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For years, adventurers and other people working in hazardous occupations
have relied on so-called healing potions to perform their jobs. Those
days could very well be over, as experts are becoming wary of negative
long-term effects of the popular potions.
Laboratory testing on humanoid creatures indicate that healing potions
stress the liver in such a way that premature failure is inevitable.
While only a fraction of the potions on the market have been tested,
experts fear that all potions could be harmful.
The discovery poses several threats to the booming MMORPG economy.
A ban on healing potions – as suggested by the experts – would
drive the work force away from the highly profitable adventuring
jobs. The remaining adventurers would need more time to recover from
injuries, further reducing their productivity. Furthermore, a healing
potion black market could lead to even more harmful potions. If the
problem is not addressed, the communities will have to create health
care systems from scratch to care for the population. No matter what,
this is a huge step-back for the MMORPG economies that may even strengthen
the vicious circle of today’s faltering global economy.
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| “Today’s
adventurers don’t really care about long-term effects” a
representative of the potion industry explains. “If
they did, they would have chosen a safer occupation in the
first place." |
As an intermediate step, all healing potions are now required to
display a warning label stating that long term use of such potions
could cause liver damage.
Adventurers are also concerned about the potions' rising cost due
to the extra testing that needs to be done on the elixirs. Torok
the Bold said "So I'm out battling some orcs and take quite
a bit of damage. The orcs only have enough gold pieces to get me
back to about 75% health. So I have to go out and battle some more.
It's a vicious cycle, and it's the potion manufacturers getting rich,
not me. And now I have to deal with liver damage too!"
The potion manufacturers are not scared by the discovery. “Today’s
adventurers don’t really care about long-term effects” a
representative of the potion industry explains. “If they did,
they would have chosen a safer occupation in the first place. Our
marketing department even believes that sales may increase as the
over-consumption of potions becomes a part of a daring lifestyle.” The
industry has no plans of developing less harmful potions but is presently
looking into the marketability of a potion that cures liver failure.
Grimloc, who runs Elixirs 'r' Us, said "It's ridiculous. These
people have a higher chance of getting trampled by a stone troll
than dying from liver failure! They ruin my business for this."
Healing alternatives have quickly grown in popularity. Skylor the
Magnificent, a wizard who specializes in healing spells, reported
that sales were up (constitution + 1) percent.
Brian Briggs contributed to this report.
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