Boiling & Binding: The Witch’s Cauldron

  Boiling is the most primitive yet widely practiced form of potionmaking, requiring little more than fire, patience, and an understanding of how ingredients break down under heat. It is often used for crude but effective concoctions, potions that do not need refinement, only raw power. Binding, meanwhile, is the process of ensuring those effects last. Certain potions, especially those with long-term effects, require a stabilizing agent to ensure they do not degrade upon exposure to air, sunlight, or consumption. Without a proper binder, some potions separate within moments, losing their effectiveness entirely. Boiling is most often used by hedge witches, warlocks, and those who practice potionmaking without the luxuries of a full laboratory. It is imprecise, volatile, and often just as likely to produce a useless sludge as it is to create a miracle. But in desperate hands, it remains one of the most effective means of potionmaking available.