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Healing Potion Recall After Side Effects Include Turning Blue

Batch 7B restored hit points but permanently altered skin pigmentation to vivid cobalt.

Grimwald Darkstone 1 min read The Dungeon Delver's Digest

Ye Olde Potion Warehouse has issued a voluntary recall of Batch 7B of its Standard Healing Potion after reports that consumers were fully healed but permanently turned a vivid shade of cobalt blue.

The recall affects approximately 12,000 units. The potions function exactly as advertised in terms of hit point restoration but include an undisclosed cosmetic side effect.

"The potion heals you. It says it heals you. It heals you," said company spokesperson Garnet Bottlewell. "Nowhere on the label does it say anything about what color you'll be afterward."

Lead plaintiff Bartholomew Ashwood, a previously beige human fighter, reports that the color change has significantly impacted his professional life. "I can't do stealth missions anymore. I glow in torchlight. Children follow me through town asking if I'm a god. I am not a god. I am a freelance mercenary who made a poor purchasing decision."

Alchemists have traced the discoloration to an improperly sourced blue mushroom substituted when the standard red ingredient was out of stock.

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