imagination, to make the forum a fun place to be and give people a chance to live in the role of an alchemist and show off with their skills/labs/expensive equipment/whatever. Tell me what you think, whether you would take part and everything else you want to say about the idea I will happily answer all questions.

a potion to levitate things with your mind!

difficulty: 6/10

must have heating in the processes to create ingredients.

Great, someone took it up Let's see...

"Levitation... Mind... Levitation... Where to start? If the levitation is weak - it just won't work. If the mind is weak - you could fly yourself through the window if you loose control. Better to prepare the mind."

Elbin rummaged around and finding a large leather-bound book glanced at the title. "Curing muscle pain with mixed tree leaves". Sounded good enough, the topic didn't matter as long as there was some heavy thinking involved. The thoughts were the thing. He removed the leather and dropped the book in a small tin basin filled with alcohol and hangover medicine. The alcohol would get the thoughts out, the medicine was there to counter the alcohol. Small streaks of ink started issuing from between the pages.

Two hours later the liquid was bluishly colored, although the book was still visible inside. Elbin took it out with a pair of long pincers and put the basin over the fire. He then covered it with a fine copper net and left it to simmer until there was liquid left to fill a medium size vial.

The brew was clear, all the ink had vaporized along with the alcohol, and when looked through against the light slight veils of opalescence could be seen inside. He hoped it was what he was thinking it was. He waxed the vial shut and took off to the Experiment Hall.

Hrmmm, levitation of Things with Your Mind.

I see some other Alchemist have started to be busy, already. Shall I add my spoon in their ointment. And so I shall.

After hearing rumors from my familiar, that Mind have mostly been processed, I decided to get my hands on "the Thing" -part of the recipe.

Sending my minions to get one of those from nearby woods, where the hairiest of the Things lived. I started clear my working table to receive the job that is to be done. After removing vials and bottles, I sit down to wait.

Screams filled my chamber as the Thing were dragged in and chained on my table. As I knew of those Things, I had to act quickly. Since once they get their raving on, there is no chain to hold them. So i drug the Thing, and remove its legs. Simple as that.

Now there is a subject to levitation, and no cheating can be done.