A revived belief system rooted in a primitive understanding of chemistry and medicine, given merit by the histories of fantasy fiction and practiced most successfully by
tabletop gamers.
Further books on this subject can be found at your local bookstore in the NEW AGE section, somewhere between "The
Sagittarian Sorcerer" and "You're a Teen Rune Casting Goddess".
"Oh yeah! I remember what
Don Quixote's magic
balsam did to him and poor Sancho
Panza. That was pretty funny."
"You've got to roll a 15+ on that d20 to make the +20 HP potion and maybe with the experience points level up to a level 3 alchemist, that'll allow you to make +30 HP potions and you'll only have to roll a 12+ on the d20. If you roll under you'll destroy your potion source materials and suffer -2 HP for letting the reaction blow up in your face."