Anyone had any experience playing Apothecaria, the witch / potion brewing solo rpg?

#SoloRPG #ttrpg

@WelshAdventurer You probably want @rowyn who has played an incredible amount of it! You can also read the stories (and illustrations!) Rowyn made playing it on the #Apothecaria tag.

@vicorva @WelshAdventurer 600+ entries and still not done yet 😅

Do you have questions about it?

@rowyn @vicorva
Wow 600+ entries, I’m guessing it doesn’t get repetitive then 😀
How have you found it?
Do you reduce the timer everytime you draw a card while searching for reagents?
Have you ever added your own content like aliments or reagents?
Is it easy to put in side quests?

@WelshAdventurer So, obviously I love it or I would've quit 595 entries ago. 😂

If I only used the base book, it would've gotten repetitive, but not enough to be a real problem. There's a ton of expansions, tho, and you can get the, all by backing the creator's Patreon, so I did that.

I reduce the timer

* with every card draw that gives me a chance at finding my selected reagent
* if the prompt says to reduce it further
* if I change search areas after the first one.

@WelshAdventurer

So, for instance, it's the start of the week and I just drew an ailment. It doesn't have a time limit so I set the timer to the default of 13.

I go to Hero's Hollow to search for a reagent with a target of 5.

Draw my first card and drop the timer to 12. Card is an Ace. I don't find the reagent. The prompt includes "reduce the timer by 2", so timer is now 10.

Draw another card. Timer goes to 9. Get a jack, so I find my reagent. I leave for the Loch. Timer goes to 8. Etc.

But if a prompt says something like "you find a map showing you the location of a reagent. Draw a card and take a reagent of that value", I wouldn't reduce the timer additionally for that extra drawn card. Likewise, you draw a new card when you get a joker, but I only reduce the timer for the joker, not for the replacement.

For plot purposes, I made up a reagent as "this exists but isn't available in the area where I'm playing".

I also invented two ailments for plot purposes. They were both ridiculously hard.

Re: side quests--I basically replaced the original suggested story ("what happened to the previous witch?") with my own main plot. And also added a bunch of side plots. So I'd say it's pretty easy. 😅

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@rowyn i guess you DID address the main plot recently as well tho!

@Satsuma Yeah, I'd decided what had happened to her a long time ago and I figured I ought to work it in at some point. 😅

@rowyn it was an interesting story! i’m glad you managed to fit it in

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