History PlayingWith / HealingPotion

* '''Lampshaded''': "You know Lance, you'd never have made it this far in your quest without if it wasn't for that swimming pool worth of Tonic you drank."

* '''Deconstructed''': Lance's use of Tonic has him labeled as a cheater and coward by his enemies, who taunt that YoureNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum. Which leads Lance to charge into attack without it and get defeated.

* '''Justified''': Tonic is an alchemical brew with powerful WhiteMagic backing it up.

* '''Justified''': Tonic is an alchemical brew with powerful WhiteMagic backing it up. Alternately, it's made of {{Nanomachines}} with ShapeShifterBaggage compensators that rebuild the drinker from the DNA up.

* '''Downplayed''': When Lance drinks Tonic all it does is rehydrate him and provide mild pain relief.

* '''Parodied''': Lance drinks entire bottles of Tonic to cure incredibly minor injuries like paper cuts, hangovers, and hangnails.

* '''Exploited''': Knowing his enemies also use Tonic, Lance purposely refills an old bottle with poison and reverse pickpockets it into his enemies inventory.

* '''Lampshaded''': "You know Lance, you'd never have made it this far in your quest without if it wasn't for that metric gallon of Tonic you drank."

* '''Parodied''': Lance drinks entire bottles of Tonic to cure incredibly minor injuries like paper cuts, hangover's, and hangnails.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...''[[ForgedByTheGods brewed by the gods!]]''

* '''Reconstructed''': Because Tonic can cure any injury, it is seen by society as dangerous for promoting carelessness and violence, so it becomes a controlled substance. Lance has to constantly fight feelings of inferiority for using it, and may even decide it's TooAwesomeToUse.

Back to '''HealingPotion'''.

* '''Played For Drama''': Lance is addicted to Tonic, and at the same time it's slowly killing him.

* '''Exaggerated''': Lance lost an arm and both legs and is rapidly dying from blood loss, but one drop of Tonic instantly heals all his wounds and cures him of his allergys.

* '''Exaggerated''': Lance lost an arm and both legs and is rapidly dying from blood loss, but one drop of Tonic instantly heals all his wounds.

* '''Discussed''': "Isn't it ironic that this potion grants a new lease on life, yet it promotes a desensitization to violence because it makes it's effects easily reversed?"

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The ramifications of Tonic creating a TerminallyDependentSociety are explored, and it's effects on the player's play style as well (Lance frequently lampshades how he'd be dead, or that he hates the player forcing him to drink yucky Tonic). Halfway through the story, every vial of Tonic becomes so much flavored water as the magic or technology behind it ceases to function. Lance and the world are forced to live a new, fearful existence where their mortality is far more at risk.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...''[[ForgedByTheGods brewed by the gods!]]

* '''Deconstructed''': Lance's use of Tonic has him labeled as a cheater and coward by his enemies, who taunt that YoudBeNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum. Which leads Lance to charge into attack without it and get defeated.