Merchants: Alchemy Cabilis

[Rika]

So I was doing a bit of digging in the old EQ patch history. Being Iksar, it's a real pain to make SoW potions. I have to get a port to EC and send my monk minion out to do my bidding, transfers etc. It's a pain, I know I didn't do this as an Iksar Shaman way back when.

I found this (in bold) :-

September 28, 2000 7:00 am
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***Patch Day***

The following changes have been implemented on the production servers
as part of today's patch:

*General Changes*

- NPC corpses level 55 or over will now last 30 minutes before
decaying. This should help those on large multi-group encounters who
need some prep-time before looting items.
- The item "Woe" has been repaired. If you receive the "Item out of
charges" message when your "Woe" attempts to fire its spell, please
contact a GM to trade out the item.
- The spell "Mark of Karn" has been changed. The recast-time has been
reduced significantly and the Hitpoint-return is now scaled inversely
based upon the delay of the weapon. In addition, a hitpoint return will
only take place when the target is hit with a primary melee weapon, or
the primary hand if you are unarmed.
- Some more tradeskill component vendors have been placed within the
world to make certain tradeskills easier to use in your home town.
- "AFK" and "LD" status will now be reported above player's heads

That was before Velious and I'm sure when the Vendor that sold the correct ingredients for SoW pots was added. There was nothing in patch notes later about adding tradeskill vendors after that date (I sat and read through them all lol :\ )